L.A. Times Music Critic Reconsiders NEA Longshot Sylvester Stallone

Mark Swed treatise part of this weekend's Calendar examination of "Hollywood values."

Online today and in print Sunday: 16 opinion pieces by Los Angeles Times entertainment editors and writers that calibrate “Hollywood values vs. American values.”

We’re not really buying film critic Kenneth Turan’s argument that movies played a major role in the election of Donald Trump. Reality TV and social media led the way there. However, we were tickled by music critic Mark Swed’s admission that after initially rolling his eyes at the idea, he now thinks Sylvester Stallone might not have been the worst choice to head up the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

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