NY Post Critic Slams New Anti-Catholic, Anti-Republican
Film; Is Now Under Attack
by A.J. Delgado 5 Dec 2013
Last month, Kyle Smith, the
long-running and popular New York Post film critic, published his review of the
Weinstein Company’s new film,
"Philomena," regarding a young woman essentially forced to give up
her out-of-wedlock son in 1950’s Ireland who then sets out to find
him, decades later.
Smith wrote:
With “Philomena,” British
producer-writer-star Steve Coogan and director Stephen Frears hit double
blackjack, finding a true-life tale that would enable them to simultaneously attack Catholics and Republicans…. The
film doesn’t mention that in 1952 Ireland, both mother and child’s life would
have been utterly ruined by an out-of-wedlock birth and that the nuns are
actually giving both a chance at a fresh start that both indeed, in real life,
enjoyed. No, this is a diabolical-Catholics film, straight up.
This apparently did not go over
well… at all. A week later, the real-life Philomena Lee penned a lengthy
response-letter to Smith, denying that the film is anti-Catholic. (The letter
is, however, ineffective in rebutting the points Smith made in his review.)
As if this turn of events were not
already extremely unconventional, the Weinstein Company then took it a step
further, escalating the matter into warp-speed by placing a full-page ad in
today's The New York Times, singling out Smith in what must be a new-low for
Hollywood bullying tactics.
The ad reads: “All [film critics]
Praise ‘Philomena’ With A 92% ‘Certified Fresh’ Score On Rotten Tomatoes But
The New York
Post’s Kyle Smith Has A Different Opinion.” It features excerpts from Smith’s
review (whom the ad refers to using the strangely overly familiar “Kyle”), as
well as Lee’s response-letter to Smith.
As Smith wryly noted in a Tweet
today, he "inspired a full-page attack ad."
While most will chalk this up to
The Weinstein Company simply seeking publicity out of the 'feud' (assuming that
it was Lee’s idea to write the response-letter), some of us may question if
there is not more to this. The true message here seems to be: If you are a film
critic who slams an anti-Catholic or anti-Christian film, you may just find
yourself singled out for public scrutiny and public shaming in full page Times
ads. An intimidation tactic or a warning to other critics? Quite possibly.
Kudos to Smith for standing up
against Hollywood's
stale but persistent shaming of Catholics and of Christians overall.
Weinstein Company
Harvey Weinstein
is the co-founder & co-chairman for the Weinstein Company, and a director at the Robin Hood Foundation.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation, and the
Human Rights Watch.
George
Soros is chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, the founder & chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and
was a benefactor for the Human Rights
Watch.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch, and the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
John J.
Studzinski is a director at the Human
Rights Watch, a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and a papal knighthood
knight.
papal knighthood
is a honor conferred by pope from the Roman
Catholic Church.
Benedict
XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) is the
pope emeritus for the Roman Catholic
Church.
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there is reason to think that Ratzinger has been less than fully candid about
his past.
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Rupert Murdoch is a papal knighthood
knight, the chairman & CEO for the News
Corp., a director at News Limited,
and his biography title is “The Man Who
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Censorship was rampant throughout
Nazi Germany. Censorship ensured that Germans could only see what the
Nazi hierarchy wanted people to see, hear what they wanted them to hear and
read only what the Nazis deemed acceptable. The Nazi police dealt with anyone
who went outside of these boundaries. Censorship dominated the lives of the
ordinary citizen in Nazi Germany.
The prime mover in censorship was
the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. It
was his responsibility to see that the German people were fed with material
acceptable to the Nazi state. Newspapers, radio and all forms of media were put under the
control of the Nazis. Even the film
industry became controlled by the Nazis where the leading light was Leni
Riefenstahl - who, though favoured by Hitler, did not enjoy a good relationship
with Goebbels. Music was controlled by the Nazis. Music by Gustav Mahler and
Felix Mendelssohn was banned as they were both Jews. Jazz was also banned. Even
telling jokes about Hitler became a serious offence - one to send you to the
concentration camps and potentially death.
Adolf
Hitler was the fuhrer for Germany,
and the leader of the Nazi Party.
Nazi
Party was a political party in Germany.
Josef Goebbels was
the chief propagandist for Germany.
Rozanne L. Ridgway
was a U.S. ambassador for Germany,
a director at the Boeing Company,
and a co-chair for the Atlantic Council
of the United States
(think tank).
Barbara G. Fast
was a VP at the Boeing Company, and
a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Richard R. Burt
was a U.S. ambassador for Germany,
a director at the Boeing Company, and
is a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States
(think tank).
John J.
Studzinski is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), a director at the Human
Rights Watch, and a papal knighthood
knight.
papal knighthood
is a honor conferred by pope from the Roman
Catholic Church.
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