{"id":26030,"date":"2014-08-16T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=26030"},"modified":"2014-12-12T14:59:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T20:59:31","slug":"campaign-aims-for-accurate-portrayal-of-veterans-in-tv-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/26030-campaign-aims-for-accurate-portrayal-of-veterans-in-tv-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Aims for Accurate Portrayal of Veterans in TV, Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GOTWe often see actors depicting veterans on TV and in movies. It\u2019s common for those performances to portray the veterans as either \u201cheroes\u201d or \u201ccharity cases\u201d. However, it\u2019s far less often that veterans are portrayed somewhere in between as \u201cneutral\u201d or \u201cassets\u201d and with higher rates of employment, lower rates of homelessness and better mental health outcomes.<\/p>\n

Got Your 6<\/a> recognizes that Americans often believe what they see on TV and view many veterans simply as \u201cbroken heroes\u201d. This has prompted the organization to launch a Cultural Campaign, which aims to \u201cwork with writers, showrunners, producers, casting directors, et al, from the entertainment industry to help increase the frequency of the \u2018neutral\/asset\u2019 portrayal of veterans on film and television.\u201d<\/p>\n

Got Your 6 released a six minute video synopsis of “Got Your 6 Vetfronts”, which honored content creators in Hollywood who have done an outstanding job portraying veterans accurately and positively. With Vetfronts, Got Your 6 hopes to inspire future storylines and characters by introducing the entertainment industry to some of this generation\u2019s most accomplished military veterans.<\/p>\n