Hollywood Fights Terrorism

No, really. I woke up this morning to an interesting post over on /Film, which points out that – according to wikileaks – Hollywood films are doing more than the American-funded propaganda efforts to increase the perception of American culture to young Saudis:

The diplomats told Washington that certain themes in American movies seemed to appeal to the Saudi audience: heroic honesty in the face of corruption (George Clooney in Michael Clayton), supportive behavior in relationships (an unspecified drama that was repeated during an Eid holiday featuring an American husband dealing with a drunk wife who smashed cars and crockery when she wasn’t assaulting him and their child), and respect for the law over self-interest (Al Pacino and Robin Williams in Insomnia).

Score one for Hollywood. Full article here.