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Hollywood Takes Aim at ‘American Sniper’


Sniping at hero Chris Kyle all the rage among Tinseltown elites.


PAYING RESPECTS A scene from American Sniper depicts a heartfelt Chris Kyle (above, and played by Bradley Cooper, right) vowing to remember fallen comrades.


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BY ROBERT V. CARL


ollywood’s sneering dis- regard for American Snip- er — the highest-grossing war fi lm ever made — has


pulled back the curtain on the dovish, anti-patriotic sentiments pervading today’s entertainment elite, cultural critics say.


Documentary fi lmmaker and lib-


eral gadfl y Michael Moore fi red the opening salvo by tweeting: “My uncle was shot by snipers in WWII. We were


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taught snipers were cowards, will shoot you in the back. Snipers aren’t heroes, and invaders are worse.” Comparing the most eff ective snip-


er in U.S. history to America’s World War II enemies predictably blew up in Moore’s face. When it did, he vari- ously blamed American racism, Twit- ter, and the release date’s proximity to Martin Luther King Day as an excuse. Not to be outdone, Canadian-


American funnyman Seth Rogen compared the blockbuster fi lm star-


ring Bradley Cooper to a faux Nazi propaganda fi lm referenced in Quen- tin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Rogen later complained his remarks were taken out of context, stating: “I’m sorry if this somehow off ended any- one, but that was not my intention.” Perhaps the worst bashing of Kyle


— the decorated war hero who lost his life in a 2013 shooting at a Texas gun range while trying to help another vet- eran overcome PTSD — came at the hands of NBC correspondent Ayman


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