THE OTHER BLACKLIST
Remember Dwight Schultz from the A-Team? This is an interesting article about trying to make a living as a conservative actor in Hollywood.
Big Hollywood also has an article that explain how Jon Stewart and Bill Maher for hide behind comedy while delivering a steady partisan message.
Both were interesting.
2 comments:
Schultz got work as a neurotic Lt. on Star Trek: Next Generation and some of the movies for a while. Haven't seen him in a long time. To be successful as a conservative actor, it seems you have to be a HE-MAN action hero (ala Arnold, Stalone, Willis, etc.) or you are SOL. I think Tom Hanks negotiates it best, he gives to the Dems, shows up at the fundrasiers, and then makes conservative films. I'd rather have a 100 Hanks and get to see the kind of stuff his production studio puts out.
Schultz on ST:TNG played a guy that nobody liked. Central Casting just looks in their conservative file to plug that hole.
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