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Some of them are good. Wallace Shawn and Danny DeVito have good politics, and Steve Buscemi was a volunteer firefighter who responded to 9/11. So the short and ugly ones maybe. Got that hobbit energy.
oh that's why I have good politics
Tim Heidecker seems like a good egg. Mark Ruffalo seems ok as well.
Also weirdly Seth MacFarlane seems ok politically even though his shows are full of racism and transphobia and etc
Re: Seth MacFarlane. I'm sure his animated stuff fits that bill, but "The Orville" is a super progressive show. Last season featured an episode involving gender dysmorphia and essentially trans-rights (in space of course) that was wonderfully done.
It also had a direct comparison of the soviets to the nazis with that, this is just like the molotov ribbentrop, line. MacFarlane probably didn't write it, but his character said it and its his show. I'd love to know what the hell he was thinking on that one.
Liberals are allergic to facts
To preface this, I have no idea who Seth MacFarlane is or what The Orville is so this isn't a defence of anything like that.
MacFarlane might not have much choice. This is the political economic factor that Parenti emphasises in his two books on media.
If there's any kind of board above MacFarlane, it's likely populated by reactionaries who appoint each other. And they'll allow some progressive themes but will insist on balancing out the message. Writers/producers/directors either toe the line or they're dropped or the show is dropped or it's made and never really aired or promoted. However progressive you are, you still end up headbutting the gatekeepers.
It's probably unescapable in capitalist culture. I seen that hundreds of times in books of very varied genres in Poland, author write about something totally unrelated, then boom sudden random jab at communism, then back to the topic, like a fucking commercial in TV. It have no sense whatsoever in most cases but is so incredibly common that it has to be some editorial tip for having your book published easier.
Yeah The Orville is surprisingly good and the third season is basically like a a space war for trans rights
I don't remember where but I read Mark Ruffalo's brother was killed by the CIA and I choose to believe that
Danny DeVito having good politics is both heartwarming and hilarious.