The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent by Ben Shapiro
Author:Ben Shapiro [Shapiro, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, political science, human rights, Religion, ethics
ISBN: 9780063001824
Google: hF3kzQEACAAJ
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2021-07-27T00:33:08.078550+00:00
THE CANCEL CULTURE COMES FOR EVERYONE
Cancel culture is the order of the day in Hollywood. And you need not be a conservative to be canceled. The mere passage of time may subject you to the predations of the authoritarian leftist mob. Itâs become a truism to state that classics of the past simply wouldnât be made todayâmovies like Airplane! and shows like All in the Family would never make the cut. And thatâs obviously true. Hollywood studios regularly prescreen their shows for activist groups like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; GLAAD brags that its media team âwork closely with TV networks, film studios, production companies, showrunners, scriptwriters, casting directors, ad agencies, and public relations firmsâ to ensure âfair and accurate representationâ of LGBT people. By âfair and accurate,â GLAAD presumably means reflective of GLAADâs agenda.22 Itâs unlikely that GLAAD would let slide any joke about sexual orientation.
In fact, most jokes are now off-limits. The Office retconned its own content, removing a scene in Season 9 in which a character wore blackface (never mind that the scene was about how insane and inappropriate it was to wear blackface). Executive producer Greg Daniels intoned, âToday we cut a shot of an actor wearing blackface that was used to criticize a specific racist European practice. Blackface is unacceptable, and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong. I am sorry for the pain that caused.â Meanwhile, Community cut an entire episode from the Netflix library because an Asian character dressed in blackface, prompting a black character to fire back, âSo, weâre just gonna ignore that hate crime, uh?â Even condemning blackface is offensive now. Episodes of Scrubs and 30 Rock were also disappeared.23
Movies of the past have been taken down to provide âcontext,â most famously when HBO Max removed Gone with the Wind from its library, explaining that the film was âa product of its timeâ that contained âethnic and racial prejudicesâ that were âwrong then and are wrong today.â24 Never mind that Hattie McDaniel, who was accused of embodying that prejudice in playing Mammy, became the first black actress to win an Oscar for her role. Disney+ has now updated old movies with a warning: âThis program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together. Disney is committed to creating stories with inspirational and aspirational themes that reflect the rich diversity of the human experience around the globe.â Movies tagged with this pathetic mewling include Aladdin, Fantasia, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Jungle Book, and Swiss Family Robinson.25
And if content is perceived as un-wokeâno matter how apoliticalâit may be targeted for cancellation as well. In the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests and riots of 2020, the reality series Cops was canceled from Paramount Network after a thirty-one-year runâall because of fears that the show might show police officers in a positive context.
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