Rosie Returns to USA and Angelina Leaves, Male Politician Claims Women’s Rights, and Silence of the Lambs' Trans Legacy
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What are the implications of cancel culture on iconic films like Silence of the Lambs?
well my friends welcome back to spot on with link lauren happy president's day i hope you had an amazing valentine's day weekend i also have to say this okay i know a lot of folks are single some folks are widowed some folks were alone on valentine's there is absolutely nothing wrong with that okay some people are madly in love and valentine's is like the height of their year and it's the best day ever some people don't care they think it's a hallmark holiday just to make money for all of these companies Some folks are in the middle. But if you spent Valentine's Day by yourself, that is perfectly fine. And we are back with a new episode ready to dive in to so many hot topics. I want to start with a topic that converges Hollywood, politics, celebrity culture.
One thing I love to look at is how Hollywood and culture impacts what goes on in Washington, D.C., how the changes in Washington, D.C. trickle down and affect culture and what movies get made, what music we're listening to. Everything, I think, is more intertwined than ever before. especially because of cell phones and social media right politics sort of is the new celebrity culture everything kind of goes together it's all symbiotic but while we're looking at culture and politics you can't forget the fact that cancel culture is also trying to rear its dirty head so cancel culture i thought was gone right you can't get cancelled anymore the people they tried to cancel end up being the ones we love the most but cancel culture is still somewhat alive in hollywood in los angeles and tinseltown
they're trying to cancel silence of the lambs which is an iconic film i believe it came out in 1992. i happened to watch it again a few months ago okay hannibal lecter anthony hopkins jodie foster hello clarice so silence of the lambs it's an iconic film don't recommend it for children but most people are aware of the film
How has the representation of transgender issues evolved in Hollywood?
They've either seen it, they know what it's about. It's big in pop culture. It's actually President Trump, one of his favorite films. But the actor from Silence of the Lambs who played Buffalo Bill is now apologizing. Apologizing for trans representation in the film. Apparently they didn't do a good enough job of LGBT representation in Silence of the Lambs. And this is why people can't take cancel culture seriously. It was an iconic film, won all types of awards and Oscars and Golden Globes. Everybody knows Silence of the Lambs. Now, decades later, they're trying to ruin it by saying, oh, we could have done better representing the LGBT community.
Why are celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Rosie O'Donnell leaving the U.S.?
Can you guys just shut the hell up? Honestly, can you shut the hell up and let a piece of art live? And I feel the same way, you know, if a great musical artist gets canceled or we find out they did something untoward or bad, I'm still gonna listen to the song. I don't care, okay? But going back and doing revisionist history, and saying Silence of the Lambs didn't do enough for trans representation or painted trans people in a bad light. Hello, the movie was about a sociopathic serial killer, number one, and a man who liked to keep people locked down in a well in his basement and skin them for sport. Okay, this wasn't a movie where we were going for trans representation here. It turns out that the guy who liked to skin people and keep them locked down in the well, put the lotion on the skin, turns out he was a cross-dresser.
Okay, there's a word we used to use for someone like him, but I don't want all the LGBT cult in my comments and human rights campaigns sending me letters and media matters.
What are the criticisms surrounding Jennifer Siebel Newsom's remarks on women's rights?
But Buffalo Bill, right? I think the fact that he was maybe LGBT is probably the least of the problems in this film. You know what I'm saying? It's like we've got a serial killer sociopath cross-dressing serial killer who has a woman locked in his basement who he's going to skin. So the fact that this movie didn't do everything to represent trans people, I think we're good. I think we're fine. But let me read you his actual quote. So, Levine's adaptation of Buffalo Bill has been criticized, apparently, for perpetuating homophobic and transphobic stereotypes.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the implications of cancel culture on iconic films like Silence of the Lambs?
0:00–1:45
2
How has the representation of transgender issues evolved in Hollywood?
1:45–2:25
3
Why are celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Rosie O'Donnell leaving the U.S.?
2:25–3:22
4
What are the criticisms surrounding Jennifer Siebel Newsom's remarks on women's rights?
3:22–4:03
5
How does Gavin Newsom's leadership affect perceptions of women's rights?
4:03–4:44
6
What role does celebrity activism play in political discourse?
4:44–5:35
7
How does Hillary Clinton's stance on women's rights reflect current political dynamics?
5:35–6:03
8
What distinguishes trans rights from women's rights in today's political landscape?
6:03–33:18
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