pWhy does our popular culture seem so consistently hostile to the values that most Americans hold dear Why does the entertainment industry attack religion, glorify brutality, undermine the family, and deride patriotism ppIn this explosive book, one of the nation's best known film critics examines how Hollywood has broken faith with its public, creating movies, television, and popular music that exacerbate every serious social problem we face, from teenage pregnancies to violence in the streets. ppMichael Medved powerfully argues that the entertainment business follows its own dark obsessions, rather than giving the public what it wants In fact, the audience for feature films and network television has demonstrated its profound disillusionment in recent years, with disastrous consequences for many entertainment companies. Meanwhile, overwhelming numbers of our fellow citizens complain about the wretched quality of our popular culture--describing the offerings of the mass media as the wo