1. November 3, 2011

2. Left/Liberal Criticisms of Hollywood Pro-capitalist Pro-militarist Patriarchal, sexist, or anti-feminist Racist Anti-GLBT bias

3. Conservative Criticisms of Hollywood Anti-militarist Anti-religion Anti-family Liberal bias e.g. Michael Medved, Hollywood vs. AmericaMichael Medved

4. Religion and Hollywood Bible films of the 1950s Inherit the Wind (1960) Inherit the Wind Controversies The King of Kings (1927) The King of Kings The Life of Brian (1977) The Life of Brian Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Last Temptation of Christ Dogma (1999) Dogma The Passion of the Christ (2004) The Passion of the Christ Documentary: The Bible According to HollywoodThe Bible According to Hollywood

5. Inherit the Wind Spencer Tracy Spencer Tracy plays Clarence Darrow; Frederic March plays William Jennings Bryan in movie about the teaching of evolution in Tennessee in 1925

6. Last Temptation of Christ The film depicts the life of Jesus Christ, and its central thesis is that Jesus, while free from sin, was still subject to every form of temptation that humans face, including fear, doubt, depression, reluctance and lust. The book and film depicted Christ being tempted by imagining himself engaged in sexual activities, a notion that caused outrage from some Christians. Willem Dafoe Video about protests

7. Controversy over Dogma The filmmakers received over 300,000 pieces of hate mail, which Kevin Smith posted on his website. The Catholic League in particular attacked Disney and Miramax, the original distributors, for being anti-Catholic. The film was originally scheduled to come out in November of 1998, but was pushed back to November of 1999 in the hopes the controversy would die down. When that didn't work, Disney sold the film's distribution rights to Lions Gate Films. News video on protest in New Jersey Kevin Smith talks about the protest

8. Katha Pollitt on The Passion of the Christ "Gibson has violated just about every precept of the (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) conference's own 1988 "Criteria" for the portrayal of Jews in dramatizations of the Passion (no bloodthirsty Jews, no rabble, no use of Scripture that reinforces negative stereotypes of Jews, etc.)". Source: Katha Pollitt, “The Protocols of Mel Gibson,” The Nation, March 29, 2004.The Protocols of Mel Gibson

9. The King of Kings vs. The Passion of the Christ Compare portrayal of the Priest Caiaphas in movie directed by Cecil B. DeMille with that in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ Caiaphas was portrayed in The King of Kings as an appointee of the Roman Empire and not a representative of the Jewish people Caiaphas was portrayed in The Passion of the Christ as a Jewish leader capable of bringing about a successful rebellion against the Romans

10. Is Mel Gibson Anti-Semitic? DUI arrest in 2006 in Malibu Made anti-semitic remarks to Jewish police officer who arrested him Made anti-semitic remarks to Jewish police officer who arrested him Later apologized for remarks and sought help for alcoholismapologized Mugshot from the arrest

11. Hollywood at War with Islam? The Siege (1998) The Siege Executive Decision (1996) Executive Decision True Lies (1994) True Lies Little Drummer Girl (1984) Little Drummer Girl Documentary: Reel Bad Arabs (2006)Reel Bad Arabs

12. Hollywood in Love with Tibetan Buddhism? Seven Years in Tibet (1997) Seven Years in Tibet Kundun (1997) Kundun Richard Gere (Red Corner)Red Corner See also: Kabbalah, Vedic, and Scientology.