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Article: In Hollywood, Family Matters; Changing Demographics May Have Made Bob Dole's Broadside at the Movies Obsolete
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- The Washington Post
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- June 25, 1995
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When Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.) made his famous attack on Hollywood
last month, outraged members of the filmmaking community responded
instantly with a flood of impassioned rhetoric. All very predictable.
But in the midst of it all, no one seemed to notice that Hollywood
during the '90s has undergone a significant, if not radical,
transition -- both as an industry and as a culture. And the criticism
may already be out of date.
"Bob Dole and people of his ilk are talking about a Hollywood of
10 years ago," says Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture
Association of America and creator of its ratings systems. "The
climate there now has changed."
Last week, in an open letter to the senator ...