Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?
Magafication: Amazon is reportedly paying Melania Trump $40 million to release a documentary about the soon-to-be-again first lady. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty. The company is reportedly paying $40 million for its exclusive deal with the soon-to-be-again first lady, who will produce the, agreeing to pay $15 million in a case that most legal experts believed it would have won, given the strong free-speech protections in the US constitution.
All of that was reflected in the cultural climate that prevailed throughout that first term. From #MeToo to Black Lives Matter, progressive social movements made their presence felt in the workplaces of tech, publishing, the media and Hollywood. It was the high water mark of diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, of language policing and calling out.One of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films was made free to watch on YouTube.
You can imagine how that critique, however accurate it might be , will be interpreted in the upper echelons of the American entertainment industry. The power brokers of Hollywood will already have been looking north towards Palo Alto, where their equivalents in tech are enthusiastically Magafying their operations.
Amazon Prime-Tv Melania-Trump Donald-Trump Apple-Tv Billie-Eilish Disney Taylor-Swift Beyonce Kamala-Harris Ronald-Reagan Sylvester-Stallone Arnold-Schwarzenegger Ron-Desantis Pixar Mike-Pence For-You
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Fresh TDs bring innocent joy as old hands eye the big jobsInside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »
We answer listener questions about politics in 2024Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »
Who will be elected president in 2025?Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »
Ken Early joins the Inside Politics podcasters to look back at the general electionInside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »
Government formation: what is happening behind the scenes?Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »
Should President Higgins speak for Ireland on Nato?Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Read more »