Anti-Trump Hollywood Elites A Message They Cant Ignore Tim Allen is one of the few well-known conservatives
and Republicans in Hollywood. Ordinarily, they are shunned and refused work
because of how liberal the rest of the entertainment industry is. The alienation of Allen worsened when he expressed
his support for President Trump. But his support for the President was never
more clear than when he appeared on Jimmy Kimmels late-night talk show.
Deadline.Com reported, Tim Allen stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live!
On Friday night, where he shared his experience about going to Donald Trumps inauguration
and how being a conservative in Hollywood is like living in 1930s Germany. I was invited, we did a VIP thing for the
vets, and went to a veterans ball, so I went to go see Democrats and Republicans, the
Last Man Standing actor said. Yeah I went to the inauguration. Im not attacking you, laughed Jimmy
Kimmel, after Allen turned defensive.
Youve gotta be real careful around here,
Allen replied. You get beat up if dont believe what
everybody believes. This is like 30s Germany. I dont know what happened.
If youre not part of the group, You
know what we believe is right, I go, Well, I might have a problem with that. Im a comedian, I like going on both sides. Allen, whos previously spoken out about
Hollywood being hypocritical, told Megyn Kelly on Fox News last year that he finds
it odd that Hollywood didnt like Trump because he was a bully. But if you had any kind of inkling that
you were for Trump, you got bullied, he explained.
During his interview with Kimmel, Allen also
discussed how people should be paranoid about our privacy being compromised by the government
and other major companies. If a government drove by with a gray sedan
with a camera on it, youd be rioting and going to Washington, he explained. But if its white, with emojis and Google
on it, Yay, youre waving at it. Theyre taking pictures of your house! Allen is most known for his old show Home
Improvement and his more recent show that he starred in Last Man Standing.
A great show, that got amazing reviews, yet
was pulled from the network. Something Allen attributes to his conservative-leaning
character. A Los Angeles Times article event reported
that there are 2,500 of his entertainment colleagues who joined a secret group for entertainers
who are conservative because of the fear that if they are open about it they will be ostracized
from the industry. The Washington Post reported, In 30 years of show business, Ive never
seen it like this, an unnamed actor told the outlet.
If you are even lukewarm to Republicans,
you are excommunicated from the church of tolerance. Since it premiered several years ago, Allens
show has been hailed as a rare counterexample to Hollywood politics. Finally, we have a hero who hunts, fishes,
watches sports, and occasionally drives a tank, the Imaginative Conservative wrote. But Allen himself has complained of network
censorship when his protagonist, an alpha-male family man whom the actor has called an
educated Archie Bunker, tries to go after liberal icons.
Allen admits he has gotten more than one
warning to stop calling President Obama a communist, the TV Page reported in
2015. Allen didnt sound so dire during the Republican
primaries, when the Hollywood Reporter asked whether he vented his own political views
through his character. Its getting more and more comfortable,
he said. These guys know me so well that theyre
writing stuff that is exactly what I wouldve said.
Its a marvelous thing when you have liberal
people writing for [a show like this]. And he sounded lukewarm about the prospect
of a Trump presidency. Forget the stupid s he says about immigrants,
Allen said. Thats just ignorant.
But he might be able to do the stuff that
really needs fixing. After the election, on Fox News, Allen compared
Trump to an amateur performer with very bad comic timing. I dont want to defend the guy, he
said. The industry has become more toxic to conservatives
since Trump took office, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Workers complained of political shouting matches
on set and the professional shunning of those known to hold right-leaning views although
some had enough celebrity to speak out safely. Tim Allen is a comedic genius who has found
success in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. He has been able to carve out a spot for himself
as a high profile, high profiting, and well known conservative actor. Something that almost none of his other counterparts
have been able to do.
Which is exactly why he has found success,
especially with Last Man Standing. It was something that spoke to real people,
middle-class Americans. And it is this messaging that won Republicans
power in the general elections as well as the midterm elections..
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