latest news contrary to what some regular readers must think I don't
begrudge celebrities their political opinions heck given how often I find
myself lionizing James Woods for taking conservative stance and incinerating
whatever chance he might be given at a late career Hollywood resurgence I would
hope most people would realize how hypocritical I would be where I
reactively against superstars exercising their god-given right to freedom of
expression the reason I find celebrity conservatives like woods to be more
incisive is that you have to be somewhat receptive to political examination if
you are going to be a conservative in the entertainment industry it's not as
if it's a commonly received opinion after all and it's certainly not going
to enhance your career prospects on the other hand in Hollywood you can go as
far down the rabbit hole of left-winger E as your little heart desires and
you're unlikely to face even the mildest pushback from anyone in a position of
power you can even build a whole career around it Michael Moore first appeared
on the Hollywood scene trashing corporate capitalism in Roger and me and
reached his apex of success with Fahrenheit 9/11 a film that presented a
series of self contradictory conspiracy theories about the Bush administration's
post 9/11 policies that no thinking individual could really take seriously
that it was taken seriously should tell you all you need to know about the
entertainment industry so sure you can construct an entire career around it but
can you resurrect one on that question I present to you our case study Jim Carrey
the man once described as a rubber faced fart Smith by the onion rubber faced
fart smithery tends to only get you so far once you past the age of 30 which
means it's a wonder Kerry ever made it at all in Hollywood he was 32 when his
breakthrough film Ace Ventura pet detective was released he was then
inexplicably able to keep that momentum up for another decade or so before
acting like a 40-something teenager lost its appeal and his live
became a public study in diminishing returns Kerry is now starring in the
Showtime series kidding although Americans could be forgiven if they
didn't know Kerry wasn't pursuing socio political punditry full-time these days
he's recently been seen on Twitter displaying vulgar artwork involving
conservative figures and on several TV shows explaining the charms of socialism
to an audience almost entirely made up of people much much poorer than him how
informed his Kerry on what he pontificates on his idea of socialism
seems to be constructed out of his native Canada which is a decidedly mixed
economy leaning toward capitalist principles no matter how many Trudeau's
they elect his painted crew that he's seen pitched at the level of an eternal
high schooler and on Friday Kerry was at the Britannia Awards at the British
Academy of Arts and Sciences Los Angeles branch where he was accepting the
Charlie Chaplin award for excellence in comedy presumably based on his past work
the acceptance speech should tell you all you need to know about how far gone
Carrey has gone down those rabbit holes on very scanty evidence Kerry began by
joking about how he was glad the award didn't come in the mail because get it
mail bombs and some have to wonder why this guy's career has been in freefall
in America the United Kingdom and across the globe and we need to be clear
shamelessness is not and will never be a superpower Kerry continued it is the
mark of a villain kidnapping children is not what great nations do almost half of
America at this moment believes there is a sinister deep state diabolically
plotting to what give them healthcare what is the sinister plan here we in
America are misinformed he continued reality shows have warped our idea of
what a hero is or what the truth is so tonight I would like to dedicate this
award to those who remind us of our virtues who remind us of the truth to
Sir Charles Chaplin who battled McCarthyism into exile - Christopher
steel who tried to pull a thorn out of the pub an ungrateful Beast - Kristine
blase afford and - Colin Kapernick who still stands for the anthem when the
anthem stands for him and to one of my friends my good friend and one of the
great artists of our time Robert De Niro whose life was threatened this week and
to the many other incredibly decent people who bring joy to the world and
have been dedicated to it for decades how dare they besmirched those people
how dare they he added we can do better than this I know this wasn't funny but
it is not very funny right now and all to uncritical applause again Hollywood
wonders why normal people think they're out of touch all right so let's work
backwards through this forego of nonsense and all these people who
conservatives have dared thus merge I have all the sympathy in the world for
Robert De Niro at least as far as his receiving accrued explosive device goes
if you're going to imply that Trump's incivility somehow caused this I'd like
to remind you about de niro's remarks regarding the president during the 2016
campaign I'd like to punch him in the face oh and then there was his Tony
Awards speech earlier this year civility exemplified that De Niro then
Colin Kaepernick who apparently still stands for the anthem when the anthem
stands for him what does that even mean in as much as the anthem can stand for
Kaepernick it stood for his ability to make himself insanely rich playing a
game and to express himself politically without fear of reprisal all courtesy of
a constitution that protects his rights and a military that protects the
Constitution inter alia Kristine blase T fort is a new hero among Democrats
although Kerry doesn't seem to have expounded on why he was praising her one
can perhaps glean a reason from what he said about Christopher Steele the former
British intelligence official whose assemblage of hearsay was
responsible for the FIS a warrant and pretty much every trump / russia
collusion theory no matter how preposterous it may be this partisan
anteye trump pack is applauded as a man who tried to pull a thorn out of the pub
an ungrateful beast by kerry why because he provided ammunition against trump no
other explanation is given or necessary apparently as for chaplin he died over
40 years ago so I think one can let him slide as for the rest Healthcare is
never free straw men are not actual political foes children who were
suborned by their parents into breaking immigration law aren't being kidnapped
and if shamelessness isn't a superpower I guess Jim Carrey isn't a superhero oh
and there's no way to take anyone seriously when they're wearing that suit
thank you and good night so about that question regarding whether
or not Kerry can resurrect his career via political remarks take a look at
these headlines regarding the speech you just saw deadlines Jim Carrey steals
Britannia awards with blistering political comments we can do better than
this the irish independent shamelessness is
not and will never be a superpower Jim Carrey takes aim at Trump in
extraordinary awards show speech The Hollywood Reporter Jim Carrey slams
Trump for kidnapping children there was an area too soon to be found about the
mail bombing remark wonderful yes Jim Carrey has every right to speak his
political opinions I wouldn't even dream of disabusing carry of a single one of
his delusions the media may love them but most people will see them for what
they are a delusional man talking about things well outside his ken if I were an
ally to Kerry I would give him the following advice get some books get some
perspective and for the love of Pete get a new suit
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