Tom Hanks breaks from Hollywood Pack mentality
Posted: Nov 17, 2016
In what is certainly sure to draw ire from some, if not many, in the Hollywood community, two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks opted for grace and class when speaking about President-elect Donald Trump. After a week of hysteria-laden open letters and Twitter rants from entertainment industry liberals like Aaron Sorkin and Joss Whedon, Hanks' calm demeanor and response really stood out. The actor was being honored at the Museum of Modern Art in New York when he offered a refreshing dose of perspective.
We are going to be all right because we constantly get to tell the world who we are. We constantly get to define ourselves as American. We do have the greatest country in the world. We move at a slow pace. We have the greatest country in the world because we are always moving towards a more perfect union. That journey never ceases, it never stops. Sometimes, to quote a Springsteen song, it’s “one step forward, two steps back,” but we still aggregately move forward. We, who are a week into wondering what the hell just happened, will continue to move forward. We have to choose to do so, but we will move forward because if we do not move forward, what is to be said of us?
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Then Hanks said something that would probably be career suicide for a less established actor:
"This is the United States of America. We'll go on. There's great like-minded people out there who are Americans first and Republicans or Democrats second," Hanks told THR. "I hope the president-elect does such a great job that I vote for his re-election in four years."
While it is sad that kind, patriotic words like this stand out so much because vitriol is the norm, it's also comforting to know that not everyone has lost his or her mind. Many of Hanks' contemporaries truly believe that America is now in the midst of a possibly apocalyptic existential crisis. That's largely based on a reality that's prone to hysteria because it doesn't get much exposure to people who think differently.
Hanks' real world is a bit more...real. He lives in the same place and works in the same industry as Sorkin and the others, but has somehow managed to notice the America beyond the Hollywood bubble. He is also one of the most accomplished and respected actors of his generation. Maybe, just maybe, others will pause and take his words to heart.
Maybe.
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Clint directed him Sully, so maybe Clint rubbed off on him. - My aunt is a very minor actor and
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had bit parts in movies. She got into it through a connection to her nephew who is connected to the movie industry as intermediate player. She is conservative and supported Trump.
According to her when you get away from the actors, director and producers you start having more conservatives who work on the set. Most of those that are conservative keep there mouths shut because all that it takes to be black balled from working a set is one word from a liberal, so people just keep there mouths shut because a small group of liberals will terrorize the technical crew over their political beliefs.
She has seen both minor actors and crew agree with a big name actor in public but in private say that they just did not want to lose their ability to work for not agreeing with that actor or director.
It's going to be refreshing to see the First Lady's anti-bullying campaign. - sm
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My hope is that all on-line bullying stops pronto. I will do my part in stopping it, (unfortunately, I have to admit that I have had a part in it), but I really hope the democrats take a step back and see that they (and their feckless leader) have propagated it.
As opposed to a FLOTUS dealing with school lunches - while her girls eat caviar.
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Can't wait till she's gone!
I know. What business is it of hers what our kids eat? - Or throw in the trash?
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Unbelievable - old and burned out
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Are you so filled with hate for the Obamas that you cannot even recognize a laudable goal when you see one. There is an epidemic of childhood obesity in this country which is not only bad in itself but leads to other medical problems thus increasing costs of health care for everyone. If left to their own devices children will eat pizza, burgers and fries until it comes out of their ears. What's wrong with trying to educate them to eat healthier foods while they're young?
Educating them is fine. You missed the point. - And it has nothing to do with hate
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as you are always so quick to point out.
I will just say you missed the point because I don't want to go back and forth with you. You have your opinion. I have mine.
In a word (or 2) ? - Pretty much.
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Can't wait for that pair to be gone and get some class back in the WH.
What's your definition of class? - old and burned out
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A chief executive who talks about his genitals in public?
Mine is a President who actually loves America. - That's class. I'm sick of having
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a president who basically sticks his middle finger up at us in other countries. Loser!
Go Trump!
You can love your country - burt the cat
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and still not agree with everything it does just as you love your children but don't allow them to do anything they want. This country made a horrible mistake in the Middle East and we will be paying for probably for decades to come.
I would rather him talk about his hands (once) than have a pathological liar who - put national security at risk.
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I, for one, am not fixated on his genitals or his wife's past career as some appear to be. It's time to move on and focus on the big picture. We gave BO a chance, now it's time to show respect to DT and give him a chance. K?
Hillary has lied - old and burned out
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but not nearly as much as Donald Trump. He barely said anything that was true during the entire campaign. Of course you don't believe that because you don't believe the fact checkers. And HC did not put national security at risk any more than Russian hacking - encouraged by DT by the way.
I think Tom Hanks is a realist and took a look - MT
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at that election map and decided he is in the minority and wants to pander to those people who like Trump now. Just a money move. He is like the wind. You never know where it will blow. Why would I listen to Tom Hanks? He's not going to give Trump a chance, he's going to be waiting for Trump to make a mistake. Big difference.
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