{"id":1307444,"date":"2022-02-17T12:08:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1307444"},"modified":"2022-02-17T17:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:22:57","slug":"bryan-cranston-discusses-his-white-blindness-and-why-free-speech-limits-are-vital-there-need-to-be-guard-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bryan-cranston-discusses-his-white-blindness-and-why-free-speech-limits-are-vital-there-need-to-be-guard-rails\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Cranston Discusses His \u2018White Blindness\u2019 And Why Free Speech Limits Are Vital: \u2018There Need To Be Guard Rails\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fbryan-cranston-discusses-his-white-blindness-and-why-free-speech-limits-are-vital-there-need-to-be-guard-rails%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=1307444&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bryan-Cranston-scaled-1-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Bryan Cranston can afford to be picky with acting roles. The 62-year-old industry veteran took on the part of a lifetime in \u201cBreaking Bad,\u201d solidifying his status as a Hollywood legend with the bank account to match. He\u2019s been discerning with projects ever since the series ended in 2013.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most recently, Cranston walked away from the chance to direct a play about an Englishman who foils an attempt by the Ku Klux Klan to turn his fishing lodge into a meeting place. Instead of taking the helm of \u201cThe Foreigner,\u201d the \u201cMalcolm in the Middle\u201d alum chose to star in a different play entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is a privileged viewpoint to be able to look at the Ku Klux Klan and laugh at them and belittle them for their broken and hateful ideology,\u201d Cranston told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2022-02-16\/bryan-cranston-interview-power-of-sail-geffen-playhouse\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut the Ku Klux Klan and Charlottesville and white supremacists \u2014 that\u2019s still happening and it\u2019s not funny. It\u2019s not funny to any group that is marginalized by these groups\u2019 hatred, and it really taught me something.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The actor recalled laughing at the story and, according to The Times, this helped him realize his \u201cwhite privilege.\u201d Instead of going with that opportunity, he headed in a new direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd I realized, \u2018Oh my God, if there\u2019s one, there\u2019s two, and if there\u2019s two, there are 20 blind spots that I have \u2026 what else am I blind to?\u201d Cranston continued. \u201cIf we\u2019re taking up space with a very palatable play from the 1980s where rich old white people can laugh at white supremacists and say, \u2018Shame on you,\u2019 and have a good night in the theater, things need to change, I need to change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now the actor is headlining a production at L.A.\u2019s Geffen Playhouse, but it has a different tone compared to \u201cThe Foreigner.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The LA Times described Cranston\u2019s character Nichols in his production \u201cPower of Sail\u201d as, \u201can aging, highly respected Harvard professor who faces intense backlash for inviting a white nationalist and Holocaust denier named Carver to speak at his annual symposium. As student protests intensify, Nichols presses forward, claiming his intention is to give Carver and his repugnant ideas a thorough dressing down in a debate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nichols is described as a&nbsp; \u201cfree-speech absolutist\u201d who believes \u201cThe answer to hate speech is more speech.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cranston apparently said the play took on new meaning following the death of George Floyd and \u201ctransformed Cranston, who says in these troubling years he came face to face with his own \u2018white blindness\u2019 and privilege.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The play questions if free speech should have limits or if some rhetoric should be prohibited.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPower of Sail\u201d is described as questioning these concepts. The Times said, \u201cThe play asks if there should be limits to free speech, and if so, why? It tests the boundaries of the free speech ideal by examining the traditional arbiters of that speech \u2014 those who get to decide whose voice is lifted and whose voice is quashed. It suggests the existence of a moral compass in an age when truth is often called relative by special-interest groups opposed to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere need to be barriers, there need to be guard rails,\u201d the Emmy Award winner told the publication. \u201cIf someone wants to say the Holocaust was a hoax, which is against history \u2026 to give a person space to amplify that speech is not tolerance. It\u2019s abusive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cranston insists he\u2019s just trying to make people think about these kinds of issues. \u201cA good play may not change your life, but it could change your day,\u201d he said. \u201cTo go deeper, a play can also stimulate the mind. It can make you question your thought process \u2014 your dogma. It could challenge you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>Daily Wire member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Cranston can afford to be picky with acting roles. 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