The Hollywood Reporter is nervous sick.
The far-Left claims we haven’t seen sufficient anti-Trump motion from celebrities of late.
Sure, Donald Trump’s victory solely occurred two months in the past, however THR craves a full-scale Resistance Sequel.
- Marches
- Anti-Trump documentaries
- Social media signaling
It’s been “eerie quiet,” the location maintains with a whiff of conspiracy.
After deploying each weapon to cease Trump from regaining the White Home — letting free each Beyoncé efficiency, George Clooney op-ed and Taylor Swift endorsement — the trade has just about gone Harold Lloyd-silent since he received.
Mentioned weapons have been deployed for naught, as all of us discovered Nov. 5. Maybe the celebrities learn story after story suggesting Individuals are burned out by superstar endorsements and tweaked their activism.
Or they’re ready for an excuse to renew their ResistanceTM methods. Like, for example, Oscar season.
The awards calendar heats up Sunday with the Golden Globes telecast. Host Nikki Glaser will get the decision, steering an evening crammed that might flip right into a DNC rally.
Or not.
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The previous few years have seen a marked lower in political activism throughout the awards present circuit. Even Jimmy Kimmel, one in every of late-night TV’s most aggressive partisans, dialed down the rhetoric throughout the previous two Oscar telecasts.
President Trump wasn’t within the Oval Workplace over this era. Did that make all of the distinction?
Jan. 5’s Globes telecast will inform us a lot about Hollywood’s resistance mind set. It additionally will share how Oscar season would possibly play out.
Will Glaser deliver a political edge to her monologue? The feisty comedian insists Trump jokes are off the desk, however that isn’t written in stone. Earlier award reveals have taken a politics-free pledge solely to shatter it later.
Are actors desirous to shred President-Elect Trump throughout their acceptance speeches? Will comedian hosts roast the former and future president, scores be darned?
Or, will the celebrities notice Hollywood is in a precarious state and keep on with the movies and TV reveals in query? The latter could be the almost definitely final result. (It additionally partially explains the so-called silence from Group Hollywood post-Nov. 5)
The movie trade’s field workplace totals shrank in 2024. Streaming platforms are struggling to make a revenue. Manufacturing staffers are mulling different strains of labor throughout the trade’s contraction.
The looming menace of A.I.-generated content material hangs over the city’s head. Shoppers can watch slickly produced YouTube channels, content material made at a fraction of the worth level of any given community present, over broadcast fare.
It’s no marvel some stars would possibly keep mum on the political entrance.
The opposite chance? The assembled stars converse out on tangential points – MeToo, the Israeli-Palestinian warfare, Local weather Change or different points.
In that case, the traditional Golden Globes second, courtesy of Ricky Gervais, should apply.