The Hollywood Blacklist roiled Tinsel City and the tradition at giant then … and now.
We’re nonetheless speaking about it right now, partially due to La La Land. The business retains telling tales tied to what’s dubbed the “Purple Scare” period of the Nineteen Fifties.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy held hearings to uncover communist sympathizers within the nation, together with Hollywood expertise. Some stars efficiently hid their far-Left sympathies or had none within the first place.
Others paid a horrible value for alleged or actual communist ties, quickly leaving the nation till the cultural panic subsided or staying unemployed for years.
A number of went to jail for his or her thought crimes.
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo spent 10 months within the hoosegow, later turning into the topic of a 2007 documentary and 2015 function movie starring Bryan Cranston.
Director Aaron Sorkin’s 2021 movie “Being the Ricardos” additionally prominently featured a “Purple Scare” subplot.
The cultural consensus, together with Legacy Media sorts? The McCarthy Period was a horrible chapter in U.S. historical past. But there’s a brand new Hollywood Blacklist, and the press can do little however shrug about its existence.
Conservative stars are routinely punished, canceled or just ignored for potential work. Two of probably the most evident examples? Oscar-nominee James Woods and Kevin Sorbo.
Different right-leaning stars keep silent about their views, typically commiserating by way of the Pals of Abe community. The secretive teams let right-leaning artists community, bond and share horror tales {of professional} bigotry.
Now, Selection is warning of one other attainable blacklist. The far-Left outlet printed a complete take a look at David Ellison, the brand new head of Paramount.
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— Tatiana Siegel (@TatianaSiegel27) November 4, 2025
The investigation explores Ellison’s MAGA-friendly mien and willingness to spend cash whereas shaking up the previous Paramount infrastructure. That features excluding actors who, in accordance with Selection, “are deemed to be ‘overtly antisemitic’ in addition to ‘xenophobic’ and ‘homophobic.’”
That coincides with Paramount’s reproach to stars like Javier Bardem and Emma Stone who signed a letter vowing to boycott Israeli-tied movie tasks because of the Jewish nation’s alleged Gaza “genocide.” Paramount gained’t be desperate to work with these stars, the story predicts.
It’s not the one boycott reference within the piece. The story mentions an upcoming “Name of Responsibility” film adaptation for Ellison’s Paramount.
Directing the movie is Peter Berg, who not too long ago stated on “The Joe Rogan Expertise,” “I feel Trump’s doing a little nice issues” — the kind of sentiment that might land expertise on a blacklist [emphasis added] wherever however Paramount.
As soon as once more, a serious publication acknowledges how Hollywood mistreats conservative artists with no flicker of concern or concern. Berg apparently isn’t allowed to approve of any Trump coverage.
Nothing to see right here. Transfer alongside.
No, Selection shouldn’t transfer alongside. Nor ought to Tinsel City or the remainder of the media.
It’s outrageous that artists aren’t allowed to share views held by giant swathes of the nation. Now, some right-leaning stars are capable of keep away from the brand new Blacklist or discover regular work regardless of it. Suppose Dennis Quaid, Kelsey Grammer, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Voight and Tim Allen.
They’re all established skills with a long time of viewers goodwill. Many others, although, aren’t so lucky.
Simply ask Cheryl Hines. The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” alum is on a guide tour for her upcoming memoir, “Unscripted.” The guide and her media interviews share how being married to a Trump Administration official (Secretary of Well being and Human Providers Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.) has damage her appearing profession, to not point out skilled friendships.
The Legacy Media predicted that will occur months in the past.
It’s shameful that A-list stars haven’t spoken out for his or her right-leaning friends throughout this new blacklist period. Actually, some have heard tales concerning the Blacklist 2.0. Aren’t they curious as to why everybody on a movie or TV set shares comparable political opinions?
What are the percentages?
It’s doubly unhappy that main media retailers proceed to confess the apparent with no drop of concern.
Then once more, this isn’t the primary time Selection acknowledged the conservative blacklist with even lower than a shrug.
Editor’s Be aware: It’s a brutal time to be an unbiased journalist, but it surely’s by no means been extra vital given the sorry state of the company press. Should you’re having fun with Hollywood in Toto, I hope you’ll contemplate leaving a coin (or two) in our Tip Jar.