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2. Is it possible to identify patterns of bias in Hollywood films?

3. Do movies influence human behavior?

4. Do movies contribute to prejudicial thinking?

5. Do motion picture biographies (biopics) also contain patterns of bias?

6. Is there any one readily identifiable group in U.S. society that is consistently treated more favorably in their screen portrayals than the groups identified above that are consistently portrayed in a negative and/or stereotypical manner? What is that group? Is is fair to suggest that such more favorable screen portrayals rises to the level of movie propaganda?

7. Is it a fair observation to say that generally speaking, movies mirror the values, interests, cultural perspectives and prejudices of their makers?

8. Who actually makes the important decisions about which movies will be produced and/or released by the major studio/distributors, who gets to work on those movies in the key positions and what the content of the underlying scripts for such movies are?

9. Assuming you have determined that Hollywood is and has been controlled by a small, narrowly-defined interest group for its nearly 90-year history, what are the consequences?

10. How can we most precisely define the Hollywood control group (also known as the Hollywood insiders)?

11. Is the control over Hollywood exercised by the above-defined Hollywood control group legitimate?

12. If a Hollywood insiders’ group exists, how does that affect the interests of others?

13. Have the hiring practices of the Hollywood control group been discriminatory?

14. Have members of the Hollywood control group consistently violated U.S. antitrust laws, and if so, how do they get away with it?

15. Does the Hollywood control group have a “proclivity for wrongdoing”?

16. What role should the federal government play in bringing about long-term and lasting film industry reform?

17. Has the false charge of anti-Semitism ever been used against Hollywood’s critics? Often? Against whom?

18. Is it appropriate in our multi-cultural society for any readily identifiable interest group, no matter how defined to control the film industry or any significant medium for the communication of ideas?

19. What should be the main goal of any film industry reform movement?

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