Hollywood is starting to become more and more harmful to society. Many people wonder why this is so. Simple, Hollywood is a very high power in the world; that power leads to being influential. Individuals view celebrities as good role models, when in reality they are not at all. They are not themselves on the set of a movie or TV show. They are playing a role that the producers wrote. Because the characters aren't real, America gets the wrong impression of almost everything. Children get false ideas about what the world is really like. Teens and adults have false perceptions about how much they should weigh, what size they should wear, and what they should look like. All ages have a misconception of what they should and shouldn't do. They also think Hollywood is perfect but it's not. The effects of Hollywood on today's society are very harmful to all ages. Hollywood becomes more of a threat to people every day. “Hollywood [is] pushing boundaries, breaking taboos, desensitizing audiences, demolishing the moral construct this country was built on, mocking the traditional family, and rewriting history” (West). Hollywood is damaging the entire moral system of all previous years, now and to come. There are so many people whose personal identity is ruined by the things Hollywood makes them think. Hollywood says they're not good enough as they are. People then start to change themselves when they don't need to. This is just one of the many problems related to Hollywood's effect on society. Children are the most affected by Hollywood, but they are not the only ones. Brooke Miller says this about children. “There are 12 year old girls who see photos of celebrities wearing a size 0....... center of paper... they need to change their priorities. Make films that people like, but don't force them or make people believe false things. Society would be better if Hollywood influenced good standards instead of immoral and uncertain ones. Works Cited Lowson, Kathleen. ““HOLLYWOOD POWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY”©Taking Controversy to the Level of Action: Hollywood's Power Elite Speak Out by Kathleen Lowson.” “THE POWER OF HOLLYWOOD IN THE 21ST CENTURY”©Taking Controversy to the Level of Action: Hollywood's Power Elite Speak Out by Kathleen Lowson. LowsonInternational Studios and Web. December 02, 2013.Miller, Brooke. “Does Hollywood have a negative impact on the world – Yes.” Entertainment360.com. R.R. Donnelley, July 2, 2007. Web. December 2, 2013. West, Martha. “Hollywood reveals the fabric of society.” www.renewamerica.com. Renewing America, 12 December 2011. Web. 02 December. 2013.