{"id":1668533,"date":"2022-10-02T08:23:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1668533"},"modified":"2022-10-02T08:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T12:24:01","slug":"rices-woking-dead-hammers-hollywood-cowardly-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rices-woking-dead-hammers-hollywood-cowardly-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"Rice\u2019s \u201cWoking Dead\u201d Hammers Hollywood, Cowardly Comics"},"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\">14<\/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%2Frices-woking-dead-hammers-hollywood-cowardly-comics%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=1668533&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><strong>Woke isn\u2019t just a buzzword. It\u2019s a cultural revolution that impacts nearly every element of modern life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A.J. Rice, CEO of Publius PR and a veteran radio producer, understands the threat woke poses to western culture.\u00a0Rice\u2019s\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Woking-Dead-Societys-Destroys-Culture\/dp\/1637583680\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+woking+dead+a.j.+rice&amp;qid=1664636205&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjcxIiwicXNhIjoiMC41OSIsInFzcCI6IjAuODEifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=the+woking+dead%2Caps%2C125&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Woking Dead<\/a>\u201d captures it all, from virtue signaling gone wild to the \u201cmostly peaceful\u201d riots of 2020 which the media and Left excused in unison.<\/p>\n<p>HiT reached out to Rice about the new book, how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/dear-snl-copy-conservative-skits\/\">\u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d<\/a> lost its way and why he\u2019s hopeful for a woke-free future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HiT: It\u2019s impossible to discuss woke without mentioning pop culture. Your book shares an important note about the long-running \u201cJeopardy\u201d program and why it matters. Can you detail why a certain show champ got attacked for all the wrong reasons?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice:<\/strong> James Holzhauer went on a tear on \u201cJeopardy!\u201d In 2019 and won well over $2 million. During his record-setting winning streak, Variety and others attacked him for being too good at the game. Do they attack LeBron for being too good at basketball?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why James Holzhauer is bad for \u201cJeopardy!\u201d (Column) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcbBo0Xl8h\">https:\/\/t.co\/VcbBo0Xl8h<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hWuZJzsWjA\">pic.twitter.com\/hWuZJzsWjA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1120795506148610053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>This was the everyone-gets-a-trophy crowd trying to take trophies away from a guy who earned them, while he was still earning them. This is where woke pop culture has taken us. It celebrates victims and denigrates achievers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2034564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2034564\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/A-J-Rice-Woking-Dead-author-2.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2034564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author A.J. Rice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Look how they treat Trump, who built an empire and provided thousands of jobs before ever entering politics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HiT: Morrissey is no Sean Hannity, but he\u2019s come under assault from the woke mob in recent years. Why are these attacks noteworthy in the bigger pop culture picture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice<\/strong>: Morrissey is an iconoclast. When he was going after the monarchy, pop culture celebrated him. But when he suggested that England might not want unfettered immigration which could change the character of the country, pop culture tried to cancel him.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks on Morrissey prove that no one is safe from the woke zombie mob.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you said or did before doesn\u2019t matter. He\u2019s a sexually fluid leftist vegan. He\u2019s a nonconformist in his music and everything else.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Morrissey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Morrissey<\/a>\u2018s alignment with anti-immigration politics and the far-right inspired an all-day protest party: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r2aC5ffCzS\">https:\/\/t.co\/r2aC5ffCzS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dSrxsga4WJ\">pic.twitter.com\/dSrxsga4WJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/consequence\/status\/1011766080359010311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 27, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But wokeness cannot abide anyone who figures out that the freedoms we used to take for granted are precious and deserve to be defended. He\u2019s defended them and the zombies went on the attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HiT: This site has noted how the woke mob doesn\u2019t try to cancel hit men movies, even though they kill for a living and skip the judicial system entirely. There\u2019s something similar going on with Tony Soprano, no? You\u2019re surprised the woke mob hasn\u2019t whacked him yet\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice<\/strong>: Tony Soprano was everything the wokes despise. He was a masculine, straight white man who was tough, fatherly and not afraid to drive a big gas-guzzling SUV. He used guns frequently to make his points. He used the phrase \u201cmade men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t say that now, so he would need a new phrase. \u201cMade human\u201d maybe? That\u2019s not inclusive of those who identify as animals. It is surprising that wokes haven\u2019t gone after mob movies but I wouldn\u2019t take that for granted. They\u2019ve gone after decades-old movies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/gone-with-the-wind-blu-ray-warning-label\/\">gotten warning labels slapped on them.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HiT: Your book savages the new \u201cdiversity\u201d rules in the Oscars competition. Why is this manufactured wokeism so detrimental to the creative process, and what impact will it have on awards-season fare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice<\/strong>: The Oscars have literally thrown away achievement for the sake of diversity. Your film won\u2019t even be considered for an award unless it meets very specific racial, which is really racist, criteria for casting and behind-the-scenes staffing. That\u2019s a private entity doing a political force\u2019s bidding and it, by itself, waters down the value of the award.<\/p>\n<p>The best films are not being awarded unless they\u2019re politicall blessed. It\u2019s not about achievement anymore. It\u2019s about politics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Despite the drama, the ratings for this years Oscars were the second lowest in the event\u2019s history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t8pYjWjjrG\">https:\/\/t.co\/t8pYjWjjrG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NewsBusters (@newsbusters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsbusters\/status\/1508983599046963205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019re already seeing the effect of this. Americans are tuning out the Oscars and all other awards shows. They\u2019re tired of everything getting politicized in one, boring, predictable, woke direction. And they\u2019re tired of being lectured to by people who have no idea what life is really like for most of us. Americans are effectively telling the political Oscars to take their trophies and shove \u2019em.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HiT: The war on 2019\u2019s \u201cJoker\u201d was \u2026 astounding. The press ate up every morsel of pre-release news and gossip, but right before it opened the same media declared war on the film. What changed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice:<\/strong> The media\u2019s reaction to \u201cThe Joker\u201d was very telling. The leftist media tried to tie it to the guy who shot up a movie theater a few years ago. But there are a couple of serious problems with that. First, that guy dyed his hair but he never called himself the \u201cJoker.\u201d Media did, to give him a brand, and because he shot up a theater showing a Batman film.<\/p>\n<p>Two, Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s Joker had nothing at all to do with that guy. The film is a raw depiction of mental illness. But media including The New Republic, which used to be thoughtful and interesting but is now anti-republic and woke, declared all-out war on \u201cThe Joker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the most violent film we\u2019ve ever had, it didn\u2019t have the most gratuitous blood or sex, but because it could somehow be very loosely and dishonestly tied to a tragic event and politicized, media used it and the victims of that event to make some twisted political point.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, they even flirted with banning that film or shunning anyone who saw it, which is very dangerous for free speech and expression. But too many in the media have abandoned that. They only believe in free speech when they\u2019re speaking. The rest of us should just shut up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HiT: Your book touches on AOC and how comedians won\u2019t even joke about her\u2026 at what point does \u201cSNL\u201d and late night TV decide it\u2019s time to mock both parties again, or has that balanced ship sailed?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Woking-Dead_book-cover-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2034565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Woking-Dead_book-cover-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Woking Dead_book cover\" width=\"223\" height=\"337\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Woking-Dead_book-cover-2.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Woking-Dead_book-cover-2-199x300.jpg 199w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2034565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Woking-Dead_book-cover-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Woking Dead_book cover\" width=\"223\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Woking-Dead_book-cover-2.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/The-Woking-Dead_book-cover-2-199x300.jpg 199w\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice:<\/strong> AOC sounds like a precocious tween who read a couple of articles in Teen Vogue and thinks she\u2019s smart now. She\u2019s not very bright, she\u2019s wholly manufactured, poorly educated, and offers nothing at all in the way of interesting or original thought. She knows nothing about how the real world works.<\/p>\n<p>This is a woman who was amazed by the garbage disposal in her apartment. She provides an endless vein of comedy for anyone brave enough to make jokes about her.<\/p>\n<p>And I say brave enough not because she\u2019s smart enough to hit back, but because if you joke about AOC, the woke media will come down on you fast and accuse you of racism, misogyny, all the usual phobias, everything.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s untouchable despite being a famous moron.<\/p>\n<p>As for \u201cSNL,\u201d they won\u2019t touch anything left of center anymore, which makes them boring. Just this week Kamala Harris went on a hilarious riff about the Webb Telescope with US military at the Korean DMZ, before she accidentally declared a US alliance with North Korea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">KAMALA HARRIS: \u201cThe United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance with the Republic of North Korea.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2dI5UYOlo\">pic.twitter.com\/H2dI5UYOlo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1575465283325657095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That\u2019s very disturbing but it\u2019s also very funny. Will \u201cSNL\u201d joke about it? Kimmel? No, because they\u2019re leftist cowards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HiT: The vast majority of stars do as they are told. They don\u2019t fight back or question the woke mindset. Those that do, like Gina Carano, are swiftly punished for their thoughts. Do you see any light at the end of this tunnel? Or will the fight against woke have to come from outside the Hollywood ecosystem?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rice:<\/strong> There seems to be an unwritten but strongly enforced rule in entertainment and Hollywood that if you want to succeed you will be a hard-core leftist.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Lawrence didn\u2019t sound like a leftist when she first hit it big, she talked about family and normal life in Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/why-taylor-swifts-political-awakening-rings-false\/\">Taylor Swift got badgered about politics<\/a> by the media because she didn\u2019t want to talk about politics early in her career. She just wanted to shut up and sing. Now both are out front as leftists. Did they bow to pressure? It sure looks like it. They sound like cartoon leftists spouting talking points they may not even really understand. Long-term this is unhealthy for creativity and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Diversity is our strength, the left says, but they only mean skin color, not diverse or new ideas. That\u2019s blatantly and openly racist, but they don\u2019t care and no one calls them out on it.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood is probably<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Virtue-Bombs-Hollywood-Woke-Lost\/dp\/1637580991\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=virtue+bombs+christian+toto+book&amp;qid=1664636121&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjIwIiwicXNhIjoiMC44NyIsInFzcCI6IjAuOTUifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=virtue+bombs%2Caps%2C110&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> irredeemably woke now<\/a>. The fight for real freedom is coming from outside Hollywood\u2019s house, not inside, but there are some signs of hope. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/gina-carano-daily-wire-untitled-action-thriller\/\">Gina Carano has a deal with Daily Wire<\/a> to make movies. Some of her \u201cStar Wars\u201d co-stars want her back, and Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have defended her and others who step outside Hollywood\u2019s box, such as Chris Pratt.<\/p>\n<p>Americans will have to decide how much woke we\u2019ll put up with. It doesn\u2019t produce interesting or funny entertainment and never will. Will we fork over our hard-earned dollars to see our country, our faith, our families, our way of life relentlessly denigrated? We have for a long time but we won\u2019t forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke isn\u2019t just a buzzword. It\u2019s a cultural revolution that impacts nearly every element of modern life. A.J. 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