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| | '''Andrew Klavan''' is a [[conservative]], [[Christian]], award-winning American crime novelist.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODA2MWZiNjZkNjBjZWU1MDYyY2VjM2RjYzExYWUwMTM= National Review Online, He's So Klavan: The Right side of Hollywood, Mark Hemingway, July 31, 2008]</ref> | | '''Andrew Klavan''' is a [[conservative]], [[Christian]], award-winning American crime novelist.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODA2MWZiNjZkNjBjZWU1MDYyY2VjM2RjYzExYWUwMTM= National Review Online, He's So Klavan: The Right side of Hollywood, Mark Hemingway, July 31, 2008]</ref> |
| − | "He has published numerous insightful [[opinion pieces]] in the ''[[New York Times]]'', the [[Wall Street Journal]], and the ''[[Washington Post]],'' as well as the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''." He has also written articles on [[Pajamas Media]], and had a web series called "Andrew Klavan: On the Culture", and has also co-starred with [[Bill Whittle]] on the talk series "Bill Whittle & Andrew Klavan" | + | "He has published numerous insightful opinion pieces in the ''[[New York Times]]'', the [[Wall Street Journal]], and the ''[[Washington Post]],'' as well as the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''." He has also written articles on [[Pajamas Media]], and had a web series called "Andrew Klavan: On the Culture", and has also co-starred with [[Bill Whittle]] on the talk series "Bill Whittle & Andrew Klavan" |
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| | His novels ''True Crime'' and ''Don't Say A Word'' were made into films starring [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[Michael Douglas]]. | | His novels ''True Crime'' and ''Don't Say A Word'' were made into films starring [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[Michael Douglas]]. |
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| | ==Themes== | | ==Themes== |
| | *movies with Americans as the good guys vs. bashing America and our troops | | *movies with Americans as the good guys vs. bashing America and our troops |
| − | *[[culture of lies]], e.g., | + | *culture of lies, e.g., |
| − | **that America is evil and that [[Islamo-fascism]] somehow has a [[moral equivalence]] to [[Western values]] | + | **that America is evil and that [[Islamofacism]] somehow has a [[moral equivalence]] to Western values |
| | *[[Islamophobia]] | | *[[Islamophobia]] |
| | *"The one place conservatives in the arts fall down is in building a body of reviews, awards and creating our own grants. Writers and filmmakers are part of the arts community and we all crave recognition. That recognition is what will help us reclaim the culture, and that’s where the real battle that matters is."<ref>http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgagliasso/2010/11/10/andrew-klavan-interview-were-at-war-but-hollywood-is-still-stuck-in-vietnam/</ref> | | *"The one place conservatives in the arts fall down is in building a body of reviews, awards and creating our own grants. Writers and filmmakers are part of the arts community and we all crave recognition. That recognition is what will help us reclaim the culture, and that’s where the real battle that matters is."<ref>http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgagliasso/2010/11/10/andrew-klavan-interview-were-at-war-but-hollywood-is-still-stuck-in-vietnam/</ref> |