The Legacy Media furrowed its digital brow following Election Day 2024.
Where is the Hollywood Resistance, article after article asked?
We saw little celebrity blowback following President Donald Trump’s impressive Nov. 5 victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. No Women’s Marches that dreamed of blowing up the White House. No p-word pink hats adorning resistance protests nationwide.
Some stars wouldn’t even be seen with the actor who portrayed Trump in “The Apprentice.”
That’s finally starting to change.
The current awards season helped spur it on. Stars now have podium time to weigh in on their pet causes, and several did just that during the recent Grammy awards telecast.
Fading director Judd Apatow used his DGA Awards hosting gig to savage President Trump, Elon Musk and other GOP targets in a clapter-rich monologue.
“Or we go the other way, we go hard against Trump,” he continued. “Let’s all go super double woke. I’m going to make Dune 3 with all gay sandworms.”
More artists are starting to lash out during press confabs. Director Todd Haynes (“Safe”) used his time as the Berlin Film Festival’s jury head to warn voters about the threat Trump allegedly poses.
“Everyone I know in the United States and friends abroad are witnessing this barrage of actions in the first three weeks of the Trump administration with tremendous concern, shock. I think that’s been part of the strategy, to create a sense of destabilization and shock among the people. So how we proceed toward coalescing different forms of resistance are still in the works and are still being figured out among Democrats. I have no doubt that there will be many people who did in fact vote for this president who will be quickly disillusioned by promises he made about economic stability in the U.S.”
Not yet. Trump’s approval ratings suggest voters are on board with his actions to date.
The latest celebrity resistance comes from The Kennedy Center. President Trump shook up the D.C.-based institution, removing most of its current board members and temporarily installing himself as its head. He also appointed Ric Grenell as interim Executive Director.
The response proved immediate.
- Issa Rae canceled her sold-out show, “An Evening with Issa Rae,” saying in an Instagram statement that Trump’s move is , “e an infringement on the values of an institution that has faithfully celebrated artists of all backgrounds through all mediums.”
- Ben Folds resigned as artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra.
- Soprano Renée Fleming also resigned as an artistic adviser at large.
- TV Producer Shonda Rhimes left her position as board treasurer hours after Trump’s board takeover.
It remains to be seen if the March 2 Oscars ceremony will certify the Hollywood Resistance 2.0. The recent Golden Globes telecast mostly avoided lectures and virtue signaling, but that was before President Trump’s flurry of activity commenced.
One area where the Resistance never stopped? Late-night TV. Show after show, night after night, the far-Left hosts slam all things Trump.
The Hollywood Resistance 2.0 may finally be here, but things are different now.
Americans no longer trust the legacy media, by and large. Podcasts made more of a difference during the 2024 election cycle, not The Washington Post or CNN.
More importantly? Celebrity opinions can’t sway the masses as they once did.
Just ask former Vice President Harris.
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