Trump Broke Hollywood's Brain, and Celebrity Activism's Impotence

• 15:30Sandy Hook marked a turning point where Tim had to step back and ask what the fuck was going on.
• 15:44Tina Fey's Sarah Palin impression on SNL created the illusion that Hollywood could play a larger political role.
• 16:12Fey's sketch worked because she used Palin's actual words, making people believe in Hollywood's newfound power.
• 16:24Hollywood celebrities have always been impotent because they're trapped inside the system they claim to critique.
• 17:01Celebrity death penalty campaigns in the 1990s never actually changed anything despite massive star power behind them.
• 17:21People reject celebrity activism because they sense it's all pretend and the celebrities' lives don't mirror ordinary people's lives.
• 17:50Tim respected Rush Limbaugh for not pretending to be a good person—a fat capitalist in a mansion who leaned into what he was.
• 18:35Come Town works as a model because it skips creative direction and just aims for the stupid humor that made people laugh at twelve.
• 19:20Most comedy now starts at Yale with ambitious people trying to think their way into fame rather than starting with genuine dumb bullshit.
• 19:58The relevant model is independence—no advertisers dictating content, no standards and practices, nothing between creator and audience.

Rush LimbaughTina FeyCome TownBrandon MordellSandy HookSarah PalinHollywood