It’s secure to say most Hollywood denizens detest Elon Musk.
The Tesla billionaire’s automotive line hasn’t wooed progressive stars. As an alternative, they give the impression of being previous his firm’s eco-impact and concentrate on his ardour for freer speech.
Musk’s Twitter takeover allowed many “banned” accounts again on the platform. He’s extra focused on stopping youngster predators than silencing voices.
That’s a bridge too far for people like Stephen King, Jack White, Whoopi Goldberg and others who both are fleeing Twitter or blasting Musk for his transient however consequential Twitter reign.
Coming again twelve hours later to show how not bothered I’m. pic.twitter.com/mmWJl617oj
— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) November 23, 2022
Musk has a lot to do given his enterprise ventures, however he spends an inordinate period of time Tweeting to his coronary heart’s content material. He’s alternately humorous and bruising, sharing enterprise insights and quizzing customers on the subsequent steps he may tackle Twitter.
This week, Musk revealed he has a eager grasp of recent Hollywood and, to make use of his phrases, the “woke thoughts virus” infecting it.
The billionaire weaponized that phrase earlier this 12 months to blast Netflix for its doubtful content material selections, one purpose the streaming large’s fortunes fell early in 2022.
Now, Musk is looking out the leisure business for a equally twisted agenda.
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He began the dialogue by asking Twitter customers what they thought concerning the “tradition battle,” a loaded time period that may imply something from God within the classroom to pull queen story hours for pre-teen audiences.
Many responded, after all, given Musk’s practically 119 million followers. One account, @GetPaidWrite, provided this suggestion.
I believe the Proper wants to start out funding extra artists, filmmakers and writers as a substitute of politicians and super-PACs.
You don’t win a naval battle with none ships, and you’ll’t win a tradition battle with none tradition.
We’ve been reacting too lengthy. Time to go on the offensive.
Musk responded.
I’m neither conventionally proper nor left, however I agree together with your level.
The woke thoughts virus has totally penetrated leisure and is pushing civilization in direction of suicide.
There must be a counter-narrative.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2022
That counter narrative is already occurring, albeit in modest measures.
Angel Studios is bypassing Hollywood gatekeepers to create family-friendly content material that uplifts, not divides. Assume Dry Bar Comedy, “The Chosen” and subsequent month’s “The Wingfeather Saga.”
“The Chosen: Season 3” not too long ago upended typical considering by coming in third on the U.S. field workplace.
The Every day Wire is full steam forward with its leisure division, which presently options movies like “What Is a Girl?” “Terror on the Prairie” and “Run Disguise Combat.” Subsequent 12 months, the conservative platform will debut its youngsters’s programming line, meant to leisure with no progressive agenda.
Editor’s Notice: This reporter is a contract contributor to The Every day Wire
Insurgent comedians like Tyler Fischer, Ryan Lengthy, Steve McGrew and Chrissie Mayr use various platforms to inform jokes exterior the comedian mainstream. The Babylon Bee routinely serves up laughs that gained’t be shared on “Saturday Evening Dwell” or late-night TV.
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In a means, Musk can personally assist the counter-narrative he talked about thrive.
Among the aforementioned comics have confronted Large Tech Censorship for telling the “improper” type of jokes. The Every day Wire’s Matt Walsh throws sharp elbowed commentary on social media, the type that rubs Tech titans the improper means.
The Babylon Bee refused to take away a satirical Tweet earlier this 12 months and located its account frozen till Musk reinstated it.
Making Twitter a extra stage taking part in area will assist recent tales flower on not simply social media however the higher content material panorama.
Musk is not any film star. He proved sport in 2021 by internet hosting “Saturday Evening Dwell,” however gained’t be headlining any stand-up excursions within the close to future.
His posture on free speech, although, could possibly be a therapy for La La Land’s woke thoughts virus.
