by KaiserJeep » Mon 27 Feb 2017, 13:28:09
What Hollywood does have that other groups do not, is the unwavering attention of the media and the legions of fans of stars, producers, directors, etc. Thus when they make statements with political content, those statements reach a very large number of people, which is very unlike any other group of people. The typical political comment from a Hollywood celeb is no more insightful than the average man-on-the-street interview, of course, other than the much wider audience - likely nation-wide coverage.
They have an equal right to political free speech as anyone, of course. And I have an equal right to base my choices on whatever they have said. I therefore choose to never patronize movies or even TV shows where one of the actors/actresses/producers/etc. has said anything I find offensive, excessively political, or just plain dumb. If whatever their work product was has actual merit, I figure it will be on free TV at some point, and I will see it without adding a single penny to the income of someone who offended me.
As an example, Harrison Ford did a brief media interview that I found offensive in 2015. I therefore refrained from seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens until last week when we had a premium cable free preview on DirecTV. The film had the third-highest gross earnings of all time, but they were charging $12.50 per ticket at the AMC Theater, and I figured a Star Wars movie wasn't worth it, and Ford's comments sealed the deal.
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