I watched a good movie yesterday, Julie & Julia, but there were two moments in the film that bugged me. Of course, they had to do with politics -- just two small comments that did nothing to further the plot and only seemed to serve to insult conservatives/Republicans. Now obviously, someone of my political persuasion is going to be a little annoyed by that, but I have to wonder if apolitical and/or liberal viewers appreciate those kind of comments or feel that they add anything to one's enjoyment of the film. For me, the comments were jarring and took me out of my reverie in the story and put me in a political state of mind.
I just don't see the point -- as other conservative and libertarian writers have pointed out, we know Hollywood is liberal, they don't need to constantly reassure us that they're cool and hip and in the process, sully their own work to do so. The writer (Nora Ephron, apparently, I didn't notice that when watching the movie) of Julie & Julia didn't offend me as a conservative, she offended me as a fan of her movie.
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