Originally posted by: rkisnothot
Enough with this BLM thing that gets taken out of cold storage at every opportunity. Only the desi attention-seekers posted about that - Priyanka, Kareena, Sara Ali Khan types. That's NOT the cream of the industry. In fact, those are people that nobody listens to anyway. It's also a cause that nobody in India cares about so they know it will be nice virtue-signaling without any risks.
India is not America. There is no true freedom of speech in India, especially if it goes against the government. Nobody is going to take risks that will cause people to throw rocks at their car and protest outside theaters. Nobody speaks up when their own livelihood is threatened.
They know any statement will just be used by dirty politicians and twisted by news anchors and turned into a circus. American celebs have no worries like that. A thousand celebs can post against Trump or about BLM and CNN/Fox won't even cover it. Even if there is some brief mention, it will only be if you're at the Angelina Jolie/Beyonce level. That too only for 10 seconds and not 24/7 like it would be for Indian superstars. It just gets them validation from their followers/fans so there is nothing to lose. Again, not the case in India.
This 👍. Also in India, it’s the goonda raj and mobocracy that’s ruling us right now. When the stars receive the backlash, it’s not just them that’s affected, but the hundreds of other workers that depend on their film , would lose their livelihood. Theatres are vandalised and the shootings are disrupted and the movies are boycotted, over some stars political remarks. For SRK or Aamir, they might absorb the losses bcoz they are super rich. But, what about the distributors and the workers who would lose their livelihood? During the Padmavat attack, SLB was physically attacked and the set was vandalised. They had to stop the shooting for several days. I don’t think it’s the Deepikas or the Shahids that suffered, but the low wage workers who’s work was destroyed.
The Hollywood is no better. The moment they receive backlash and threats, they also cower like mice. 99% of the Hollywood is left wing and they may speak scream and shout about Trump and the leftist causes, but the moment someone in the HW speak anything pro-conservative or pro-republican , they shut them down. Debra messing, who’s a left wing hack, spoke about making a black list for all the republican fund donors in HW. That’s why, some stars like Denzel, Mel Gibson, Chris Pratts , (who are rumoured to be the secret republican/conservatives) refrain from making political statements in order to avoid backlash from their own colleagues. HW makes propaganda movies mocking Jesus and the Christians, but they wouldn’t dare to show anything aganist the Prophet or the Muslims, for the fear of losing their heads. But atleast, they don’t have to fear the mobs attacking and burning theatres.
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