Meryl Streep's speech last night — Page 4

"The argument that Trump voters flocked to a TV star as a counterreaction to Hollywood values is an unsupported and barely disguised attempt to try to muzzle opposition by suggesting that anything anyone in entertainment says or does about Trump will only make things worse. There’s no basis to believe that, or to trust the motives of those who articulate it as a self-reinforcing principle that insists the very act of using a public platform to speak against Trump proves that you’re out of touch with the people to whom you’re speaking."

Hollywood’s Protests Might Seem Ineffective —But They’re Actually Getting to Trump

Kad said: ""The argument that Trump voters flocked to a TV star as a counterreaction to Hollywood values is an unsupported and barely disguised attempt to try to muzzle opposition by suggesting that anything anyone in entertainment says or does about Trump will only make things worse. There’s no basis to believe that, or to trust the motives of those who articulate it as a self-reinforcing principle that insists the very act of using a public platform to speak against Trump proves that you’re out of touch with the people to whom you’re speaking."

Hollywood’s Protests Might Seem Ineffective —But They’re Actually Getting to Trump



"This Paragraph in your article says it all



This unofficial boycott — never announced, but fully enacted — is the fitting endpoint to a campaign year in which Hollywood has had to come to grips with the fact that its freeze-out of Donald Trump has been at once completely successful and utterly ineffective. Clinton had virtually the whole entertainment industry except for Susan Sarandon: SuperPACs, the ads, the music business, Jeffrey Katzenberg, TV stars, Cher, The Avengers, Shondaland … and it all added up to nothing but a reaffirmation of the respective positions held by the two Americas. Those who oppose Trump can take vague comfort in the pathetically small victory that the inauguration is likely to be lousy TV, devoid of anything like the stirring moment when Aretha Franklin sent “My Country 'Tis of Thee” aloft over the Mall on a freezing day in 2009. And, on the other hand, many of Trump’s supporters, for whom “Hollyweird” is just another swamp they’d like to see drained, view a stiff-arm from the entertainment community as just another sign that their guy must be doing something right.

Updated On: 1/9/17 at 04:24 PM

It's clear that Streep's speech has set off Trump and his acolytes, some of whom are here on this board. Thanks.

There have been plenty of things that pains us all the last few years but she has been quiet. Like Gitmo, or Drones killing Children, Refugees or Murder Rate in Chicago, or the UN vote on Israel.

Also, if she was really so concerned about the disabled, she wouldve said something about that poor disabled boy who was kidnapped and tortured and made to drink from toilet LIVE dont you think? It just happened a week ago and has probably been the biggest story news wise. But not a peep. Which makes it all sound about politics not about the disabled.

Updated On: 1/9/17 at 04:52 PM

BroadwayConcierge said: "My goodness, I've been called some nasty things in here! I've done nothing but try to engage in reasoned debate and dialogue—and nevertheless, because I hold views that don't hold Trump in an utterly demonizing light, I'm apparently "pathetic," "petulant," "abhorrent," a "moron," and an "idiot," among others. I don't prefer to engage with name callers, so I'm gonna pass on responding to this thread. If I've raised anything you'd like to query me on, feel free to PM me. Otherwise, see you on the main board.



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THANK YOU, SWEET JESUS. NOW STICK TO THIS.

Jane, the troll is just parroting KellyAnne Conway on FoxNews. It has no actual opinions of its own.

Thanks Jay. There's definitely something askew there!

Go??Away??Troll??

BroadwayConcierge said: "I mean, sure, I guess. But Trump hasn't even entered office yet. Moreover, I think it's safe to say that the narrative of Hollywood liberal elitism played at least somewhat of a role in frustrating swaths of the electorate to the point of Hillary losing votes. So why keep doing it instead of just doing your job sans political commentary?"

Last time I checked this was in Ms Steep's free time and was a public platform in a free country where she chose an issue that was important to her and spoke from the heart. By your own rhetoric why don't you just do "your job" and outside of that shut up and keep your own opinions to yourself?

If 157 major awards makes Meryl Streep "highly overrated" as an actress, what does 6 bankruptcies make Donald Trump as a businessman?

Updated On: 1/9/17 at 10:24 PM

BroadwayConcierge said: "My goodness, I've been called some nasty things in here! I've done nothing but try to engage in reasoned debate and dialogue—and nevertheless, because I hold views that don't hold Trump in an utterly demonizing light, I'm apparently "pathetic," "petulant," "abhorrent," a "moron," and an "idiot," among others. I don't prefer to engage with name callers, so I'm gonna pass on responding to this thread. If I've raised anything you'd like to query me on, feel free to PM me. Otherwise, see you on the main board.



You've done nothing of the sort. Whenever someone asks you a very specific question, you refuse to answer it, nor will you defend your "beliefs." You simply declare, "I don't have to answer to you or anyone else." But I suppose you'll never see this since you aren't reading this thread.

That is because she is referring to "The Arts" as in the creative expression film, tv, stage, literature, music, etc. Mixed Martial Arts & Football are not "The Arts". It was a joke.

Somehow... I'm pretty sure quite a few people in that room laughing also watch sports. It ain't that serious... Hard to believe, I know.