Where Are You, Norman Lear? "Unfortunately, Di Bona is a high-ranking member of the Caucus. Disgusted by Di Bona's admissions, Lionel quit the Caucus. He was soon joined by mega-producer Norman Powell. "I knew most of my fellow members looked upon [conservative] political positions ... as distasteful,"
Chetwynd wrote in his resignation letter. "What I now understand is the disgust was not for their views, but for their very person. Such people, Mr. Shapiro's sources make clear, must be silenced, and it is therefore proper to make them suffer discrimination."
"The fallout was immediate and intense. The New York Times covered it. So did The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
"But was Hollywood upset? Of course not." More... By Ben Shapiro in Big HollywoodLionel Chetwynd’s Letter of Resignation to Caucus for Producers, Writers [and] Directors
..."I realize, now, the enormous special obstacles put in my path by my supposed colleagues, obstacles that over the years made earning a living or a quiet pursuit of my trade so unusually onerous, were not a matter of political difference; they were a declaration of my unworthiness to be one of them. The rejection was not of my ideas, but of my person." Via A Hollywood Republican
The exception that proves the rule? "Law and Order" does the right thing?
Surprisingly sensitive portrayals of pro-life views . . . on network TV? "“I am used to seeing pro-lifers marginalized and dismissed as narrow minded religious zealots. This was one of the most fair-minded and even-handed presentations of this critical and persistent legal and moral issue.""
The above is a surprise because L and O usually does stuff like this: "Law [and] Order": another TV show that sucker-punches half the American population " From the Tunnel Wall, Feb 28th, 2011.
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