Larry Gelbart explains it all

Larry Gelbart is, of coure, the producer of M*A*S*H* the TV show, explains to us why Hollywood no longer portrays villians and terrorists from Arab ethnic groups:

No executive today is willing to greenlight a movie that portrays extreme Islamists as the enemy (though check out Fox's 1994 actioner "True Lies" to see none other than current California Gov. Schwarzenegger going head-to-head with crazed jihadists). But Gelbart believes that is a pragmatic decision having little to do with politics.

"You make a radical Muslim mad, and he won't rip off your bumper sticker, he'll rip off your bumper -- then your car will be found in another state, and he'll put a fatwa on you," he says. "I think fearing for your life is a pretty good reason not to do it."

HMM....Mario Cuomo, call your office....