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*''American Pie'' - a long-running film franchise primarily dealing with teenage sex and alcohol; it relies on jokes about sex and bodily functions
 
*''American Pie'' - a long-running film franchise primarily dealing with teenage sex and alcohol; it relies on jokes about sex and bodily functions
 
*''Jackass'' - These films are essentially montages of ridiculous stunts and pranks with no coherent story
 
*''Jackass'' - These films are essentially montages of ridiculous stunts and pranks with no coherent story
*''South Park'' - uses constant iterations of urine, feces, farting and shock humor, such as jokes about abortion, rape and the [[Holocaust]]
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*[[Beavis and Butthead]] 1990s MTV series and its 1996 [[movie]] adaptation.
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*[[Mel Brooks]] ''History of The World Part I'' makes fun of the suffering of [[Jews]] under the  [[Inquistion]].
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*[[South Park]] - uses constant iterations of urine, feces, farting and shock humor, such as jokes about [[abortion]], [[rape]] and the [[Holocaust]].
 
*''There's Something About Mary'' - contains gratuitous sex and jokes about bodily functions
 
*''There's Something About Mary'' - contains gratuitous sex and jokes about bodily functions
 
*''Family Guy'' - notorious for its shock tactics, this show routinely employs willful tastelessness for comedic shock value. Examples include one regular character who is a pedophile, as well as constant Hitler jokes.
 
*''Family Guy'' - notorious for its shock tactics, this show routinely employs willful tastelessness for comedic shock value. Examples include one regular character who is a pedophile, as well as constant Hitler jokes.
*''Harold and Kumar'''s - the adventures of the pot-smoking duo that play up ethnic stereotypes.  
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*''Harold and Kumar'' films - the adventures of the pot-smoking duo that play up ethnic stereotypes.  
 
*''Californication''- a filthy show about a man who has multiple sex partners.
 
*''Californication''- a filthy show about a man who has multiple sex partners.
 
*''Dogma''- A movie that makes fun of the Bible and religion.
 
*''Dogma''- A movie that makes fun of the Bible and religion.
*  Lowbrow comedies like ''Porky's'', ''Vacation'' ([[Chevy Chase]], Beverly D'Angelo), ''Police Academy''  and ''Revenge of The Nerds"
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*  Lowbrow comedies like ''Porky's'', ''Vacation'' ([[Chevy Chase]], Beverly D'Angelo), ''Police Academy''  and ''Revenge of The Nerds''  serieses are full of all of the above.
  serieses are full of all of the above.
   
== Rehabilitation clinics ==
 
== Rehabilitation clinics ==
 
Hollywood values often result in [[Celebrity|celebrities]] going into rehabilitation clinics. Here are some examples:
 
Hollywood values often result in [[Celebrity|celebrities]] going into rehabilitation clinics. Here are some examples:
 
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*[[Anthony Michael Hall]], of teen "humor" pics "Sixteen Candles" and " The Breakfast Club" where he was a real life [[teenager]], was in rehab for [[alcoholism]].
 
*[[Kirsten Dunst]] checked into the [[Cirque Lodge]] treatment facility in [[Utah]] after a week of hard partying at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], according to a source at the lodge, although the lodge's director of operations denies this. <ref name = "foxkirsten">
 
*[[Kirsten Dunst]] checked into the [[Cirque Lodge]] treatment facility in [[Utah]] after a week of hard partying at the [[Sundance Film Festival]], according to a source at the lodge, although the lodge's director of operations denies this. <ref name = "foxkirsten">
 
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329545,00.html Reports Say Kirsten Dunst in Rehab; Rep for Facility Denies It], ''[[Fox News]]'', February 08, 2008</ref>
 
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,329545,00.html Reports Say Kirsten Dunst in Rehab; Rep for Facility Denies It], ''[[Fox News]]'', February 08, 2008</ref>
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==Religion==
 
==Religion==
A short study of the ten most successful actors <ref>http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php 10 most successful actors] </ref> shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values. [[David Lynch]], for example, is apathetic towards all [[politics]] and [[religions]] and prefers [[transcedental meditation]] instead. [[1980s]] [[teen idol]], [[Adrian Zmed]], said his strict upbringing by his [[Romanian Orthodox]] priest father caused him to play [[juvenile deliquent]] and [[greaser]] roles as a relief from it ("having a father who is *your* father").
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A short study of the ten most successful actors <ref>http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-successful-actors-at-the-box-office.php 10 most successful actors] </ref> shows that only 50% are Christian (compared to 76% for the general population), with 30% expressing no religious beliefs at all (15% in the general public). These actors have had successful careers and it is very likely that religious affiliation in regular actors is much lower, exposing or predisposing them to the influence of Hollywood values. [[David Lynch]], for example, is apathetic towards all [[politics]] and [[religions]] and prefers [[transcedental meditation]] instead. Former [[1980s]] [[teen idol]] Adrian Zmed, who starred alongside [[William Shatner]] in [[1980s]] TV-er, ''T.J. Hooker'', said, in a 1983 interview with [[People Magazine]], his rigid upbringing by his [[Romanian Orthodox]] [[priest]] father caused him to play [[juvenile]] [[deliquent]] and greaser roles (e.g. [[Broadway]]'s long running stage production ''[[Grease]]'') as a relief from "having a father who is *your* father", and also said "Preachers kids have a sense of rebellion in them".
    
[[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. [[Tom Cruise]], [[Krisite Alley]] and [[John Travolta]] are perhaps the most well known Hollywood Scientologists.  
 
[[Scientology]] is practiced by many Hollywood personalities. [[Tom Cruise]], [[Krisite Alley]] and [[John Travolta]] are perhaps the most well known Hollywood Scientologists.  
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