Political football
For the past month, Trump trolls have been having hissy fits on here (and everywhere else) because he appeared in the "I Will Survive" video.
Now he makes fairly neutral comments about Trump and all of a sudden all the Trump trolls are in love! Finally an Alister didn't call Trump the devil.
This is what he said (and comments from Tim Grierson):
First, though, it's worth pointing out that McConaughey didn't actually advocate supporting Trump or his policies.
If you go to 2:16 on this video, Marr mentions that he sees Gold as somewhat representative of “Trump’s America,” which McConaughey pretty much sidesteps to describe the movie as an “underdog story.” Then Marr presses him on the fact that “every single American actor or arty type … dumps on Trump. You all completely hate him. Do you think it’s time that maybe Hollywood and the cultural elite of America gave this guy a break?”
Most outlets have condensed McConaughey’s response. But here’s the whole thing:
"Well, they don’t have a choice now. He’s our president. It’s a very dynamic and as divisive of an inauguration and time that we’ve ever had. At the same time, it’s time for us to embrace, shake hands with this fact, and be constructive with him over the next four years. Even those who most strongly may disagree with his principles or things he’s said and done—which is another thing, we’ll see what he does compared to what he had said—no matter how much you disagreed along the way, it’s time to think about how constructive can you be. Because he’s our president for the next four years, at least—president of the United States."
On the face of it, these are hardly pro-Trump sentiments. But they speak to the c’est la vie, let’s-make-the-best-of-it attitude some celebrities have spouted since the Donald’s election, which make them seem desperately out of touch with everyone else’s panic about the misery that this administration could unleash. (The worst of these came from Gwyneth Paltrow, who blithely declared in late November, “It’s such an exciting time to be an American because we are at this amazing inflection point.”) McConaughey wasn’t nearly as glib, but the idea of being “constructive” with the new president feels an awful lot like capitulation.
Ok so Trump haters (that would include me) need to really get the knives out for Gwyneth Paltrow. And Trump Trolls you need to elevate Gwyneth to the pantheon of goddesses.
Soon it will be moot as all the political trolls (Trump trolls) overrunning the IMDb is resulting in them closing the forum. Gee thanks! People who actually enjoyed discussing, quarreling and everything else about movies tell you to go to hell (and back to Breitbart).