rant · moment 20 of 25
Fandoms Turning on Their Own Shows and Actors
from Civil War: The Original Heated Rivalry | The Tim Dillon Show #481 · #481
6 min
He argues fandoms create quasi-religious highs around shows then need to tear them down, comparing the pattern to how comedians and podcasters get attacked, and defends the cast of Heated Rivalry and Sydney Sweeney from being forced into political roles.
- Hit shows develop fandoms where people froth at the mouth loving it, then immediately start turning on it.
- Tim argues the left creates quasi-religious moments around TV shows because they lack traditional religion.
- Fandoms need to get angry and prove shows aren't as good as they thought, turning on actors over bad opinions.
- Asking actors to have articulated political opinions is cruel and barbaric—it's like dragging kids out of ice.
- Actors exist to be hot, diplomatic, and good at being other people; their skill is slipping into roles.
- Sarah Snook's performance in Succession worked because she didn't have a podcast where she talked about herself for years.
- Stop making Sydney Sweeney into a political figure—how empty is your life that you need a good actress to be a political symbol?
- The cruelty behind tearing down actors comes from a reptilian part of the brain that wants to see people burn.
- The same impulse that delights in DHS memes wants to destroy an actress cast in a role she didn't read the book for.
- If you spend time analyzing whether TV rivalry stars spend enough time together off set, you've completely lost the plot.