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FDR is literally the genesis of the Hollywood connection to the Democratic party and to state propaganda.

FDR was the first president to directly control mass media to convey his message. Prior Presidents would make speeches or give interviews; but FDR had his own weekly radio program where he was addressing the nation his so called "Fireside Chats". More than that he was working with people in Hollywood to construct a new system of propaganda using films and radio and fiction to lead the public not into thinking what he wanted them to; but into feeling it. Why construct a boring logical argument to convince someone of a policy when you can work with Hollywood to make a story about how great that policy is? He used this new propaganda power to sell his New Deal policies during the depression and then he greatly expanded it to sell the war effort and maintain public morale during WWII.

That's why Hollywood idolizes FDR. He turned them from just being a minstrel show into thinking of themselves as patriots leading the people towards the new progressive future that the party had planned for them. That self important egotism and loyalty to the Democratic party still guides them today. They aren't just putting on a play, they're the moral and cultural voice of America, nay the voice of the free world!

That's the gift of egotism FDR gave to Hollywood. Is it any wonder that they love him?