Posted on 04/08/2022 2:38:21 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Hollywood’s biggest stars use every pulpit possible to send a message to the masses.
Save the planet
Vote out Trump
Defeat “Don’t Say Gay” legislation
Black Lives Matter!
That’s just a small sample.
One topic rarely comes up during these moments, though, even if it impacts virtually every star in the Hollywood galaxy.
Cancel Culture.
Some celebrities do address the issue, either directly or indirectly. Think Bryan Cranston, Ricky Gervais and Bill Maher.
Members of the unofficial A-list, however, stay mum on the subject. Some, like Scarlett Johansson, have been directly impacted by the toxic trend but quickly apologized rather than fight back.
Others, think Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Dwayne Johnson, would rather avoid the topic entirely.
Enter Mark Wahlberg.
The rapper turned movie superstar is on the promotional circuit for “Father Stu.” The fact-based drama casts him as the title character, a ne’er do well who turns his life around by embracing Christ.
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Hollywood is rife with pedophiles, drug addicts, and socialists. Being rich and famous doesn’t make them heroes.
He seems to be one of the few good guys in Hollywood.
A movie I might just go to the theater to take in ... God bless you, Mark.
Canceling is mostly reserved for conservatives. Canceling their voice, ability to use social platforms, the ability to make money, etc. When Mark wants to speak out about that then it’s big news.
Good movie.
I hate “one weird trick” clickbait to blogs. All of the below is cut and pasted from other sources. It could have just been posted here.
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Wahlberg shared his views on forgiveness, and Cancel Culture, during a frank interview with Faithwire.
“This movie has a very clear message that we are not going to give up on people,” he said. “We are not going to turn our backs on people because of mistakes that they’ve made. We are going to tell people and encourage people that nobody is beyond redemption and that we support you, we love you, we accept you for who you are.”
Cancel Culture, the actor said, short circuits that path.
“You cannot give up on people,” the A-lister continued. “And people are so quick to turn their backs on people. And negativity as a whole has just been amplified in a way that it’s really hard to remind people of the importance of loving and supporting people. People can do incredible things.”
Wahlberg knows a thing or two of how Cancel Culture works. As a teenager, Wahlberg physically attacked other teens and pelted them with racial slurs. He spent a short amount of time in jail and, by all accounts, straightened his life out from there.
He’s now an Oscar-nominated actor who bounces from popcorn films (the “Transformers” franchise) to awards-worthy dramas (“The Fighter,” “Boogie Nights”).
Yet the woke mob tried to cancel him after he sent out a benign plea for peace following the death of George Floyd in 2020.
That may explain why he’s speaking out now with such force. Then again, it could directly tie into his faith. His spirituality drove him to make “Father Stu,” and he even invested some of his cash into the film.
That’s breaking Hollywood’s golden rule … never invest in your own movies.
Here’s the key takeaway.
A-list stars may not move the needle on Climate Change, the upcoming mid-terms or other matters they preach about from their pulpits. If enough of Hollywood’s elite speak out forcefully against Cancel Culture, though, it could make a difference.
Wahlberg just took that first, crucial step. Now, will his peers follow his lead?
Wahlberg is/was a rapper?
Learn something new on FR every day.
5.56mm
Actually the last good movie in the theaters was Wahlberg’s “Patriots Day”
The book (as usual) was better.
Mark Whalberg a ‘movie superstar’ hah, I think not. He’s B-list at best. Just because they make a lot of cheap movies with him doesn’t make him Marlon Brando.
He was Markie Mark the rapper. You might remember him from that name.
“Wahlberg knows a thing or two of how Cancel Culture works. As a teenager, Wahlberg physically attacked other teens and pelted them with racial slurs.”
Not sure this article knows what cancel culture is. By all accounts Walhberg was a hoodlum and spent his youth beating up black and Vietnamese kids who entered his neighborhood.
Glad he turned his life around, but that sort of actions is the stuff that deserves real punishment.
Thanks.
5.56mm
Great movie. Danny Glover’s character taking one through the upper thorax is refreshing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w7ukyov6HU&t=138s
Yeah, he was a rapper for about five minutes in the early 90s and he's been a solid movie star ever since.
I loved the ending of Shooter.
Looks like he’s about done with them;
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