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Hollywood, D.C.: Sean Stone Doc. Ft. Oliver Stone, Jay Dyer

Jay'sAnalysis

Jay Dyer

Arts, Education, Comedy, Performing Arts

4.6823 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The film and television industries may be America’s go-to source of escapism and entertainment, but the glossy magazine covers documenting celebrity meltdowns and box-office predictions serve as a convenient distraction from some of the lesser known connections tying together Hollywood and the nation’s national security establishment. In this two-part series, Watching the Hawks’ Sean Stone is joined by a variety of Hollywood insiders in exploring the entertainment industry’s institutional embrace of Washington, DC’s military-industrial complex, including Oliver Stone and Jay Dyer. Video documentary here: https://youtu.be/JRHYAffaFXM?list=PLYmIBQRIOqKmF7w9SN6NaDjif36rsIlZV

And second half here: https://youtu.be/nqADZa2BeLE?list=PLYmIBQRIOqKmF7w9SN6NaDjif36rsIlZV

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0:00.0

Separated by 3,000 miles.

0:15.0

When we think of Hollywood, we don't necessarily associate it with Washington politics, but art, by its very nature,

0:23.6

imitates and reflects life.

0:26.6

Whether promoting lifestyles, ideology, or war, the media has a powerful hold over public

0:33.6

opinion.

0:35.6

Hollywood creates the grand public opinion.

0:43.3

Hollywood creates the grand perception of the world. It is the wizard behind the veil.

0:47.3

We know politicians court Hollywood stars for support.

0:51.3

Katie Perry was paid over $70,000 to perform for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

0:56.4

While it seems no money was needed for Glen Eastwood to stump at the Republican National Convention

1:01.4

in 2012, Harvey Weinstein's ties to the Clintons and Barack Obama run deeper than the millions

1:07.2

of dollars of campaign contributions he's raised.

1:10.3

Obama's daughter Malia went to intern for the Weinstein Company after his presidency.

1:15.6

But political campaign support should be expected from citizens, celebrity or not.

1:20.6

The deeper threat arises when film and media are influenced

1:23.6

to tell stories on behalf of the political establishment.

1:26.6

Such products could be construed as propaganda.

1:31.3

There are an awful lot of people in Hollywood who have some kind of relationship with the CIA and Department of Defense.

1:48.0

An awful long list of individuals that we put in the book.

1:52.0

I mean, loads of these people have visited Langley, and some of them have closer connections than that.

1:57.5

So Ben Affleck, for instance.

1:59.8

Ben Affleck's former wife, Jennifer Garner, did unpaid recruitment ads for the CIA.

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