Righty Hollywood Baby Festival
Wow, that John Voight op-ed in the Washington Times really set off a right wing Hollywood wont let conservatives talk festival of tears. They seized upon the words of some entertainment blogger and went back on the warpath. Its not surprising. Artists are the one thing the right wing will never able to control in this country. Ever. And they cant handle it.
On the 28th of July, Voight penned one of the dumbest op-eds I have ever read. It was mind bogglingly stupid. John Wells, of Hollywood-elsewhere.com, didnt think it was the most brilliant piece either and he finished off a blog entry with this sentence.
If I were a producer and I had to make a casting decision about hiring Voight or some older actor who hadn't pissed me off with an idiotic Washington Times op-ed piece, I might very well say to myself, "Voight? Let him eat cake."
The right wing, of course, went bat shit fucking crazy. How dare Hollywood threaten a man for speaking his mind! Its blacklisting! Its Nazism!
Uh, not so much. Its actually just a blogger writing in the moment, being pissed off and hoping something like that would happen. Guess what? It wasnt Steven Spielberg saying it. It wasnt Sumner Redstone saying it. It wasnt Tom Cruise saying it. Nope, it was someone with absolutely zero power saying it. It was about as important as the janitor at MGM saying it. But that certainly didnt stop the right wing from losing their minds or John Voight condemning the blacklisting.
Its out of line to insinuate that we should blacklist people for speaking their minds, Voight told Politico. Its a strange thing when people in this country cant express their opinions without being attacked. He added that Hollywood liberals frequently discuss topical issues, and its an important time for people on the conservative side to speak out.
First of all, fuck off, you idiot. Wells did not call for a blacklist, he just stated that a producer might think twice about wanting to spend time around someone who appears to be a blow hard idiot. Thats what it comes down to. Look, Voight is no longer a good actor. He is capable of delivering what is needed in movies like The Transformers. Nobody thinks of Voight when a juicy role comes along. Hes a limited character actor and they try to keep their personal life out of the spotlight as much as possible, because baggage harms their ability to be chameleons on screen.
Now, if you really want to piss off a writer in Hollywood, bring up the word blacklist. No one has suffered more from blacklisting than writers - at the hands of the right wing. For a bunch of right wing cunts to turn this term around and misuse it in their advantage is disgusting. The right wing destroyed peoples lives with blacklisting.
It started in the late 40s. Writers and other artists were denied work in Hollywood because of their alleged membership in the Communist Party. Their lives were turned upside down because of their involvement in liberal or humanitarian causes. Thats what a blacklist is, and the right wing should know because they were the ones who created it. A blacklist is not, and never will be, some guy not hiring you because he doesnt like what you have to say. Thats called life, you horrible, ignorant assholes.
A couple of days ago, a conservative writer
penned an op-ed for the Washington Post. Its rife with the usual conservative grandiose victimization. He kicks off with a delightful story of how hard it is to be a conservative in Hollywood.
At a recent writers conference in Southern California, one of my colleagues on a screenwriters panel told the crowd of about 50 people that she hoped Barack Obama would win the presidency. A number of people applauded. When it was my turn to speak, I politely said that I disagreed with her politics and moved on to other topics. There was no applause for me, but several writers approached me afterward. Each dropped his voice to a whisper and, looking around to make sure no one would overhear, said, "Thank you for saying that."
Oooooo. Wow. You mean, when you are in an area of the country that has political leanings toward one side, you dont get applause for stating the opposite view? Holy shit. I never would have known that doing stand up in places like Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. I wouldnt have known that when a guy in Mississippi yelled from the audience, Why dont you shut your fucking mouth? I wouldnt have known that when a girl in Georgia yelled, Go home Yankee as I walked the stage. And I certainly never would have picked that up when a woman told me I was going to hell as I told jokes in Oklahoma. How fucking stupid do you have to be to not understand that this is life.
Guess what? My liberal ass wasnt invited back to those clubs. Wanna know why? Because I didnt fit in. Thats called life. People naturally gather with like-minded people. I havent written many letters to the editor about my poor treatment in southern comedy clubs because I dont have an obsession over things I cant control. Ive toured every state in the country and there were more than a few places where I had to hold my tongue, like the entire southern half of the United States. And I had to listen to many conversations about how horrible liberals are.
The most vile aspect of this right wing cry party is that the people hiring for the Department of Justice for the past 7 years had a blacklist. Im not hearing much from the right wing about that problem. The complete politicizing of the Department of Justice and not a peep. But when a blogger comments that John Voight might not get a job, its shit storm time.
The right wing are cowardly, vile creatures. For them, all is well if they destroy the rule of law, but if movies are partisan in nature, a grievous wrong has been committed. They have the priorities of child molesters.
And lastly, artists will always be liberals. Thats how it works. And Im sorry 24 has been renewed for another season. Another year of dirty, liberal propaganda.
FearTheReaper is a writer, actor and stand up comedian. If you want to read more of his yammering, check out his blog Stop All Monsters.
