REGINA: Do you think Hollywood films reflect the morality of Hollywood today?
MARIANNE: There is no morality in Hollywood, not as Christians define it. The “morality” is anything goes as long as you aren’t hurting anyone. Of course, their definition of hurting someone is different from what most people would think. I suppose Hollywood’s morals or moral motto is closest to Aleister Crowley’s “law of Thelema,” that simply says, “do what thou wilt.” (Editor’s Note: Aleister Crowly was an Oxford-educated pansexual, mystic, occultist, recreational drug experimenter, who was also known as Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast 666.)
I was recently going through some old books and found this paragraph from “Writing the Script: A Practical Guide for Films and Television,” written by Wells Root in 1979 that sums it up nicely I think. “Page 108: Sex and Violence. Only as fool or a hypocrite would ignore the box-office harvest of sex and violence. Certainly a great many producers are looking for stories that legitimately exploit these two elements. How any writer or producer defines “legitimately” of course, is his own discretion.”
REGINA: Do you think Hollywood's unwritten code of immorality makes it difficult to get moral films made?
MARIANNE: Of course it does, unless they see dollar signs. Sex sells has been the general philosophy from the entertainment business since its birth. The definition of what kind of “sex” is acceptable has changed over the years. Hollywood has successfully chipped away at the moral fiber of America and the world so now they can get away with more.
REGINA: What's the difference between Old Hollywood and the new crowd?
MARIANNE: I don’t think there’s that much of a difference in their personal behavior. I think that now more things seem to be socially acceptable, or to put it more clearly, it’s no longer
politically correct to judge things like using drugs, S&M, group sex, switching genders, etc. This has allowed Hollywood to loosen up the reins on hiding what they do behind closed doors, or out of the public’s sight.
REGINA: We hear rumors of cults that are very active in Hollywood, some of which are Satanic.
MARIANNE: I haven’t actually witnessed a satanic ritual, thank goodness. I do know people in the business who have told me that their families were involved in satanic cults, Wiccan cults and rituals for the purpose of obtaining fame, wealth, or power.
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