Death by Entertainment: Exposing Hollywood's Seductive Power over You and Your Family

Author - Holly McClure ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from Lions Head Press was reviewed on 4-Nov-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Death by Entertainment: Exposing Hollywood's Seductive Power over You and Your Family by Lions Head Press. I would have to disagree with the previous commentary that "Death by Entertainment" is not a credible resource of information on the entertainment industry. On the contrary, I found Holly McClure´s book to be uniquely informative, full of helpful information, interesting examples, and one of the few books with a chapter devoted to helping parents teach their children to be discerning when it comes to the media.

Holly´s approach is a practical one for the average person who wants to be informed, offering advice from a moral and ethical perspective rather than one from the popular culture. Her advice obviously comes from her years of professional experience in the business and more importantly, from being a parent herself, which is why I enjoyed her book.

I found Holly McClure´s stories and antidotes fascinating, her tales about Hollywood extremely interesting and her information well documented, using resources that obviously deal with the entertainment industry. She clearly states that her book is designed for the average reader and concerned parent who want to be more informed about the media, giving no pretense that it is a complete guide. I particularly enjoyed her practical tips on recognizing media influences and I gleaned a lot from her "Raising your kids to be media savvy" applications for parents.

Holly´s book has opened my eyes to the areas of entertainment and media that invade our everyday lives and she has given me important and practical advice I can follow.

I felt Holly McClure´s book "Death by Entertainment" accomplished what the author set out to do, inform anyone interested in learning how Hollywood and the media influences our children, families and culture. I think this is an important tool for anyone who wants an eye-opening account of how our culture is effected by the media and a ´must-have´ for parents, youth groups and teachers (like myself) to own.¤

2) Paperback Book Death by Entertainment: Exposing Hollywood's Seductive Power over You and Your Family by Lions Head Press. This book is very informative and should be read by every parent. This is a great novel for the christian family.
It is amazing what our kids getting from the media and the psychological effect that it has on them. Despite other reviever´s comments, I highly recommend this book.¤

3) Paperback Book Death by Entertainment: Exposing Hollywood's Seductive Power over You and Your Family by Lions Head Press. I bought "Death by Entertainment" hoping it would be a resource for me and my family about protecting ourselves from the massive influence of the media. This is what Holly McClure was claiming to do with this book. I was hoping at very least it would have given me some perspective of what´s going on with mass media. It did neither.
Holly didn´t even attempt to disguise her agenda of only promoting Judeo-Christian values while claiming any other alternative to her beliefs is wrong. It appeared to me that the only movies and other media she approved of were that which were consistent with her own narrow minded views. She did not want mass media to lose it´s grip on us; she wanted instead for mass media to teach us her views and her views only.
I could not finish this book because after several chapters it was apparent that she had no credible information to back up her conclusions on most issues. (I´m sorry Holly but USA Today and Entertainment Weekly are not worthy sources of research.) I skipped to sections further in the book hoping that it would improve but it did not. Many of her drawn conclusions were not supported by the evidence she provided. (I´m sorry again Holly, but the top twenty word searches on Yahoo! doesn´t represent the surfing habits of 100% of Internet users. So you can´t conclude that 90% of surfers are looking for what 18 of the top 20 word searches are on Yahoo!.)
I can´t recommend this book to anyone unless they were looking for Christian propaganda. This book consists of nothing more than Holly´s opinions that are not supported nor substantiated by reliable evidence. (Holly again, if you are going to accuse James Cameron of tampering with the MPAA to get a PG-13 rating for Titanic you´d better provide some proof, else it´s a witch hunt. I am not saying that what you are claiming isn´t true, I´m saying that for me to believe it you need to offer compelling evidence.) With that said, does anybody want to buy my copy? Real cheap?¤

4) Paperback Book Death by Entertainment: Exposing Hollywood's Seductive Power over You and Your Family by Lions Head Press. Did you know that the average third grader has witnessed 16,000 TV murders, or that by the age of 17 most children will have viewed at least 400,000 sexual acts on TV. Holly McClure exposes the dark side of Hollywood and the seductive power of the entertainment industry while equipping readers with the knowledge to become "media savvy" and take responsibility for their own choices. She teaches parents how to become aware of and how to limit the "action" that Hollywood fills our children with.¤

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