{"id":2254331,"date":"2024-05-28T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jaws-actor-says-kids-shouldnt-change-genders-theater-issues-apology\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T18:31:15","slug":"jaws-actor-says-kids-shouldnt-change-genders-theater-issues-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jaws-actor-says-kids-shouldnt-change-genders-theater-issues-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor from &#8216;Jaws&#8217; expresses views on kids and gender, theater apologizes"},"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%2Fjaws-actor-says-kids-shouldnt-change-genders-theater-issues-apology%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=2254331&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>Richard Dreyfuss caused controversy at a &#8216;Jaws&#8217; screening by making disruptive remarks and engaging in\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-ethics-chief-warns-on-hunter-biden-art-secrecy-perfect-mechanism-for-funneling-bribes-to-president\/\" title=\"Obama Ethics Chief Warns On Hunter Biden Art Secrecy: \u2018Perfect Mechanism For Funneling Bribes\u2019 To President\">unusual behavior<\/a>. Audience reports and social \u200bmedia videos \u2064captured Dreyfuss wearing a dress and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unc-activists-want-minority-student-recalled-from-position-of-power\/\" title=\"UNC Activists Want Minority Student Recalled From Position Of Power\">making controversial comments<\/a> during the event. He criticized the #MeToo movement, Barbra Streisand, and voiced negative opinions \u200bon transgender issues and \u200dparenting choices \u2064related \u200dto \u2063gender identity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss was on-hand for a special screening of his 1975 movie \u201cJaws\u201d at the Cabot Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts \u2014 but when he appeared onstage to participate in a Q &#038; A session with the audience, things apparently went sideways.<\/p>\n<p>Dreyfuss, according to audience members and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MXQni965-uc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, made his grand entrance wearing a dress over his clothes, shuffling and shaking his hips to Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cLove Story.\u201d After a minute, two staffers rushed onto the stage and helped him to remove the dress \u2014 but he continued to play up the dance moves until he had replaced the dress with a blazer.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/richard-dreyfuss-jaws-offensive-rant.html?utm_medium=s1&#038;utm_source=tw&#038;utm_campaign=vulture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several reports<\/a>, Dreyfuss then made a series of \u201cmisogynistic\u201d and \u201ctransphobic\u201d comments, allegedly complaining about the #MeToo movement and taking a swing at singer Barbra Streisand, suggesting that women \u201cshouldn\u2019t have that much power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to criticize the transgender movement, saying that parents who allowed their children to self-determine their genders were not good parents. Attendee Diane Wolfe told The Boston Globe that Dreyfuss said \u201cthe parents of trans youth, allowing them to transition, was bad parenting and that someday those kids might change their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Richard Dreyfuss generates scandal by saying something sensible and correct that all sane people know to be true but that everyone has been propagandized into regarding as wrongthink <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ju5zauEEhM\">https:\/\/t.co\/ju5zauEEhM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wesley Yang (@wesyang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wesyang\/status\/1795253585825136806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the end of the session, Dreyfuss referenced the book he published last year on the lack of civics education in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about the fact that 50 years ago, without telling anybody, they took civics out of the curriculum of all public schools in America, which means we have no knowledge of who the hell we are,\u201d Dreyfuss said. \u201cAnd if we don\u2019t get it back soon, we\u2019re all going to die. Make sure your kids are not the last generation of Americans. And you know exactly what I\u2019m talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cabot executive director J. Casey Soward issued a statement amid the backlash:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are aware of, and share serious concerns, following the recent event with Richard Dreyfuss prior to a screening of the film Jaws at The Cabot. The views expressed by Mr. Dreyfuss do not reflect the values of inclusivity and respect that we uphold as an organization.<\/p>\n<p>We deeply regret the distress that this has caused to many of our patrons. We regret that an event that was meant to be a conversation to celebrate an iconic movie instead became a platform for political views. We take full responsibility for the oversight in not anticipating the direction of the conversation and for the discomfort it caused to many patrons.<\/p>\n<p>We are in active dialogue with our patrons about their experience and are committed to learning from this event how to better enact our mission of entertaining, educating and inspiring our community<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss attended a &#8216;Jaws&#8217; screening in Beverly, Massachusetts. During a Q&amp;A session, things took an unexpected turn. 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