There was nothing inspiring about Jimmy Kimmel's performance. It was very uninspiring and, as predicted, Hollywood ate it up. He did make a very important admission when he stated, "We make films to upset Mike Pence." While Kimmel basically admitted that not many people are watch these films, he stated, “That’s not the point. We don’t make films like Call Me By Your Name for money. We make them to upset Mike Pence.” He was referring to a movie that involved a gay seduction between a 24-year-old man and 17-year-old, when he mentioned Call Me By Your Name.
.@jimmykimmel: "We don't make films like 'Call Me By Your Name' for money. We make them to upset Mike Pence." https://t.co/E1lLYXTlWg #Oscars pic.twitter.com/uSbTVYZ1Ll
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 5, 2018
Per Daily Wire:
When I wrote Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story Of How The Left Took Over Your TVback in 2011, I interviewed dozens of Hollywood insiders — show creators, writers, producers, and executives. Many of them admitted outright that they purposefully stacked their shows with leftist messages; a few even said that they openly discriminated against conservatives in their business. But nearly all of them excused such discrimination by claiming that they were responding to the market — they explained that their leftist content is what Americans wanted to watch, and that their ratings were evidence that they weren’t just propagandists.
That wasn’t true then, and it’s not true now.
Hollywood simply does not make “message” films from the Right. They mock such films. In fact, films that carry any non-leftist message are trashed by the critics, derided as fascistic and simplistic. So Death Wish (both the original and the remake) become “problematic,” but stories of fish sex become tales of heroism and beauty. And Death Wish was intended to be big budget — it was meant to drive ticket sales, which is how it was made in the first place. Nobody thinks The Shape of Water was going to bust the cash register, but it got made because it’s chock full of symbolism about the evils of “repressive” America.
Kimmel told the truth, which is why his joke landed. Hollywood does greenlight films so that its creators can brag to each other at cocktail parties about how much they ticked off Mike Pence. The dirty little secret is that the more they tick off Mike Pence, the fewer Americans overall bother watching the messages they’re so eager to dispense.
Well, as long as Hollywood continues to ignore a large portion of the population, the number of people who watch their films will continue to drop. Truth be told, Mike Pence isn't even considering giving these films the time of day, so they are chasing after another false narrative.
Check out some of the reactions from Twitter:
At least no one needs to fear leaving their children around @mike_pence . He's a thousand times more honorable than anyone in the Academy.
— Michael Ramirez (@Michael38793633) March 5, 2018
Who would you rather leave your teenager daughter alone with: a Hollywood producer or Mike Pence?
— CountryClubRepublicn (@CntryClbRpblcn) March 5, 2018
Narrator: “Mike Pence doesn’t care.”
— Zarba (@ZarbaNotZorba) March 5, 2018
Hey @jimmykimmel if more #Hollywood men were like @VP @mike_pence there wouldn't be a #MeToo campaign. #FoodForThought@benshapiro #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Pd1DiKK3WI
— OAD STUDIOS (@OAD_Studios) March 5, 2018
@jimmykimmel states that Hollywood makes movies such as Call Me By Your Name to upset Mike Pence...if that's why you made the movie you should re-examine your motives. Also probably why the movie sucked and didn't gross much at the box office.
— austin fox (@TheFoxishere) March 5, 2018
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