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Posted on 05/19/2011 8:37:26 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
'Raymond' Star Patricia Heaton Says She's Been Denied Roles Due to Conservative Views By Lachlan Markay Created 05/19/2011 - 11:06am
The notion that conservative political views can stunt one's acting career in ultra-liberal Hollywood is occasionally derided as exaggeration at best, or conspiracy-mongering at worst. So it behooves us to point out the actual victims of this sort of McCarthyite blacklisting.
The latest person to provoke the wrath of Hollywood's thought police - or at least to reveal the consequences of that wrath - is former "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Patricia Heaton. Heaton claims that she has been denied roles precisely - and explicitly - because she is "lumped together with conservatives," according to PopEater.com.
Known around left-leaning Hollywood for her conservative stances on weighty issues like abortion and stem cells, 'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Patricia Heaton is happy to explain how important her Christian faith is to her and how it shapes her views and career choices.
"My feeling is all these things come from God and as long as I know I'm staying in line with Him, I don't have to worry if there is backlash," she told me during a visit to AOL's New York offices. "God will open any doors he wants to open and if he closes doors that's fine to."
Telling me that she has many gay friends and doesn't oppose gay marriage, Patricia gets frustrated being automatically lumped together with other conservatives, a characterization she says has cost her possible work.
"We know for a fact there are some people who have said they wouldn't want to work with us because of our politics," she said, with her husband David Hunt adding, "We get lumped in with lunatics."
Even someone who apparently considers opponents of gay marriage "lunatics" is too far right for Hollywood. For an industry that once decried supposed ideological persecution in the Red Scare, the entertainment industry is sure willing to engage in its fair share.
Of course these sorts of tactics not only reflect Hollywood's ideological disparity, they reinforce it by discouraging conservatives from entering the business, and discouraging those already in the business from "coming out."
Other Hollywood conservatives have advised their ideological kin against revealing their political views publicly, simple because doing so could cause their career to take a hit. Actor Clint Howard, who recently starred in a series of videos for the conservative Heritage Foundation, urged caution in an interview with Politico's Patrick Gavin:
Still, he said, it would be wise for young Hollywood conservatives to exercise caution when speaking their minds.
"I'd tell young people trying to break into and succeed in the business: Be careful about this stuff,” he said.
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Same is true for Teacher and Gub’mint jobs
Don’t let on your politics.
If they ask (only a libtard will ask) profess a puzzling yet deep seated longing to fornicate with Karl Marx. You will not only get hired they will make you the boss.
Ah, but that was different. That was the "antithesis" persecuting the "thesis." That's bad. But the "thesis" persecuting the "antithesis?" That's a necessity of history, otherwise known as the "dictatorship of the proletariat."
I just LOVE the tolerance that the left espouses in action.
The use of the pejorative “McCarthyite” is an indication of ignorance.
The use of the pejorative “McCarthyite” in conjunction with the word “blacklisting” is an indication of stupidity.
An interesting extrapolation.
That's not what she said.
Well Duh?......The Movie industry hates conservatives
Whoa....
>Actor Clint Howard, who recently starred in a series of videos for the conservative Heritage Foundation, urged caution in an interview with Politico’s Patrick Gavin: <
Clint, BTW is Ron Howard’s brother. I have met a couple of conservative people who are in the biz here in L.A. The trick is to keep quiet and undermine the liberal status quo by manipulating the projects set to be green lit. A close bud of mine works for a “studio” and in the perfect position in projects acquisition. A lot of people have no clue how many lib movies pass thru, and he/she has to BS his/her boss that these movie is not worth a budget study and forecast analysis...and keep a straight face.
It's embarrassing and self-defeating when those who set out to right historical wrongs don't know history. Sen. Joseph McCarthy had nothing whatsoever to do with Hollywood "blacklisting." For a conservative writer to make such a boneheaded mistake undermines their overall credibility.
Did Heaton get a boob job ?
Surely she hasn’t been denied roles in the hay?
Patricia Heaton and Ray Romano perpetuated the “henpecked husband emasculated by his wife” stereotype that Hollywood has shoved down our throats for decades in order to destroy the family unit. She took the huge paychecks and fame that went with it and is now complaining.
>> Same is true for Teacher and Gub’mint jobs... Don’t let on your politics.
May I suggest a different solution: don’t work for the government.
Thanks
I’d give her any role she wanted!
Please.
Enough bitching and moaning about how hard it is to be a white male. Life is good.
If Hollywood makes truly funny shows, like “Raymond” with the husband as the comedic foil, fine with me. We had “Lucy” and other shows for decades, so something relatively new is in order. Not every show should be “Father Knows Best”.
It rather looks it.....
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