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The former Philadelphian and current Californian, co- host of TV's "Sneak Previews," is not one for sneak attacks in print. His book is bold and straightforward, making its move on movie makers without compromise, deflec- ting the film industry's defensiveness. At a time when some Americans are up in arms over family values, Mr. Medved provides ammuni- tion against a town whose most martyred example of motherhood may be the title character in Alien. Oy vey for Hollywood? "Family values is not a po- litical issue," says Mr. Medved. "It is not a Repub- lican or Democratic issue. It is a concern for every decent American." On that level, says Medv- ed, Hollywood fails the screen test. It promotes promiscuity, uses marriage as a map for depicting wedd- ed blitz and nonchalantly portrays illegitimacy as a legitimate lifestyle. Yale graduate Michael Medved has credentials in the business. He has worked on a number of scripts — in- cluding Yentl — and has served as a source of exper- tise on Hollywood for a number of TV news shows. The popular author con- tends that his viewpoint is more popular than Hollywood would have one believe. "Everybody knows this business is in crisis and is rotten to the core," says Mr. Medved. "It is a climate where the ship is going down and all the major entertain- ment companies are in deep, deep trouble." What also is troubling is the way Hollywood handles religion, says the author, a Jew who observes Shabbat. "In addition to the obvious antipathy to various forms of Christianity displayed in so many recent movies," writes Mr. Medved in reference to such works as At Play in the Fields of the Lord and The Last Temptation of Christ, "Hollywood has also attemp- ted some significant jabs at Judaism." Michael Medved notes that although the punches aimed at Jews are not as powerful as those aimed at Chris- tians, Jews can't take much solace. "This has less to do with the high concentration of Jews in the movie in- dustry than with the prevailing perception that Judaism is all but irrelevant as a religious system," writes Mr. Medved. Not that Jews and Judaism are left unscathed. Mr. Medved cites a number of Woody Allen films — in- cluding Radio Days and Crimes and Misdemeanors — as misdirected attacks on Jews. Woody Allen isn't the only source for such japes at Jews: According to Mr. Medved, Enemies, a Love Story, based on a work by I.B. Singer, presented a less than loving portrayal of a rabbi, played by Alan King. Indeed, rabbis often take it on the chin: Mr. Medved cites the one who shaved off his beard in The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick. What are the chances, asks Mr. Medved, of a Chasidic rabbi doing just that, turn- c ing his back on his con- gregation and becoming a stand-up comic? What is not funny is the way Americans view the movie makers of Hollywood. "Jews still run Hollywood," says Mr. Medv- ed. "The most serious prob- lem we have is that, in an Michael Medved: Old still sells. era when a substantial por- tion of America hates the movies and believes that movies and TV corrupt their kids, that substantial por- tion can blame the Jews. "There is no question that some of the anger and alienation people feel toward_ Hollywood rubs off int ro- classical anti-Semitism." Those same moguls havej mixed feelings about their own people and religion. "Hollywood says yes to Jews, but no to Judaism," says Mr. Medved. When the lights dim in the theater, there is little illu- mination on the real Jewish( experience. And when some- thing is depicted, the picture' is usually skewed. For in- stance, says Mr. Medved, "E',1 you have a Jewish character 1 on screen, he is only allowed ) to fall in love with a non- Jewish character." But moviemakers ticket; other groups for such treat- ment, too. Indeed, Mac Medved takes umbrage at the way Hollywood projects other images, including that of the woman in today's society. "If you pick up a news- paper and look at the gar- bage in the multiplexes, you can be horrified," he says. Certainly, says Michael Medved, it is frightening to think that there could be a more sexist and unbecoming anti-female film such as Death Becomes Her, whidii explores the theme that ag-) ing women are useless members of society. Unlawful Entry, with its focus on two men struggling ,