JamesG
06-03-2016, 09:12 PM
Norman Lear Uses WGA Event To Lash Out At Donald Trump: “He IS Archie Bunker!”
by Pete Hammond
June 3, 2016
Norman Lear blasted presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump Thursday night telling a Writers Guild audience “He IS Archie Bunker. I think of Donald Trump as the middle finger of the American right hand.”
Lear went on to ask somewhat angrily, “Why is this happening? Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, can we all seriously agree this is bad for America?”
He continued by adding an opinion of why this is taking place right now.
“I think this is a case of the American people saying, ‘this is the kind of leadership you are giving us,’ because they didn’t invent him. The Republican party handed it to them. I think they are saying ‘screw you’. I don’t think they are married to the notion that he is going to be a great President.”
In fact, Lear reminisced about his proudest moments involving another infamous GOP figure and that President’s reaction to the treatment he got on network TV from Lear 45 years ago.
“Have you never heard Nixon in the White House tapes talking about All In The Family and Archie Bunker? It is the greatest three minutes of my life. He’s talking with John Erlichman about this theme song and asks, ‘how do they make such fun of a good man?'”
Lear talked about some of his pet peeves including a diatribe against a corporate America system in which companies had to do, quarter by quarter, better than the last which is what he thinks is partially responsible for the rise of Trump.
When I mentioned CBS head Les Moonves’ now famous quote about Trump’s ratings-getting ability in this election year ( “It may not be good for America but it is good for CBS”), Lear didn’t mince words.
“I couldn’t say it better,” he said describing the cynicism he sees rampant in the world today.
Although Lear said TV has mostly lost the mojo of the topical kind of half-hour comedies he did in the ’70s like "All In The Family", he did single out for praise the animated "South Park" for continuing to carry the flag.
“South Park did it brilliantly I think,” he said.
http://deadline.com/2016/06/norman-lear-wga-lash-out-donald-trump-he-is-archie-bunker-1201766617/
by Pete Hammond
June 3, 2016
Norman Lear blasted presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump Thursday night telling a Writers Guild audience “He IS Archie Bunker. I think of Donald Trump as the middle finger of the American right hand.”
Lear went on to ask somewhat angrily, “Why is this happening? Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, can we all seriously agree this is bad for America?”
He continued by adding an opinion of why this is taking place right now.
“I think this is a case of the American people saying, ‘this is the kind of leadership you are giving us,’ because they didn’t invent him. The Republican party handed it to them. I think they are saying ‘screw you’. I don’t think they are married to the notion that he is going to be a great President.”
In fact, Lear reminisced about his proudest moments involving another infamous GOP figure and that President’s reaction to the treatment he got on network TV from Lear 45 years ago.
“Have you never heard Nixon in the White House tapes talking about All In The Family and Archie Bunker? It is the greatest three minutes of my life. He’s talking with John Erlichman about this theme song and asks, ‘how do they make such fun of a good man?'”
Lear talked about some of his pet peeves including a diatribe against a corporate America system in which companies had to do, quarter by quarter, better than the last which is what he thinks is partially responsible for the rise of Trump.
When I mentioned CBS head Les Moonves’ now famous quote about Trump’s ratings-getting ability in this election year ( “It may not be good for America but it is good for CBS”), Lear didn’t mince words.
“I couldn’t say it better,” he said describing the cynicism he sees rampant in the world today.
Although Lear said TV has mostly lost the mojo of the topical kind of half-hour comedies he did in the ’70s like "All In The Family", he did single out for praise the animated "South Park" for continuing to carry the flag.
“South Park did it brilliantly I think,” he said.
http://deadline.com/2016/06/norman-lear-wga-lash-out-donald-trump-he-is-archie-bunker-1201766617/