Vox: Hollywood Should Thumb its Nose at Trump by Cancelling Oscars

Great idea!

1.31.2017

As a stern stand against Donald Trump's temporary executive order on immigration which has the left in the grip of hysteria, Todd VanDerWerff, the Culture Editor for Vox.com, has proposed a Hollywood response that we at TruthRevolt support wholeheartedly: cancel the Oscars telecast.

VanDerWerff argues that immigration is "written into the very DNA of the industry itself." Hollywood was "built largely by Jewish men who had direct family memories of fleeing persecution in Europe for somewhere more welcoming." So? Does that mean we shouldn't craft a sensible, safe immigration policy today regarding countries that are terrorist states or with ties to terrorism? This isn't about rejecting immigrants or refugees; it's about not throwing our borders open irresponsibly and inviting murder and mayhem.

But VanDerWerff complains that the ban prevents "people associated with various Oscar-nominated films from attending the 2017 Academy Awards." Um, it might also prevent jihadists from entering the country to kill Americans, but I guess I just don't have my priorities straight.

VanDerWerff believes that's reason enough, although there are more, for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to cancel the ceremony and just announce winners via a press release. He notes that the Oscars "have long been seen as a political platform... So it’s likely that almost every winner at the 2017 Oscars will speak out against Trump and his executive order, as so many did at the recent SAG Awards."

Absolutely correct. This year's Oscars is going to be an orgy of leftist virtue-signaling and smug, conformist speechifying.

But VanDerWerff believes Trump's policy "necessitates a bolder response than a night of impassioned political speeches":

The Oscars have become semi-famous for speeches calling for political action. But speeches ultimately don’t risk all that much, because the people delivering them are speaking to a room full of mostly friendly, well-off liberals. Canceling the ceremony altogether would be a bolder and more appropriate act of protest.

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Hollywood has been wondering what it can do in the era of Trump, how it can remain creatively relevant while standing up for its beliefs. Canceling the Oscars won’t make Trump rethink his position — but it will count as a massive, public stand on behalf of those without whom Hollywood would not exist.

News flash for Vox: America doesn't care anymore what Hollywood thinks or does. This is going to be the lowest-rated Oscar telecast in history, and deservedly so, because Hollywood has done its darnedest to alienate more than half its American audience with its political obsession.

So cancel away.