VICIOUS STEREOTYPES IN POLITE SOCIETY: Hollywood Still Seeking the Great Right (Terrorist) Hope. “Hollywood is making another pathetic attempt to manufacture villains out of real Americans in its latest loud, dumb and explodey retread, White House Down. Surprise! The bad guys are, again, our military. Yet, bucking the trend, another big-budget film – the zombie apocalypse epic World War Z – not only depicts our American warriors as the heroes they are but even gives props to the Israeli Defense Force. I know – it’s easier to believe in zombies than in a major Hollywood movie where American and Israeli fighters aren’t the bad guys.”