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Part of becoming an adult has been realizing nearly every celebrity is a horrible person
Some of them are good. Wallace Shawn and Danny DeVito have good politics, and Steve Buscemi was a volunteer firefighter who responded to 9/11. So the short and ugly ones maybe. Got that hobbit energy.
oh that's why I have good politics
Tim Heidecker seems like a good egg. Mark Ruffalo seems ok as well.
Also weirdly Seth MacFarlane seems ok politically even though his shows are full of racism and transphobia and etc
Re: Seth MacFarlane. I'm sure his animated stuff fits that bill, but "The Orville" is a super progressive show. Last season featured an episode involving gender dysmorphia and essentially trans-rights (in space of course) that was wonderfully done.
It also had a direct comparison of the soviets to the nazis with that, this is just like the molotov ribbentrop, line. MacFarlane probably didn't write it, but his character said it and its his show. I'd love to know what the hell he was thinking on that one.
Liberals are allergic to facts
Yeah The Orville is surprisingly good and the third season is basically like a a space war for trans rights
I don't remember where but I read Mark Ruffalo's brother was killed by the CIA and I choose to believe that
Danny DeVito having good politics is both heartwarming and hilarious.
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Part of this realization goes in hand with the recognition that, overwhelmingly, nearly anyone who is anyone in media is related to someone rich and powerful.
I don't even mean kids of movie stars or record producers cause that's just the standard nepotism everyone knows about. I mean like a ton of famous people are at most one familial step removed from an influential political actor or business magnate who helped fund their career pursuit in some fashion. There's definitely exceptions and you can find some with good politics regardless but it's pretty wild to realize how much of our media is created by rich failsons.
Yeah this has been a realization too. Nearly everyone famous is some rich person's nephew or daughter. It's all a big country club.
A horrible system promotes horrible people to its top.
comedians in particular are awful people
The more famous the comedian, the more they reflect mainstream ideology. Look no further than the popular comedian of the moment to understand where the public mindset is. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get more Jeff-Dunham-racist-puppet acts soon.