Hollywood:  a bastion for civil liberties, a major driver of the world economy, and  a safe space for ungrateful assholes from all around the world!  Hollywood has definitely gone to the gutter. An alarming number of former liberal celebrities have defected to the right in order to salvage their careers from what they have deemed "cancel culture". This has pushed more liberal celebrities to the background, while celebrities with more conservative views, or at least ones willing to pretend they have more conservative views, are hailed by American as saviors. With the recent downfall of  celebrity darlings like Johnny Depp, Kayne West and even someone as  seemingly harmless as Jon Voight, it's starting to look more and more  like the whole organization has lost its way, if it ever had one to  begin with. What does this have to do with conspiracy? Culture blends with society. It shapes and molds the opinions that we have. It is not that you are programmed by Hollywood. It is that Hollywood is part of your culture. It is unavoidable. This is why so many conspiracy theories are either centered around Hollywood celebrities or, as is becoming more and more common, started by the Hollywood celebrities themselves. 

Despite its supposedly liberal political views, Hollywood has a long  history of abuse and mistreatment of employees. But this is nothing new.  Physical and mental abuse was common place in Hollywood's golden age.  Judy Garland was slapped on set by her director while filming The Wizard  of Oz. Stanley Kubrick, director of such hits like Clockwork Orange and  The Shinning, would intentionally abuse actors, depriving them of food  and water for hours on end, in order to evoke what he considered to be  pique performances. There is also the tragically overrated "method" of  acting, which does not work in any way, and has driven many of  Hollywood's actors to live in filth (Jim Carey walked around with moldy cheese in his pocket while filming "Mon on the Moon", which sounds harmless, but can actually kill you or other people), harm their  friends, over or under eat, and harm themselves (Shia LeBouf had his jaw  wired shut because of method acting) all to create a realistic  performance. But is this realism or is it abuse? Is it art culture or is  it just a cult? And if our heroes abuse themselves in this way, does it have an effect on us as well?

With wild and odd behaviors like this coming out of Hollywood, is it really any wonder that people develop these conspiracy theories? Many of these conspiracy theorists are survivors of abuse themselves. Are they solely overreacting or are they presenting valid points in an erratic fashion? Many people doubted Rose McGowan initially; many of the doubters were liberals. This denial by the left damaged any semblance of normality between the worlds of Hollywood and reality, forever creating a safe space for conspiracy theorists everywhere. "Well you never know with Hollywood," they say... 

Well, perhaps we do know, and are afraid to talk about it. Why does no one investigate Hollywood's many  tax shelters? Many people slave over these films, yet only a few at the  top receive any notoriety. Is that just? What does it teach our  children? And, finally, if Hollywood is going to continue to churn out  films its fans don't want to see (movie theaters are not closing because  of Covid or because of poor editing; they are closing because Americans  refuse to pay exorbitant prices for overacting and misleading  historical narratives), does Hollywood even deserve to be called  entertainment in the 21st century or are they just producing conspiracies? It may be art, but I certainly don't  like it. Turn up your Dolby surround sound for some entertainment that  doesn't cost you $60 a pop on More Content Talk!