Category Archives: Hollywood

The Diversity Swindle

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Luke Ford

Steve Sailer writes: Do you ever get the impression that our endless identity-politics culture wars have less to do with the liberation of their ostensible beneficiaries than with the further career advancement of a small number of individuals whose careers … Continue reading →

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Leslie Jones Is Beautiful And Brave

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Luke Ford

And her new Ghostbusters 2 movie is very funny. Criticizing the new Ghostbusters movie is not who we are as Americans. No movie starring a woman of color should be criticized because racism and Holocaust. First they came for Leslie … Continue reading →

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LAT: How misogyny impacted ‘Ghostbusters’ opening weekend — and its future

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Luke Ford

Maybe it is just a bad movie? Rebecca Keegan writes: “It’s not clear the digital vitriol made a measurable impact on the box office…” Not much of a payoff for the headline. How come I rarely hear about the evils … Continue reading →

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Why the Brits do political satire so well — and Americans can barely do it at all

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Luke Ford

Michael Hiltzik writes: To serve this end, American producers become obsessed with making their characters lovable. The idea is to give the audiences characters they’re comfortable welcoming into their homes week after week, year after year. So the rough edges … Continue reading →

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LAT: Idris Elba, Emma Watson, Ice Cube among 683 invited to join the movie academy — the largest, most diverse class ever

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Luke Ford

What about the goyim? Won’t anyone think about the goyim? What percentage of the Academy are goyim? Los Angeles Times: “In 2012, The Times reported that Oscar voters were 94% white and 77% male, and by this year those numbers … Continue reading →

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