{"id":2480177,"date":"2026-06-29T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2480177"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:23:54","slug":"movies-books-art-and-music-to-explore-as-america-turns-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/movies-books-art-and-music-to-explore-as-america-turns-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Movies, books, art and music to explore as America turns 250"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-dropcap-image=\"\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">  <span class=\"dropcap-image\" aria-hidden=\"true\">       <\/span> <\/p>\n<p data-has-dropcap-image=\"\">A crazed newscaster prompts his viewers to do a wild thing: open their windows and shout, \u201cI\u2019m as mad as hell and I\u2019m not going to take this anymore.\u201d And they do it, from Atlanta to Baton Rouge, so much yelling. It\u2019s a prescient scene in \u201cNetwork\u201d from 1976, the year of America\u2019s bicentennial. Fast forward to the semiquincentennial and Americans holler versions of that slogan through windows in real life, just on phones and computers.<\/p>\n<p>When the national mood wobbles, we turn to the arts, which have the power to free buried desires, soothe souls and cross divides. So as America turns 250, the Entertainment team considered how this country\u2019s ups and downs have shaped what we watch, listen to and read. Throughout this week those stories will appear here. Bookmark this page to come back for more.<\/p>\n<p>To start, \u201cNetwork\u201d makes our list of movies that illustrate frictional historical moments. (\u201cTeam America: World Police\u201d does too so expect range!) We also spotlight a new generation of playwrights reimagining Americanness with a sense of hope that America\u2019s best years are still ahead of us. \u2014<i>Brittany Levine Beckman, Entertainment and Features editor<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"divider\" role=\"separator\"> <picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/6013131\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2083x625+0+0\/resize\/266x80!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F4f%2Fa3cacf2e4dbf83cdf5949818d19a%2Famerica-250-break5.png 2x\"\/><img class=\"image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/c8ea2a4\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2083x625+0+0\/resize\/266x80!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F4f%2Fa3cacf2e4dbf83cdf5949818d19a%2Famerica-250-break5.png 2x\" width=\"133\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/a084a40\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2083x625+0+0\/resize\/133x40!\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F4f%2Fa3cacf2e4dbf83cdf5949818d19a%2Famerica-250-break5.png\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/picture>  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crazed newscaster prompts his viewers to do a wild thing: open their windows and shout, \u201cI\u2019m as mad as hell and I\u2019m not going to take this anymore.\u201d And they do it, from Atlanta to Baton Rouge, so much yelling. It\u2019s a prescient scene in \u201cNetwork\u201d from 1976, the year of America\u2019s bicentennial. 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