Publication: Hollywood in Toto

Hollywood in Toto

Blockbuster sequel puts patriotism, not victimhood, front and center.

Hollywood in Toto

It didn’t take long for GLAAD to weigh in on Ricky Gervais’ new Netflix special, “SuperNature.” The hour-long set features jokes tweaking the trans community in the first five minutes. And while Gervais makes a plea later in the show to support and defend gay and trans rights, it wasn’t enough to stop the flow of furious think pieces targeting the “Office” superstar. GLAAD led that charge.

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The sequel can’t replicate that Reagan-era optimism or the original’s rah-rah patriotism. This is 2022, and cheering on a straight white male military hero is problematic to the small but vocal minority that runs the culture. Don’t tell that to Cruise. He clearly helped “Maverick” avoid most, if not all, of the culture war booby traps.

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How many media outlets fact checked Michael Moore’s recent films? What about “The Comey Rule,” a Showtime miniseries that contradicts facts we now know about the Russian collusion hoax. That Showtime series suggested Trump conspired with a foreign nation to steal the presidency. Shouldn’t such incendiary claims demand a furious round of fact checks? Except they never arrived.

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Bill Murray, Frank Langella show fears behind McCarthy-like scourge.

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Comedy’s grand gala turns into an embarrassing display of chutzpah.

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Industry silence over “Dumbledore” gay censorship is part of bigger problem.

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A stunning Mark Wahlberg brings a remarkable man’s journey to life.

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Dan Quayle never became president, but he did boast a small but fanatical base. Comedians. It took one epic miscue – misspelling the word “potato” – for comics to label President George H.W. Bush’s Vice President a dunce. It’s happening again with Vice President Kamala Harris, but this time the comedy world is standing down.

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Comedians were under fire before the first Oscar got handed out Sunday. Comedians like Joe Rogan and Dave Chappelle have endured vicious Cancel Culture attacks for their material. They’re the biggest podcaster and stand-up in the country, respectively. If they’re worried about the next joke they tell, or what information they share, what do their less successful peers think when they’re writing their material?

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The show featured another round of dull virtue signaling and GOP hate … until that shocking slap…Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall, the night’s trio of hosts, set the night’s tone – diversity, woke posturing and attacks on the GOP.

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Anonymous artists demand Mouse House stop discriminating against them.

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Political comedy proves short on laughs but offers empathy for Red State USA.

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Jane Campion went from Oscar favorite to “insidious” white feminist in record time.

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Remember R-rated comedies? They made us howl in theaters nationwide, and we watched them over and again once they reached cable and streaming outlets…What was the last R-rated comedy that crushed the box office?

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Cuomo 2.0 wouldn’t be possible without Hollywood’s inability to hold him accountable.

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The latest clue that Oscar producers are out of touch with the viewing audience? The Academy chose a trio of “stars” to host this year’s gala – Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall. Two of the three are aggressively partisan, telling heartland viewers this year’s show will be as progressive as the past…Imagine if the Oscars invited Ricky Gervais, Dave Chappelle or Joe Rogan to host the show. The ratings would leap dramatically.

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HBO’s “Game Theory with Bomani Jones” show reveals the format’s extreme lack of thought diversity…Jones is a progressive journalist, full stop. Earlier this year, he played the race card against the NFL. Jones, commenting on Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the NFL citing discriminatory behavior, said the problem is due to “white people.”

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After all the dubious accusations, after the HBO documentary, after Ronan Farrow and the #MeToo assassination movement’s collapse, after all this time, is it possible that filmmaker Woody Allen didn’t molest his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow? Legendary character actor Wallace Shawn thinks so. 

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“Gutfeld!” host crushes comic tapped to emcee White House correspondents’ dinner.

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The Oscars ceremony is like a DNC event, filled with one-sided rhetoric alienating half the country. And it worked. The ratings sink dramatically almost every year, and few would suggest the March 27 gala will be different. Seeing two stars mock the ceremony this week is the one-two punch a fading institution didn’t need. The week offered one more blow to Team Oscar.

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Old school series strikes chord with audiences exhausted by handwringing heroes.

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The hero of the series, Jack Reacher, exudes machismo, a swagger the story isn’t interested in deflating. And the word “toxic” isn’t attached to that description.

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Jamie K. Wilson: I’m starting a publishing company focused on the stories and voices of conservative authors, Conservatarian Press. We will publish books of all adult genres, and next year stories for children, through online distributors. Over time, we hope to grow enough to distribute in bookstores. And we will be publishing a magazine for short-form fiction, poetry, essays and other creative projects by conservatives.