July 18, 2005

  • Social commentary of the day

    This NYT article
    describes Hollywood's recent efforts to market
    films towards evangelicals. At the end of the article is this tidbit [emphasis added by me].

    The researchers found that "when it comes to popular movies and popular
    shows, tastes don't differ at all" between religious and nonreligious,
    said Joseph Helfgot, president of MarketCast. "What you find is that
    people with conservative religious doctrine are the most likely to see
    movies rated R for violence    . If you compared it to liberals, it's a
    third more."