thank you...It’s not primarily an issue of talent, it’s primarily an issue of who has their hands on the levers of power in Hollywood.
I think the issue that most conservatives have, is that if these people were simply making a movie, it wouldn’t be an issue. But the vast majority of them are into liberal advocacy and promotion of liberal policies, and they use their celebrity as a platform.
I can’t help feeling that way about this kind of stuff nowadays. A couple years ago, I went to see a Roger Waters concert, because I used to love Pink Floyd.
This was right around the 2004 election. I went with about 15 other people, and I have to tell you… I was steaming the entire time. Literally steaming. But I didn’t say anything… If someone didn’t feel the way that I did, I didn’t want to ruin the evening for them, so I sat there and stewed.
It was the most anti-American, liberal, Marxist thing that I’ve ever paid money to go see. The entire show was accompanied by slideshows and video in the background that were anti-capitalist, anti-Israel, and anti-American. Near the end, they released into the air a huge inflatable pig that looked to be about the size of a small house. On one side it said “F*ck Bush” and on the other side it had the message “Vote Democrat” painted on it.
Now, most people might reasonably say to me: “Well, it was Roger Waters. What did you expect?”
And that is true enough. But I will say that it ruined going to concerts for me, and it ruined any enjoyment I still got out of listening to Pink Floyd. I don’t think that I have listened to any Pink Floyd since that day.
The point is, I don’t go around to every telling them to trash their Pink Floyd music. I don’t tell them to not buy the music. And I don’t tell them not to listen to it.
I just can’t listen to it. And it’s the same way with many Hollywood types for me now. One of my favorite movies, especially silly comedy movies, was the Jim Carrey movie “Liar, liar”. But after listening to him for the last few years, I just can’t bring myself to laugh at his stuff. His political advocacy did the same thing for his material that OJ Simpson did to my fondness for the “Naked Gun” movies. Just seeing O.J. Simpson in those takes a lot of silly fun out of it.
thank you...Well, what *did* you expect? Waters has been an outspoken socialist his entire career. Yet he never appears on stage or in public without sporting one of his many Rolex watches. I am particularly fond of this nice Submariner.
At least Gilmore put his money where his mouth is and gave a huge chunk of his fortune away.
You're not alone though. Pearl Jam is one of my favorite bands but if someone punched Eddie Vedder in the mouth, I'd applause. And then I'd still go see them the next time they came to town.
Sounds like Naps kind of movie.