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Jim Carrey on Kathy Griffin controversy: Comedians are 'last line of defense' against Trump
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| 6/1/17
| Zach Seemayer
Posted on 06/02/2017 4:38:48 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Jim Carrey has some very strong opinions about whether comedians should speak up about American politics -- and he's sharing a provocative "dream" he had about President Trump with ET.
The comedy icon spoke with ET at the premiere of the new Showtime comedy I'm Dying Up Here, where he addressed the controversy surrounding Kathy Griffin's recent photo shoot in which she held a facsimile of President Donald Trump's severed head.
"I think it is the job of a comedian to cross the line at all times -- because that line is not real," Carrey, 55, explained matter-of-factly to ET's Leanne Aguilera on Wednesday night, just hours after Griffin was fired by CNN.
WATCH: Kathy Griffin Apologizes For Controversial Donald Trump Photo: 'I Went Too Far'
"If you step out into that spotlight and you're doing the crazy things that [Trump is] doing," Carrey continued, "we're the last line of defense. And really, the comedians are the last voice of truth in this whole thing. It's impossible to get away from it."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; idiotcelebs; jimcarrey; kathygriffin; trump
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Video at link. So tell us Jimmy, when did you stop beating up your girlfriend? What's that? She's DEAD!!?! And you may have had something to do with it? HMM, people in glass houses.....
To: Impala64ssa
Maybe beheading is Comedy to ISIS
To: Impala64ssa
Hey jimbo.
You can shove your opinions into the same black hole your career went.
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:41:05 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
To: Impala64ssa
Except for the past eight years when those same Comics were in self induced Comas.
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:41:15 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Islamiphobia is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.” Christopher)
To: Impala64ssa
Does Jim Carrey know any comedians?
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:41:33 PM PDT
by
jospehm20
To: Impala64ssa
To: Impala64ssa
This “last line of defense” cr@p p’s me off.
Was Carey the freaking last line of defense against zero when he freaking killed AN AMERICAN CITIZEN with a drone?? Where was Carey then?
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:41:58 PM PDT
by
Reddy
(B.O. stinks)
To: Impala64ssa
Oh noooo!....I didn’t realize that Jim Carrey was a wuss too. Hollywood really is the land of emasculation.
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:42:25 PM PDT
by
Bishop_Malachi
(Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
To: Impala64ssa
Hey Doofus. Liar Liar is over
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:44:59 PM PDT
by
A_Former_Democrat
("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW! BOYCOTT Mexico nba NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
To: Impala64ssa
No, Jim Carion, comedians were the first wave of attack on Trump.
Somewhere in Californicateya, a village has lost its idiot.
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:45:07 PM PDT
by
polymuser
(There's a yuuuge basket of deportables.)
To: Impala64ssa
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:45:11 PM PDT
by
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(Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:46:39 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(May the Covfefe be with you...)
To: Impala64ssa; vette6387; unkus; mazda77; HarleyLady27; NFHale; Liz
Hopefully, all these Liberals can congratulate each other on their Trump bashing while they’re standing in the “unemployment” lines. May they all go broke together.
To: Impala64ssa
Defense against what?
Bringing manufacturing back to the US?
Rebuilding our infrastructure?
Rebuilding our military?
Taking action against human trafficking?
Getting us out of a treaty that wasn't being enforced and that many nations were given a pass on, two of whom are favorite choices for outsourcing by companies who defended that treaty?
Which of these policies am I supposed to look to you for defence against?
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:47:54 PM PDT
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(Prayers for our country and President Trump)
To: ExTexasRedhead
Astonishing smug self-importance.
To: butlerweave
Yes, Jim - and the last line of defense for the citizens is the vote. Hillary lost and DJT won.
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:50:53 PM PDT
by
Gumdrop
(She made her bed and is now lying in it.)
To: Impala64ssa
So... when did the likes of Jim Carrey become exemplars of logic or common-sense, or for that matter, any sense at all?
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:52:23 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
To: Impala64ssa
Jim Carrey. Born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:53:01 PM PDT
by
BlueStateRightist
(Government is best which governs least.)
To: Impala64ssa
To: Impala64ssa
So we can make jokes about Carrey’s autistic son?
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:55:11 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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