“The stultifying effect of the movies is not that the children see them but that their parents do, as if Hollywood provided a plausible adult recreation to grow up into.” IfsChildrenGrowsParentGrowing UpEffectsAdultsHollywoodMovieRecreationPlausible Book:Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society Source: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
“I do think there's a smaller audience that's looking for something that's a little more adult and a little more nuanced [than many Hollywood movies]. At the same time, I think everyone who's making movies hopes to appeal to the widest audience possible.” ThinkingLittlesAudienceAdultsHollywoodAppealsHollywood Movies Author:Joe Swanberg
“Hollywood has glorified adult premarital sex, and that is unhelpful if your goal is to reduce teen pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births.” IfsSexGoalBirthAdultsHollywoodPregnancyWedlockTeen Pregnancy Author:Joe Lieberman
“By the time I was seventeen, I was on my way to Hollywood and didn't look back. My family is supportive now, but like any adult guardian of a seventeen-year-old daughter, they were not thrilled with my plan to run off to the LA to make it as an actress. Even a somewhat functioning parent would think that was a bad, bad idea. Lucky for me, I didn't listen to them.” ThinkingWayYearsLooksIdeasRunningParentPlansLuckyDaughterAdultsMy FamilyHollywoodActressesMy WaySupportiveGuardianBad IdeasSeventeenSeventeen Years Old Author:Amber Heard
“Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak... Am I scary, or what?” WorldKidsBoysPlanetsAdultsResourcesWeakHollywoodTreatsRaisedScaryTricksSupposed To BeCynicalPeersCostumesAvenuesConsumingMadisonCalvin And Hobbes FriendshipMadison AvenueTrick Or Treat Author:Bill Watterson