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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

At the Emmys, Hollywood's eminentos make fools of themselves

By Jack Hellner

If  anyone wants to see how important Hollywood believes it is compared to the rest of us, including the president and politicians, all you have to hear is Alec Baldwin’s acceptance speech at Sunday night's Emmy awards.

Here is some of what he said:
“I just want to say if I leave anybody out, I'm sorry, but I do want to get this in. Which is I always remember what someone told me, that is when you die, you don't remember a bill that Congress passed or a decision the Supreme Court made or an address made by the president. You remember a song. You remember a line from a movie. You remember a play. You remember a book, a painting, a poem. What we do is important. And for all of you out there in motion pictures and television, don't stop doing what you’re doing. The audience is counting on you.”

I happen to believe that we remember the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's freeing of the slaves, the Constitution, women’s right to vote, civil rights laws, Roe vs. Wade, Medicare, Medicaid, etc., more than anything that Baldwin or other actors have done. But to Baldwin, what Hollywood does is important and the rest of us don’t matter much.

Can anyone remember who won the Emmys, Oscars, Grammys or Tonys last year?  I bet many more know that Kennedy said, "Ask not what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." than any line in a movie, television show or song from last year......To Read More....



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