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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, no one in Los Angeles gives Washington, DC a moment's thought in terms of comparisons.

However, the many intellectual, interesting, interested, informed, artistic, caring, concerned, involved people who live in L.A. do pay attention to international and national affairs and politics, and they are not impressed by what Washington and its overinflated egos have been up to.[/quote]

I have a good friend in LA, and when I visit I'm stunned at how completely out of touch her circle is when it comes to current events and politics. They know exactly who was nominated for best documentary short subject -- and they have a strong opinion about who should win -- but they couldn't name their own member of Congress or discuss anything that happened on the larger world stage last week.

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This is the way the entire country is.  Maybe you know your congressman or can name one senator.   Only in DC are politicians celebrities, or of any importance at all.   Politics is theater in DC but only in DC.   The rest of the country doesn't care.   Pretty refreshing actually[/quote]

The rest of the US cares about shallow, superficial, materialistic crap.[/quote]

DC's business is politics. LA's business is entertainment. If you're living in LA, being up to speed on what's going on in the film industry is probably a lot more useful personally and professionally than talking about their member of Congress. You might think this is vapid, but keep in mind that many of the intrigues and political gameplaying here are also pretty vapid. You need look no further than the Republican presidential race to recognize that.[/quote]

But entertainment is fluff. Politics, for better or worse, is real.[/quote]

Sorry, no. The american film industry creates tangible products (motion pictures) and generates around 500-700 billion dollars per year. I would not call that "fluff".

NP here. [/quote]

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