Just catching up on this one, but it’s too interesting not to report.
Hollywood Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells, who carries clout in Internet movie circles, had this to say about a Jon Voight column in The Washington Times that attacked Sen. Barack Obama. (hat tip: Power Line)
“[I]t’s only natural that industry-based Obama supporters will henceforth regard him askance. Honestly? If I were a producer and I had to make a casting decision about hiring Voight or some older actor who hadn’t pissed me off with an idiotic Washington Times op-ed piece, I might very well say to myself, “Voight? Let him eat cake.”
So … one of the very few outspoken conservative actors shouldn’t be hired, in Wells’ opinion? Let freedom ring, eh?
I started reading Wells’ web site a few months back, but the site’s politics are as one-sided as they are ugly. And so, sadly, is too much of what Wells has to say. Check out just how open his mind is. Hollywood cranks out about 100-1 pro-liberal films, and he can’t bear the thought of a conservative flick heading our way. Sad.
UPDATE: Andrew Breitbart takes on those who think conservative actors should pay the price for yesterday’s blacklist.
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To a certain extent, Welles is right. You can’t spend all your time insulting and offending the values of the people who allow you to make a living, and expect to keep working. Now, If only Hollywood would realize that it’s the general audience which allows them to make a living…
They don’t realize it, jic, and I suspect they won’t for quite some time.