Movies often can’t do the heavy lifting liberal Hollywood wants regarding the latest news.
The rare exceptions sometimes win Oscars. Consider “One Battle After Another” as the ultimate Exhibit A.
Why? The film production cycle is too long, too cumbersome to pounce on trending topics. Some movies can take a decade to reach the big screen.
That isn’t the case with TV shows.
Scripted small screen fare takes months, not necessarily years, to produce. That allows scribes to clumsily insert their progressive narratives into stories, hoping to sway a few hearts and minds.
That’s exactly what we’re seeing on two major TV shows. And it might be the tip of the propaganda iceberg.
CBS’s “Matlock,” a gender-swapped take on Andy Griffith’s hit show, just slammed ICE in a new episode. The “Collateral” episode follows an illegal immigrant dad arrested by ICE while his kids watch in horror.
Enter Matlock (Kathy Bates) and her team, trying to keep the man in the country despite the system’s abject cruelty. The man’s wife pleaded for help, saying she thought they had played by the rules by paying taxes and following the law.
One-sided storytelling is rarely effective or compelling. But when Hollywood wants to send a message, such nuances fly out the window.
HBO Max’s “The Pitt,” one of TV’s biggest shows, hasn’t been shy about pushing progressive politics. Now, show producer John Wells shares details of the latest episode.
The plot involves a womsn in ICE custody who injured her shoulder. The ICE agents, as described by the far-Left Deadline, are cold and unfeeling. “The Pitt’s” team is uniformly kind while scolding the agents for their casual cruelty.
Here’s guessing we won’t see a medical emergency episode where an innocent woman is beaten, or worse, by an illegal immigrant protected by Sanctuary City laws.
And, of course, Wells took the laughable “we’re not taking sides” position.
“We’re just trying to be truthful. And if we can be truthful, it’s not left or right, it’s just our telling of what’s factually happening without trying to take a side … And we’re not trying to politicize it. We’re simply trying to put forward what sometimes are uncomfortable truths, but are truths nonetheless.”
Did any ICE representatives weigh in on the script? How much ideological diversity is there in “The Pitt” writers’ room?
More importantly, we can expect much more of this from scripted TV shows in the coming months.
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