I was reading through some buzz surrounding this new movie, Fast Food Nation, when I fell upon an interesting article. The Oregonian posted an interview with Richard Linklater about “Fast Food Nation.” Linklater discussed the making of the movie and his own political beliefs.
If reading the article isn't enough to discredit this movie all together, let's further examine this director. He has directed some doozies in his day: School of Rock, Dazed and Confused. Ring a bell? Sure, School of Rock, had a good message in questioning authority and thinking for yourself, but it lacked in promoting education and learning as roads to success. The same story is told in Dazed and Confused, a movie about students ditching class, getting high, and worrying more about initiating the freshman and getting women than homework. Its ridiculous to say that someone who clearly dislikes education and the American dream should be taken seriously in a movie about animal welfare.
Talk to someone that knows. Talk to someone that's been educated. Listen to Hollywood hype? I think not? Do you think the main stars, Bruce Willis, Avril Lavigne, Kris Kristofferson, or Ethan Hawke have ever even been to a real harvesting plant or cattle ranch? I think not. So we have an uneducated director playing with politics, uneducated actors/actresses jumping on their idea of a "worthy cause", and an author who wished to make this a fiction movie instead of basing it on his book so he could REALLY REALLY spice it up. All for another buck in the pockets of Hollywood and to spread lies about animal agriculture to the consumer.
If you want to know the real story. Ask someone who knows. Ask someone who truly cares about livestock. Ask someone who is educated enough to share the truth. Ask me!
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