Steyn hits it out of the park. A brave film is one that does not conform to the prevailing political opinions of Hollywood. All these films were guaranteed to receive high praise because they are simply parrot the standard political cant that comes out of lefty Hollywood.

If Clooney wanted to make yet another blacklist film he could have added an examination of the Stalinist nature of many of the victims of McCarthy’s crude undemocratic attacks. You don’t have to endorse McCarthy to unveil the fact that many of his victims endorsed Uncle Joe’s goals and tactics long after they were aware of the brutality of his regime(you have to break a few eggs if you are going to achieve revolution). Or instead of another in the long line of blacklist movies you could do an honest movie about Whittaker Chambers. The dramatic pontential of a soviet spy that turned on his fellow travelers and spent years as a pariah is huge.Now that would take balls. But since it doesn’t follow the prevailing dogma of Hollywood it will never happen. I have no doubt that Tim Robbins is preparing a “brave” treatment about the life of Cindy Sheehan and even though it won’t make a dime it will have no propblem getting greenlighted.