“I sincerely apologize for my
lapse of judgment, ... for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my
fans. … Regretfully, I did not take into consideration that my
performing for the [Trump inaugural] concert would actually instead
be taken as a political act against my own
personal beliefs and be mistaken for support of Donald Trump and Mike
Pence.” – cowed Broadway songbird Jennifer Holliday
To coin a
new phrase, intolerant
Hollywood is “Streeped” (rather than steeped) in liberal
fascism. Tony Award-winner Jennifer Holliday had participated in
presidential inauguration festivities since Ronald
Reagan. That included four presidents, Democrats and Republicans
alike. Why then the firestorm of criticism and n-word profanity for
her agreeing to perform at last Thursday's “Make America Great
Again! Welcome Celebration”? In 2017, how is singing at a
pro-American event suddenly
“offensive”? Yet, Ms. Holliday's dogmatic Hollywood
overlords misconstrued her authentic
patriotism as a public act of defiance. Their marching orders to
her (and others) were unequivocal: perform for
Trump and you'll never work in this town again. So, she didn't:
Sieg Heil!
Hitting a crescendo in the polarizing
Obama
years, Hollywood—in absolute lockstep with the propagandist
MSM—has been politically
weaponized. Therefore, is it any wonder that an article last
June in Vanity
Fair reported: “2016 is on track to be Hollywood’s worst
year for ticket sales in a century”? Hollywood's overt,
anti-patriotism has made it radioactive
to its middle America movie-skipping audience. You know, the salt of
the earth folks populating the vast spaces outside of Democrats'
cosmopolitan urban centers. This Silent
Majority elected President
Donald Trump. Those sick of being demonized by failed Democratic
politicians as
“deplorables”—and lectured to by Hollywood limousine
liberals who “know better” than the rest of us.
To be fair, the underlying
economics of this steady
decline are complex. They include high ticket prices, a
preponderance of sequels and reboots (read: a lack of original
material) and a host of fingertip entertainment options including
satellite TV, and paid streaming services like Netflix. However, the
vital element not factored into any of these calculations is the
widening left-right cultural
divide.
A-list Hollywood actors are the best at
playing make-believe. Essentially, these surrogates function as
attractive movie props. Thus, they parrot
the ideas of off-screen, invisible
others. In cinema classic “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)
character Joe Gillis (played by William Holden) admitted:
“Audiences don't know somebody sits
down and writes a picture; they think the actors make it up as they
go along.”
He's right. Actors convey the writer's
words, feelings—and most importantly,
message. That's why Hollywood
types—when speaking for themselves—come off as condescending,
entitled and phony. Even someone as
exalted as Meryl Streep. Indeed, her Golden Globe anti-Trump
rant disrespected and alienated millions of American voters.
Further, her unwarranted criticism of the then President-elect showed
a fundamental lack
of fairness. And given her lack of good faith, what loyal
American will spend hard earned dollars to watch her future films?
These Hollywood
elites are very well paid visual placeholders in a story.
Nothing more. Their power depends on their ability to fill
increasingly empty chairs in entertainment venues. What has-been
“Sunset” actress Norma Desmond (played by Gloria Swanson) called,
“Those wonderful people out there in the dark!” Our modern-day
equivalent to this character is the deluded,
self-important Meryl Streep.
Her ilk will quickly discover that
Trump's
America is a new paradigm. Unfortunately, for regurgitating
imaginary
grievances, Ms. Streep is not the most atrocious example. That
title goes to washed up actress and singer Madonna. At Saturday's
misguided Women's March on Washington, the Material Girl provocateur
publicly proclaimed she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up
the White House.” In true Orwellian
fashion—after understandable blowback—she clarified she had
actually intended a 'revolution
of love'. What two-faced
Clinton style 'is'-word
gobbledygook! Madonna's un-American totalitarianism is crystal clear.
Expressed
anarchy is not free speech. It's a call to
violence—inciting potential criminal
acts—and advocating sedition. Consequently, the superficial
shine is rapidly fading from loud-mouthed celebrity
egotists. And only time will tell if anti-American
know-nothings—exemplified
by Streep and 'Madge'—will suffer forgotten Norma Desmond's fate.
The new sunset is “Streeped” Hollywood: those marginalized
for imposing themselves as ideologues instead of simply
entertaining. These left-wing
poseurs should stick to their prepared scripts (or sheet music).
They need not play politics too, by spewing Hitlerian
hate from the nearest MSM microphone.
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