Richard is so tired of progressives ruining the industry that made him a legend, and he says what they're doing to the Oscars and movies, in general, makes him want to "vomit."
Hey, Richard, we don't blame you. Hollywood makes most of us sick too
Daily Wire reported that the subject of Hollywood inclusion standards came up when Hoover mentioned that, starting next year, “films will be required to meet new inclusion standards to be eligible for the Academy Award for Best Picture.”
“They’ll have to have a certain percentage of actors or crew from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups,” she said. “What do you think of these new inclusion standards for films?”
“They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss responded. “Because this is an art form. It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money. But it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is. And what are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. And – you have to let life be life.”
“And I’m sorry, I don’t think that there is a minority or a majority in the country that has to be catered to like that,” he continued. “You know, Laurence Olivier was the last white actor to play Othello, and he did it in 1965. And he did it in blackface. And he played a black man brilliantly. Am I being told that I will never have a chance to play a black man?
Is someone else being told that if they’re not Jewish, they shouldn’t play the Merchant of Venice? Are we crazy? Do we not know that art is art? This is so patronizing. It’s so thoughtless, and treating people like children.”
Richard is right, all of this woke nonsense has gone way too far and it’s killing the fun and creativity. Nobody, but communist liberals want to live like this.
