{"id":1695451,"date":"2022-10-14T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1695451"},"modified":"2022-10-16T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T15:50:44","slug":"lisa-de-pasquale-pop-culture-warriors-support-your-local-hollywood-blockbuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lisa-de-pasquale-pop-culture-warriors-support-your-local-hollywood-blockbuster\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa De Pasquale: Pop Culture Warriors: Support Your Local Hollywood Blockbuster!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flisa-de-pasquale-pop-culture-warriors-support-your-local-hollywood-blockbuster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1695451&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>You read that correctly, dear <em>Human Events<\/em> readers! While <em>Pop Culture Warriors<\/em> is typically critical of Hollywood, it\u2019s important to highlight when they get it right.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest entertainment story of the summer was the success of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3rfHjLK\">Top Gun: Maverick<\/a><\/em>. Variety reported in early September, \u201cIn theatrical release, \u2018Top Gun: Maverick\u2019 has grossed more than $1.4 billion at the global box office and $692 million domestically after 14 weeks in cinemas. It currently stands as the No. 6 highest-grossing film in domestic box-office history and the No. 1 film of 2022. \u201cMaverick\u201d also the highest-grossing film of Cruise\u2019s career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Top Gun: Maverick was nostalgic and emphasized the need to speed away from woke entertainment. The opposite of \u201cwoke\u201d isn\u2019t a conservative movie that serves platitudes from another perspective but putting good storytelling above agenda. The audience will make a connection with the truth if the storytelling is compelling and entertaining. America\u2019s reaction is best summed up by former model Adrienne Curry who tweeted, \u201cFinally watching the new Top Gun. Holy hell, a NON-woke movie where men are men. Women are badass without trying to be men\u2026I LOVE this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While most new movies and TV shows are worse than woke \u2013 not entertaining \u2013 in today\u2019s <em>Human Events<\/em> column I highlight some other popular, big-budget blockbusters that are worth your time. Like animals, Hollywood responds to positive reinforcement. We may loathe the business, but there\u2019s a reason the horrid female Ghostbusters was not part of the latest film that returned back to Ghostbusters canon. The female Ghostbusters was relegated to dream season of Dallas status, never to be spoken of again.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of 1980s throwbacks, no show has done it better than Cobra Kai on Netflix. Season five was recently released and in addition to being non-woke, it\u2019s entertaining and chockfull of callbacks to the original movies and music of the era. The series brings The Karate Kid\u2019s Johnny and Daniel back as adults. On the off chance you haven\u2019t seen any episodes of the TV show, I don\u2019t want to expand on any other characters in the series and spoil the enjoyment for you. You root for Johnny and the last episode of season five can only be described as the most pro-life message in mainstream entertainment right now, save one other discussed below. Also, seeing Johnny deal with Gen Z warms this Gen Xer\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings me to\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SPm5QV\">Reacher<\/a><\/em> on Amazon Prime. One of the more satisfying aspects of Reacher is knowing that Alan Ritchson, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CromFourWinds\/status\/1529794292776112129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1529794292776112129%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=\">an anti-gun, pro-abortion actor<\/a>, must memorize Reacher\u2019s lines. Adapted from the popular Lee Child\u2019s series, Reacher is the typical scary, good guy with a heart of gold and body of a Roman god. He\u2019s a misunderstood \u201cbad guy\u201d and the non-corrupt cops now need his help.<\/p>\n<p>Time after time, the show illustrates one truth many outside of Hollywood know \u2013 guns are the great equalizer. Women are given guns to protect themselves when Reacher can\u2019t, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You read that correctly, dear Human Events readers! While Pop Culture Warriors is typically critical of Hollywood, it\u2019s important to highlight when they get it right. 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