Hollywood Hypocrisy
By dcmediagirl on September 3, 2008 at 9:02 AM in Current Affairs
It’s no surprise that the neurotic, egomaniacal and youth- and appearance-oriented men who work in Hollywood’s dream factory would prefer to keep powerful women in their rightful place: relegated to the big and little screen. In other words, the world of fantasy. Sure, they compensate for their deep seated sexism by going to fundraisers and donating to all the right causes like NOW, NARAL, and the Democratic party, but they tend to keep their chauvanism to themselves (to see a hilarious depiction of the selfishness, preening and posturing exhibited by Hollywood types who get “politicall involved”, check out the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where Cheryl hosts a fundraiser for the NRDC. Brilliant).
That is, until now.
And the winner of the FU Award goes to: Rod Lurie, director of the high-minded film The Contender and creator of the short-lived television series Commander in Chief, which dealt with women catapulted into the highest of national offices, although accidentally of course. Apparently Lurie loves the idea of a woman in these powerful political roles but the actual reality makes him see red.
“Picking a woman is an absolute strategic idea from McCain’s point of view. He’s not talking about governing right now. The idea of this woman [Sarah Palin] actually facing down Putin and negotiating with Medvedev is idiotic,” he added.
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