They already “made nice”… the ratings are better when Trump is in power than when he isn’t.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 1:03 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt Belloni’s newsletter today starts with the following subheading: > > “Unlike in Trump’s first term, when entertainment became ground zero for > the #Resistance, it feels like the industry—at least the business side of > it—is gonna try to make nice to avoid issues with M&A and regulation, which > is both sad and a reality of doing business when the president has become > so openly vindictive, transactional, and unchecked.” > > I think there is no doubt that the corporate overlords of the > entertainment industry will be kissing a lot of Trump ass, and minimizing > as much as possible Trump-bashing by their creatives, as we have already > seen in the newspaper and social media sectors. More speculatively, but I > think likely, is that we will be seeing a gradual blooming of Trump > support, or at least minimizing, by B and even some A list creatives > themselves. > > I expect a roster of inaugural entertainment a step or two above Kid Rock > and his ilk this January, and a steady stream of well known comics turning > their fire on Trump critics rather than Trump and his supporters. I don’t > expect the Clooney-Streep crowd to backtrack, but I would not be shocked to > hear some winners at some of the major award shows over the next few years > making pro-Trump or anti-Trump critic comments in their acceptance > speeches. > > The return of Trump means, almost by definition, that Trumpism, once seen > by most as a monstrous accidental anomaly, is now going to be normalized, > and we are going to see that spread through pop culture (with, by my > lights, horrific consequences). > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKwurEGqAHP3FytDEF2r-74O7hmy%2ByeZhAy5t-vKPtsFQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKwurEGqAHP3FytDEF2r-74O7hmy%2ByeZhAy5t-vKPtsFQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BsBnT8FTHU%3DKj-U3RfFr%3D1SCZ7dWggi4eKu3O0FG-ABQ%40mail.gmail.com.
