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Summary: It's Not War & Peace, but I'm still laughing....
Review: Being an avid book collector and reader, I couldn't rate Dr. Hirsen's book a 5 for obvious reasons... but it's still one of the funniest, wittiest, most ironic books to come out in ages! It's a book that is long overdue... and, post-9/11, much needed. Everyone who is interested in what their ... movie ticket is funding should read this book because it might give them pause at the movie theatres... when we all stop to realize that some of the celebrities we've been supporting all these years truly hate America in ways most of us "Star Spangled Banner"-singing Americans could never fathom! But let's keep this light... The anecdotes in this book are shocking, but they're also hilarious. James Hirsen has written the Bible (so far) of all that is crazed about the Hollywood Leftists... and I'm not righty!!! You go, James!!!
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Summary: Meandering and unfocused - I'm disappointed
Review: The writer is no Ann Coulter. He mostly retells well-known anecdotes about show-business liberals without adding much inside background. Has a puerile and snide writing style that reminds me alot of Maureen Dowd. The first chapter on the liberal show business establishment's animosity against conservative colleagues was the only one to hold my interest. Fitting to his juvenile style, that chapter is titled "Baa Baa Blacklist".The book starts out with an intro chapter titled "Why Hollywood Leans Left". In it, the author gives a Dave Letterman-type listing of 17 reasons, the first of which is "The San Andreas Fault has caused the continental plate located under Hollywood to buckle left.". The second one is "Extraterrestrials have bombarded the West Coast area with brain-wave projections that are capable of turning minds into macaroni and cheeses". And another 15 reasons just as clever. Right after the introduction, a chapter titled "You Know You're a Closet Conservative..." where he takes on Jeff Foxworthy brand humor. Later on, a chapter of "The Left Coast's Greatest Hits", matching song titles to celebrities, such as "Shop Around-Winona Ryder" and "Both Sides Now-Ann Heche". He has a 20-page chapter on the 60's discussing Woodstock, movies like "The Graduate" and "Easy Rider" and "Bonnie and Clyde", and frankly, I don't know what point the writer was trying to make in this chapter. The majority of the good stuff, what little there is outside the blacklist chapter, can be found in the blurbs and excerpts used to promote the book. I expected better.
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Summary: Hollywood's Love Affair with Liberal Politics
Review: Hollywood stars like Rob Reiner, Susan Sarandon, Alec Bladwin, Julia Roberts, Jane Fonda, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, and others can be counted on for many things. We know that, sooner or later, we will see them in a movie production or making a television appearance. We also know that, sooner or later, we will hear them voicing their concerns about any number of political issues. And we know that, more often than not, the political side they take will have a distinctly left- leaning direction. This book takes a close look at the entertainers that make the Hollywood world go round and it discusses the background and the different events over the past 50 plus years that have led to the present "liberal" Hollywood mindset. Communist infiltration into the American way of life back during the McCarthy era, the Vietnam War, and other events were decisive in shaping Hollywood politics. These liberal views have precipitated over the years to more and more generations of Hollywood entertainers. They are shared by a large majority of Hollywood folk, in proportions that do not reflect the population as a whole. The Hollywood elite can often be counted on to voice some wild opinions, and author James Hirsen presents some of them in this book. Quotes like Chevy Chase's comment that "Cuba has proven that socialism can work" and Sean Penn's nutty statement that he would like to "trade news personality Bill O'Reilly for Osama Bin Laden" are just a sample of some of the crazy things that have come out of the mouths of our beloved movie making friends in La La land. I like the way Hirsen keeps this book on an entertaining and humorous level. He doesn't hit below the belt, like some other political writers are prone to doing. Rather, he keeps things lightened up and funny as he shows how biased the members of Hollywood often are in their collectivist political mindset. They almost always favor a government- intervention position (except for issues like abortion and a few others) and they often cozy up with authoritarian- type individuals, like Fidel Castro and others. The dry humor contained in this book and the one- sidedness makes it the type that many readers will scorn. However, I think it's an entertaining read for people of all political stripes and colors. Hollywood stars are entitled to their own opinions, but what some of them say and do will surprise many readers. Hirsen includes lots of amusing quotes and stories about the bigwigs in Hollywood and others in the entertainment industry, enough to have readers simultaneously rolling their eyes and shaking their heads as they read some of the outrageousness that comes out of Tinseltown.
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Summary: This book will ... off the Left!
Review: This is an awesome book. It clearly shows the "spoiled brat I'm better than you" attitude that they usually have. I'm sure that all Liberals in Hollywood will do nothing but denouce that book and say how it's a Right Wing Conspiracy full of hate. But, it's all truth, and, it's about time that we learned how stupid these people are! When these stars are on David Letterman, Jay Leno and other late night shows, they should be confonted with these things in this book, and an answer should be demanded from these people! Clearly, from this book, you can see that these Leftists Commies are NOT foreign Policy Experts!
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Summary: Finally! The Bible of Leftist Hollywood Antics!
Review: James Hirsen has written a funny book... but there is a very serious issue here - these Hollywood Leftists, with their overblown sense of self-importance really do have influence and are able to sway public opinion. Once you read this book, you'll never go to another one of their movies!
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Summary: Many better books out there
Review: I'm a big fan of many conservative political books, and found this one lacking in both readability and humor. I recommend instead any Ann Coulter book or especially "Useful Idiots"
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Summary: This book is meant to be fun, not to outrage!
Review: There are a lot of books out there that have one purpose: to outrage you. Some come from the right, most come from left (these days, anyhow). But this one is different. This one is educational, yes, but it's meant to be fun. It's purpose is to ridicule a group of people who deserve nothing from us except ridicule. There's not a whole lot here that will surprise you if you have paid any attention at all to Hollywood over the years. There's not a lot here that gets deep (except the manure coming out of celebrity mouths). Read this, have a good laugh at the court jesters God has created to entertain us, and feel sorry for the poor saps who take these stars serious.
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Summary: You've Heard All This Before
Review: I suppose this would have hit harder several years ago. Hirsen covers a lot of territory which Ann Coulter has already staked out, such as the adoration from the media and the Hollywood elites for Fidel Castro and animal rights. If nothing else, he reminds us how truly horrific the Elian Gonzalez situation was, and the provided quotes from media types such as Katie Couric about what a great new opportunity the youngster would have in his native Cuba is both laughable and sad. Likewise, Hirsen makes an interesting point about how animal rights activists are at odds with AIDS activists, since aminal research is necessary to come up with cures for diseases--and he gives examples of Hollywood folks who attempt to play both sides of the street by supporting both causes at once. There are quote and song lists which preceed many chapters, where Hirsen seems to be emulating Jeff Foxworthy and David Letterman, and some of the more dubious quotes from Hollywood types regarding foreign policy and national security issues are included. Ultimately, Hirsen's theme is how out of touch the Hollywood crowd is with their estates, limosuines and private parties, and that's something Goldberg and Coulter have illustrated at length in their works.
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Summary: It's About Time!
Review: Very funny and truthful book about celebrities' passion for leftist, hypocritical behavior. While stars champion homelessness and other "poor" issues, they live like royalty. While claiming to defend the "little people" they demand free designer clothes, cut ahead in airport lines, and turn their noses up at fans. You won't believe some of the excesses and wastes of these idiots. In the 80s they yelled about Reagan's years of greed, yet they now won't be seen without thousand-dollar purses on their arms. Some of these morons straddle the line between idiocy and hatred for America.
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Summary: Inaccurate and Reaching
Review: I read this book last year and was disappointed by it. I don't like ideologues who don't look at both sides of an issue. I consider myself an independent that leans more towards the conservative side of most issues. Most of the issues he discusses in the book are well known. Nothing new. But was surprised by some of his comments because they are inaccurate. For example, he claims that Bono wants to raise our taxes. As a U2 fan he never said this. He also stated that he's rich and doesn't pay taxes in on his money in Ireland which makes him a hypocrite. ???? So you have to be poor in order to help people in Africa with AIDS. That's crap.
In another part of the book a celebrity said Fidel Castro was smart. So what. It doesn't make Fidel Castro any less heinous than any other dictator. He tried way too hard to make points. So I was doubting some of his other facts in the book. I would recommend Ann Coulter's book Slander or Treason. Getting read to ready Peggy Noonan's The Case against Hilary Clinton and When Character was King (Ronald Reagan).
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