Hollywood is repositioning itself after Trump's election

The US election was a slap in the face for the entertainment industry. What will change? This harsh tone has appeared in mainstream television and comedy shows.

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Hollywood is currently going through the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. “Why? Tell me why?” actress Christina Applegate (“A Very Good Family,” “Dead to Me”) wrote on the X platform on behalf of many of her showbiz colleagues.

Anyone who voted against women’s rights and disability rights no longer needs to follow her. She then threatened to close her account. A day later, she apologized and softened:

While most stars are still recovering from the shock, the Hollywood carpet floor now wants to give the green light to deregulation and mega-mergers in the streaming space, making things difficult for Biden. Regardless, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav suspects the Trump administration could be “an opportunity for positive, accelerated consolidation.” This is necessary to strengthen the company.

How big is the new president's desire for revenge?

The prospect of a merger and related layoffs sent Warner stock soaring. However, this calculation does not take into account the newly elected president's desire for revenge: Warner Bros. Discovery also owns CNN, a news channel critical of Trump. Maybe Donald Trump doesn't want to make his parent company richer.

Otherwise, the election of Donald Trump would be a slap in the face to the entertainment industry. Kamala Harris surrounds herself with big stars like Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen. When Taylor Swift voted for vice president, 400,000 fans reportedly registered as new voters the next day. But clearly not all music consumers make the same choices as their role models. When it comes to politics, many people don't want to hear anything from them.

George Clooney, who grew up in Kentucky and Ohio, realized this early on: “My dad was running for Congress in Kentucky, and I couldn't campaign for him.” He was immediately attacked as the face of Hollywood's opposition to the heartland, ” he said twenty years ago.

As we all know, in the summer of 2024, George Clooney was the first prominent Democratic figure to publicly call on Joe Biden not to run for re-election, thus paving the way for Harris' candidacy. With Kamala Harris, Hollywood has hope again. Julia Roberts and Harrison Ford shot her ads.

But Trump’s small talk with male podcasters like Joe Rogan and ads at NASCAR races have proven more effective. The harsh tone that prevailed there has entered the television mainstream: Comedian Bill Burr said on “Saturday Night Live,” a comedy show about the failures of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, that Trump is now 2- 0 leading women. His tips:

How many celebrities have left the United States?

A surprising number of young men seem to have trouble with identity politics, the rights of women and minorities promoted by Hollywood Democrats—even if they themselves are minorities. There are now fears that inclusion initiatives will make the entertainment industry more diverse.

Black trans actress Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) shared her concerns on the podcast: “It's deeply concerning that $100 million was spent on anti-trans ads during the campaign. Because I’m well known, so I’m a target. “Some of my friends and I are currently looking into which European or Caribbean cities we can immigrate to. “

Cher and Barbra Streisand also announced last year that they would leave the country if Trump was re-elected. People wonder if they actually left the Malibu villa. Sharon Stone says it's time to look for a house in Italy, while Alexa Ferrara (“Barbie”) is planning to move her family to the UK.

In a cell with Taylor Swift

Experience shows that most of them stay in the country and are committed to continuing to fight for their ideals. After initially sketching out apocalyptic scenarios, late comedians Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel quickly returned to other topics and their core mission of entertaining with humor.

But a certain uneasiness remains, as Trump threatens to “incite the military to crush the crazy people on the left.” During a monologue on Wednesday, Jimmy Kimmel asked Trump to allow him to share a cell with Taylor Swift if he threatens to jail his critics. “We're definitely going to get along because I'm also good at making bracelets,” the studio audience laughed. Then he half-jokingly said:

(aargauerzeitung.ch)