After a law was passed in Georgia to save the lives of pre-born babies with detectable heartbeats, many in Hollywood grabbed their leftist playbooks and began clamoring for a boycott of the state.
Netflix, Disney, and a smattering of left coast companies threatened to pull production away from Georgia if the implementation of the law began to take effect.
Allyssa Milano, who had previously called for women to boycott Georgia by means of restraint of affections, has now made a color-coded map of states deemed "most threatened," "under threat," or "least threatened" by anti-abortion legislation.
Despite the high degree of virtue signaling that has taken place regarding the issue, Hollywood continues to conduct business with foreign governments that hold abysmal human rights records.
The very same Hollywood companies that give lip service to the women empowerment movement continue to engage in an all-out quest for money from countries with dreadful women’s rights records, including Saudi Arabia, which consistently ranks in the "worst of the worst" category, according to Freedom House.
The nation of Brunei has a Shariah-based penal code, which imposes death by stoning for extramarital affairs or certain sexual acts as well as amputation of limbs for theft crimes, among other brutal penalties for criminal offenses.
Human Rights Watch observes that Brunei’s Sharia law imposes "a wide range of restrictions that discriminate against women and sexual and gender minorities" and "violates freedom of expression and religion."
Entertainment moguls continue to use the Beverly Hills Hotel for power meetings, ignoring the fact that the venue was boycotted several years ago when the owner of the hotel, the Sultan of Brunei, first decreed Shariah law.
Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, is roundly condemned by Hollywood’s media allies on the left for his tough stand on illegal immigration, particularly when it comes to the outsized migrant population that has been flooding European countries in recent years.
The establishment media became frenzied recently when President Trump praised the Hungarian prime minister for a "tremendous job."
"You’re respected all over Europe," President Trump said. "Probably, like me, a little bit controversial, but that’s okay, You’ve done a good job and you’ve kept your country safe."
For his part Orban told the press, "I would like to express that we are proud to stand together with United States on fighting against illegal migration, on terrorism, and to protect and help Christian communities all around the world."
Vox characterized the meeting as one "between two like-minded illiberal leaders, men at the forefront of the campaign to undermine Western democracy from within."
Vox’s statement epitomizes the worldview of liberal Hollywood.
Still, many entertainment companies continue to shoot various productions in Hungary, despite differing so fundamentally with the country’s national and political ideology.
It is shockingly real that China, the most dangerous nation to America’s future, is now making decisions on what entertainment content Americans will consume, courtesy of the Hollywood companies that kowtow to the communist censors in Beijing.
Left coast filmmakers are financing projects, partnering up with Chinese state-controlled companies, and distributing finished product in China. Hollywood firms have partnered on the production of a number of well known films, including "Mission: Impossible – Fallout” and "Venom."
Only a small number of foreign movies are allowed into China each year.
Studios are routinely permitting Chinese censors to alter themes, plots, and characters of the movies that are allowed into the country, in an effort to gain access to China’s market.
The ruling Communist Party will not allow media content that deals with religion, alcoholism, ethnic conflict, homosexuality, or any subject that might be critical of the government.
The disaster movie "2012" has a plotline in which the Chinese government rescues humanity. In the film "Gravity," actress Sandra Bullock is able to survive in outer space via the safety provided by a Chinese Space Station.
The makers of Marvel Studios’ "Doctor Strange" were evidently pressured to change a Tibetan character to a Celtic one in order to satisfy Chinese predilections about Tibet. The Academy Award winning “Call Me By Your Name” was banned in China for its depiction of homosexuality. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Walt Disney Studios had to re-edit the films “Skyfall” and “Iron Man 3” respectively, in order to please Chinese censors.
China is now attempting to destroy the rule of law in Hong Kong with a highly dangerous extradition bill. The proposed bill recently resulted in millions of protesters taking to the streets. If implemented as law, the bill would subject the citizens of Hong Kong to the kangaroo courts of mainland China, which are known for being devoid of due process.
In truth, Hollywood has become a puppet of authoritarian rulers that suppress freedom of thought, word and deed. Meanwhile the town’s silence on the human rights records of countries around the globe is deafening as its own greed eclipses conscience.
James Hirsen, J.D., M.A., in media psychology, is a New York Times best-selling author, media analyst, and law professor. Visit Newsmax TV Hollywood. Read more reports from James Hirsen — Click Here Now.
© 2023 Newsmax. All rights reserved.