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lumberjack_jeff

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15. And PJ O'Rourke... once upon a time. n/t

Reply to Recursion (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 01:45 PM

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Liberal Hollywood liberals from Hollywood. Why are they so liberal? [View all] Bucky Feb 2013 OP

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, big exception (billionaire). TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #1

there are actually lots of exceptions cali Feb 2013 #2

They come up more and more from places like Yale flamingdem Feb 2013 #3

Ronald Reagan. Though he did start out more liberal. cali Feb 2013 #4

He was our only President to have been a union organizer Recursion Feb 2013 #6

There was an interesting thread here years ago about conservative comedians and how rare they are Recursion Feb 2013 #5

And PJ O'Rourke... once upon a time. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #15

You must have known ol' PJ in grade school tularetom Feb 2013 #29

National Lampoon had some seriously funny stuff. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #32

Yep, you're right I'd forgotten about that tularetom Feb 2013 #33

I don't know about that. If anything, I think the opposite is true RZM Feb 2013 #7

I was thinking of the powerhouse actors: Affleck, Asner, Clooney, Judd, Sarandon, Damon... Bucky Feb 2013 #8

I think it has more to do with the fact that they are exposed to the arts community Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #9

agree treestar Feb 2013 #11

More people will go see a movie where the little guy succeeds. What if alfredo Feb 2013 #24

Very true, and that was at least part of the reason Atlas Shrugged bombed so badly Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #25

That's it. alfredo Feb 2013 #28

The first thing an actor or comedian has to do is sell himself/herself to the audience. People alfredo Feb 2013 #26

Creativity is not economics or class. It is formlessness, barriers/boundaries-busting, open, . UTUSN Feb 2013 #10

I notice that the form of "liberalism" pushed by Hollywood rarely seems to threaten the status quo. Romulox Feb 2013 #12

Precisely Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #14

Guilt and fear of envy. Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #13

They also have to play and create stories about ordinary people. Kablooie Feb 2013 #16

acting, at its core, requires EMPATHY. To be a good actor.... antigop Feb 2013 #17

I also think they realize how LUCK is a factor. Someone somewhere along the way antigop Feb 2013 #18

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to apply for NFL players. DebJ Feb 2013 #19

You cannot be a good actor if... OldEurope Feb 2013 #20

Also because usually actors start out in Drama club/Glee which is very LGBT friendly, move to LA JaneyVee Feb 2013 #21

They create fantasy worlds, they don't live in them? on point Feb 2013 #22

Not only that, all the ones who are in the mainstream belong Cleita Feb 2013 #23

It all boils down to your world view ... Me/ mine or the greater good. pkdu Feb 2013 #27

"One reason Hollywood millionaires are so liberal is that most of them had to earn their way up" HiPointDem Feb 2013 #30

They're not. They're capitalist sponges rather than squeezers. Festivito Feb 2013 #31

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