Topic > The CIA in Hollywood, by Tricia Jenkins - 597

In the book The CIA in Hollywood, by Tricia Jenkins, Jenkins explains a short and clear demonstration of how the CIA strongly tried to collaborate with Hollywood to develop certain plans starting since the 90s. Jenkins' intent is to inform about the "largely hidden history of the CIA in Hollywood" and to specify how "this model of covert influence works" (53). Jenkins covers the CIA's portrayal and involvement, from the Cold War, when it was mostly "portrayed in a very negative light" (133) to the current 9/11 era, as it is "trying to circulate whitewashed images of itself through popular media". .' (137). Early on, Jenkins explores the sources of the CIA's decision to partner with Hollywood from the 1990s onward. The main reason is the desire to counteract its essentially negative portrayal in Hollywood programs. The first chapter summarizes this image by showing how CIA agents have always been interpreted as murderers, dishonest leaders, unprotected by their hierarchy, morally bankrupt and ineffective. Jenkins claims, however, that other reasons were equally if not more decisive: ‘...