In news that we only wish was shocking, a Pew poll released on Sunday reporting 51% of the American public holds a negative opinion of the entertainment industry while only 33% view it positively.
This shouldn’t be. The entertainment industry is, above all else, entertainment. It’s a tool we use to help ourselves enjoy our leisure time and from time to time, if executed in just the right way, it’s one way to gain a bit of insight into our culture or some other. Pretty simple, really. As we’ve noted time and again on Big Hollywood, the entertainment industry should have a 100% approval rating. Either it does what it’s supposed to and entertains us, or it doesn’t and we find some other entertainers who do. What’s not to like? If the objective is in fact to entertain and you have countless billions at your disposal, your approval rating should be somewhere between purebred beagle puppies and motherhood.
Apparently it isn’t that simple, or even close to it. For Hollywood to have an approval rating of 33%, just a touch lower than George W. Bush’s the week before he left office, it should be a splash of cold water to those running the show in Tinseltown.
We could explain in full detail why we think these poll results are what they are, but instead, we recommend you simply read through the Big Hollywood ariches until you get it. And if you are a hot-shot Hollywood type, for your sake and ours, read quickly.