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Max Tani

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
114 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

Hilariously enough, that's the big question and the one that none of us really know the answer to.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

You're right that the Ellisons have a longstanding good relationship with Trump, and that's something that they've made no secret of.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

And Trump has spoken very highly of the Ellisons and said that he really liked the way that they were stewarding Paramount.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

On the flip side, Trump has been reportedly has been very impressed by

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

by Ted Sarandos and seems to like him.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

And, you know, crucially enough, Netflix doesn't also have a news division.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

So there's not like this nightly or daily stream of content that's pissing off the administration and the White House.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

And so I think that that also plays a role here.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

Yeah, so last month I got this amazing tip that Donald Trump had been telling people that he was lobbying the Ellisons to make another installment of the movie Rush Hour.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

The amount will be $50 million.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

It was one of those tips that I was like, this is too good to be true.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

There's just no way.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

And it turned out it was exactly true.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

Trump had been talking to Larry Ellison, saying that he should bring back this buddy cop comedy series starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

And, you know,

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

I kind of raised some questions for me, like, is Trump a huge fan of this series?

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

Is he like watching the reruns of this on TNT or something?

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

But actually, it turned out, as it all, as many things do with Trump, to have a lot to do with his own personal relationships.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

The longtime kind of overseer, creator, director of the Rush Hour series, Brett Ratner, also has a personal connection to Trump.

Today, Explained
Pop culture is conservative now

He is the director of