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Danny DeVito On Oscars Diversity Controversy: "We Are A Bunch Of Racists"
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| January 23, 2016
| Ross A. Lincoln
Posted on 01/24/2016 9:20:12 AM PST by EveningStar
While on the scene at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, Danny DeVito took a moment to comment on the tinderbox subject diversity in the entertainment industry, and the actor-producer didn't mince words at all. Bluntly attributing the lack of diversity in Hollywood and subsequently in awards-recognized films to systemic racism, he said that "it's unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; dannydevito; devito; hollywood; italy; oscars; roots; same
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To: EveningStar
Well...he IS a Democrat. So, he IS a racist.
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:53:30 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
To: EveningStar
Or he just knows he needs to suck up to some people if he wants to work in Hollywood.
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:54:05 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: Demiurge2
I have to agree with Danny but I need to expand his thought.
Hollywood is filled with racists, sexists and liberals.
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:54:34 AM PST
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: PapaBear3625
“To get along, you go along.”
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:54:45 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: EveningStar
Great to see the the Hollywood liberal left devour their own.
Get the popcorn, maybe this drama can win an Oscar.
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:58:13 AM PST
by
Titus-Maximus
(It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
To: relictele
"Iâm amazed at the number and ability of mind-readers in Hollywood."
They play a role in a movie, and think they're experts on the subject, ie., testifying at Congressional hearings. Holiday Inn Express experts...all of them.
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:58:15 AM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: EveningStar
They need to add a new category:
Affirmative Action Oscar — just for someone who is black.
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:58:27 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: EveningStar
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:58:37 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: TomGuy
Affirmative Action Oscar â just for someone who is black. Then the Latinos will say, "Hey, what about us?"
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:59:03 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: TomGuy
“We are a bunch of racists”
Well that or a decent black flick didn’t get produced last year. LOL!
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posted on
01/24/2016 9:59:26 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: EveningStar
Well, yes, if by “we” he means Hollywood and, generally speaking, liberals/progressives, then he is correct, because liberals are irredeemably racist.
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:00:49 AM PST
by
Oceander
To: capydick; grumpygresh
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:01:56 AM PST
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in "Idiocracy")
To: EveningStar
he said that "it's unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country." Sorry, but the "entire country" doesn't nominate actors, only the other actors do.
Don't blame this on anyone else but yourselves.
-PJ
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:02:16 AM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: LydiaLong
"Well, next year, you can be sure that the new voting regulations will ensure that blacks get nominated."
That won't make them happy. The next move will be to guarantee blacks win a certain number of Oscars each year.
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:02:26 AM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: EveningStar
His thinking comes up as short as his roles..
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:02:34 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: EveningStar
Cool, now I get to call Danny DeVito a moronic dwarf racist.
He used to be just a moronic dwarf.
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:03:47 AM PST
by
Zathras
To: Zathras
Well they do say men of his stature are in short supply.
On the other hand, there are those who think little of him.
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:04:56 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Georgia Girl 2
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:05:08 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: RummyChick
His show has hardly been a vehicle to end racism.
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:05:09 AM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ...
..."it's unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country."
Redistribution would start with the entertainment industry nitwits, ya nitwit, count on it.
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posted on
01/24/2016 10:07:41 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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