MovieChat Forums > Richard Dreyfuss Discussion > Inclusion makes him vomit

I've never really liked the guy, but once in a while he'll say something I do like.

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He is now a Trumpster.

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Really? Where's the proof? Maybe he's just a free thinker who doesn't subscribe wholly to one single political party/ideology.

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I've never seen him suppport Trump. But even if he does, I don't see the problem.

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In the interview where he made these comments, he also called Trump an idiot several times.

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Unfortunately, we live in a binary-minded era where anyone who says *one* thing we agree with just MUST subscribe to ALL our opinions, or conversely anyone who says one thing we *disagree* with MUST represent everything that is evil and wrong in the world.

Thankfully, Richard Dreyfuss seems to think and operate outside such simplicities.

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Unfortunately, we live in a binary-minded era where anyone who says *one* thing we agree with just MUST subscribe to ALL our opinions, or conversely anyone who says one thing we *disagree* with MUST represent everything that is evil and wrong in the world.


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Why is what he said "racist"?

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He accused me of saying something racist???

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I think he was referring to Dreyfus' rant about movies being an art form that should be based on merit instead of race as being racist.


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Ah okay. It seems the definition of "racist" has changed.πŸ˜•

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Imagine being hired just because you meet a quota and not because of your talent.

Nothing boosts your confidence like knowing you were only hired because you were this or that.

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I agree with him.

Sometimes a script is about an Irish family struggling in South Boston like in the Fighter.

Should Beasts Of No Nation have had a plucky Irish kid in it?

Did The Godfather require Carlos Mencia for comedic relief?

Certain stories need to be told well from a particular ethnic viewpoint, why not let that great story telling just happen organically?

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Fantastic response by Richard. More stars need to call out this woke bullshit.

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I do agree with Dry Pus however what he is claiming is a double standard! As a Jewish man he was granted and β€œin” to the movie biz along with other Jewish producers, directors, actors, writers , grifs etc. when other was excluded in a Jewish studio run system!
How the playing field was been leveled and he is shitting his pants.

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You're agreeing with him, and yet you're also taking this opportunity to express your anti-Semitism? *sigh* πŸ™„πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

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I agree the way it’s done might not be the best way! However I do not vomit at the thought if inclusion.

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Inclusion does not make him vomit. The new Oscar diversity rules make him vomit. He sees the rules as a way of restricting artistic freedom. That does not mean that he is against inclusion. He just doesn't support this particular method of achieving it.

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Well said.

My issue with it is that it makes a mockery of the Oscars as a barometer of the 'best in film'. If certain films are to be excluded from consideration in accordance with a political/sociological basis, irrespective of the films' *artistic* merit, it further diminishes the Academy Awards as any sort of accurate benchmark of quality.

Whilst it may be desirable that every film features some sort of diversity, whether before the screen, or behind the camera, I don't think this is the way to achieve it. It's on the studios to ensure such 'mandates', assuming such mandates are remotely a good idea, and not on the people who simply watch and judge the films.

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No, inclusion doesn't make him vomit. What makes him vomit is enforcing quotas on artistic endeavors, and rewarding them for woke boxes checked off instead of artistic merit. He's right.

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