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Date: 10/9/2004 11:22 PM Pacific Standard Time

1 : CULTIVATION, TILLAGE 2 : the act of developing the intellectual and
moral faculties especially by education 3 : expert care and training
beauty culture 4 a : enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by
intellectual and aesthetic training b : acquaintance with and taste in fine
arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational
and technical skills 5 a : the integrated pattern of human knowledge,
belief, and behavior that depends upon man's capacity for learning and
transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations b : the customary beliefs,
social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group c :
the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a
company or corporation 6 : cultivation of living material in prepared
nutrient media; also : a product of such cultivationExactly where does the
typical hollywood movie fit in the above?

what is a "typical hollywood movie?" I'll tell you where I feel the legacy of
"hollywood" films fits though. 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b,

I think a popular form of entertainment has little to do with culture beyond
some influence on attitude and values.

I think our legacy of film making encompasses more that just popular
entertainment and I think popular entertainment is a part of culture.

This is fleeting at best and usually insignificant. George had it right... the
world views movies as far more representative of America than it is.

I am not so sure "the world" views our movies as particularly representative of
America. I have heard stories of foriegn travelers expressing their surprise
when they find no cowboys and indians walking around everywhere but I have yet
to run across this phenomenon. OTOH I do expect the people in India to break
out in massive song and dance numbers if I ever visit.