{"id":1191496,"date":"2022-01-05T16:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191496"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:35:41","slug":"the-pop-culture-stories-that-will-shape-the-entertainment-industry-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-pop-culture-stories-that-will-shape-the-entertainment-industry-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pop-Culture Stories That Will Shape The Entertainment Industry in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-pop-culture-stories-that-will-shape-the-entertainment-industry-in-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>With the hopes that Covid would retreat and the world largely return to normal failing to pan out, 2021 proved to be another highly unstable year in entertainment. But viruses weren\u2019t the only thing causing earthquakes throughout the industry. Several major stories over the last 12 months have the potential to shift the tectonic plates under Hollywood\u2019s feet in ways we haven\u2019t fully felt yet.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top five 2021 stories that will continue to cause 2022 aftershocks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Implosion of Time\u2019s Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Few cultural developments have managed to shift the balance of power in Hollywood as quickly and completely as the MeToo movement. Suddenly, the casting couch quid pro quo and predatory tactics that had been an accepted practice for decades were costing the most powerful studio executives in the business their jobs (and in some extreme cases, their freedom.)<\/p>\n<p>Never mind that the movement grew so extreme comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/identities\/2019\/7\/12\/20690303\/aziz-ansari-sexual-misconduct-accusation-right-now\">Aziz Ansari<\/a> was raked over the coals for being a boorish date and TV host <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/walking-dead-after-show-host-chris-hardwick-denies-sex-assault-claims-11406829\">Chris Hardwick<\/a> was ousted from the pop-culture site he founded based on the dubious word of a spurned ex-girlfriend. It was a crusade built on a righteous quest for female equality and justice. Until it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/clients-staffers-slam-hollywood-metoo-group-times-up-over-involvement-with-cuomo\">revelation<\/a> that Time\u2019s Up, the MeToo group founded and supported by the world\u2019s most famous actresses, was more committed to the Democrat party than protecting women from sexual harassment has unmasked Hollywood hypocrisy like few other stories before it. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shonda Rhimes, Eva Longoria, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Aniston, and numerous other A-listers said nothing when the news broke that top Time\u2019s Up leaders compromised the group\u2019s mission by helping to protect alleged predators like former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and major Democratic fundraiser Russell Simmons because they were political allies.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, since the group\u2019s entire board of directors resigned, the founding celebs have said very little on the subject of sexual harassment or Hollywood\u2019s gender-based power imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface, that hasn\u2019t stopped recently accused men like \u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d star Chris Noth from losing gigs, but look closely and you\u2019ll notice how measured his female co-stars were in their public statements about the allegations against him, saying only that they are \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d and \u201csupport\u201d the women who came forward. HBO, the streaming platform that made him Mr. Big, has said nothing at all.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likewise probably not a coincidence that some of the men brought down by the MeToo movement, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2021\/dec\/22\/james-franco-interview-sexual-misconduct-allegations\">James Franco<\/a> and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-10327111\/Louis-C-K-promotes-latest-comedy-special-Sorry-commercial-broadcast-Saturday-Night-Live.html\">Louis C.K.<\/a>, are starting to feel bold enough to address the accusations that had them sitting on the sidelines for the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not to say that accusers won\u2019t continue to come forward, but the verbal support they receive from corner offices and women in the spotlight will likely be far more subdued. And when they do speak, regular viewers at home will be much less likely to put any stock in their words.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave Chappelle, J.K. Rowling, and Gina Carano Mount Woke Resistance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bachelor-ratings-hit-record-low-after-show-fires-host-chris-harrison-over-racist-comments\">implosion<\/a>&nbsp;of \u201cThe Bachelor\u201d franchise to Mike Richards\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/newly-named-jeopardy-host-mike-richards-quits\">short-lived tenure<\/a> as \u201cJeopardy\u201d host, the pattern of cancellation has largely held strong in recent years \u2014 target says or once said something that offends some privileged group, target issues groveling apology, target is banished from public eye despite mea culpas.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2021 a few significant cracks in cancel-culture\u2019s armor began to appear. One of the prime examples came in February when Disney famously fired actress Gina Carano from hit Star Wars series, \u201cThe Mandalorian.\u201d Carano refused to follow the script of trying to preserve her career by begging forgiveness for sharing political opinions that differ from the majority of her industry. Instead, she immediately looked for alternative routes to success, announcing a partnership with The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>A few other, high-profile names joined Carano with their own private rebellions against wokeness\u2019 iron grip on Hollywood. When a handful of trans employees and sympathetic allies at Netflix announced a walkout over comedian Dave Chappelle\u2019s jokes in his special \u201cThe Closer,\u201d many expected the legendary stand-up to offer some sort of conciliatory statement, if not an outright admission of guilt. Something along the lines of Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos\u2019 comments that he \u201cscrewed up\u201d by not acknowledging the \u201cpain\u201d trans viewers felt over the jokes would certainly have been the norm.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Chappelle doubled-down by immediately booking a new comedy tour with fellow iconoclast Joe Rogan and adding new bits to his latest set that further taunted the trans activists for their failed attempts to silence him. The five-time Emmy winner\u2019s actions may have even emboldened Sarandos. Less than two months after Chappelle belligerently asked \u201cam I cancelled or not,\u201d Netflix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/definitely-not-canceled-dave-chappelle-on-dock-for-another-netflix-comedy-show-in-2022\">included<\/a> him on a new company-branded comedy tour.<\/p>\n<p>Despite numerous attacks over the last year that included doxing her by revealing her home address on Twitter, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, too, shows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the hopes that Covid would retreat and the world largely return to normal failing to pan out, 2021 proved to be another highly unstable year in entertainment. But viruses weren\u2019t the only thing causing earthquakes throughout the industry. 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