My general approach to entertainment is that I don’t care about the politics of the stars or the writers or even the material itself. Mostly I care about whether the entertainment I’m watching is well-crafted and interesting. And so, there are certain films and music I really enjoy that were created by people who are definitely seeking to make some kind of left-leaning point and for the most part I enjoy it anyway.
For instance, I like John Carpenter’s film They Live which came out in 1988. It’s a science fiction/dystopian story about a guy who discovers aliens have taken over the world and are programming all of the surviving humans with hidden messages. Those messages and the faces of the aliens become visible if you wear a special pair of sunglasses. On the surface it’s just a fun film but beneath the surface Carpenter was commenting about “the decade of greed”…
