"I think it's too easy often to find a villain out of the headlines and to then repeat that villainy again and again and again. You know, traditionally, America has always looked to scapegoat someone as the boogie man"
- Edward Zwick
About this Quote
In this quote, Edward Zwick is expressing his belief that society often falls under the trap of identifying someone as a bad guy based on what they see in the media. He recommends that this propensity to repeatedly vilify the same person or group is too simple and can cause unfair scapegoating. Zwick also points out that this is a typical pattern in American culture, where there is a propensity to look for a scapegoat or a "boogie guy" to blame for societal problems. Overall, Zwick is cautioning versus the dangers of blindly accepting the media's portrayal of people or groups as bad guys without critically analyzing the scenario.
This quote is written / told by Edward Zwick somewhere between October 8, 1952 and today. He was a famous Director from USA.
The author also have 11 other quotes.
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress"
