Why do some showbiz folk cling to the Left even as it’s out to cancel them?
Thu Jan 21, 2021
Bruce Bawer is a Shillman Fellow of the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
American show business today is notoriously a province of the left. Any Democrat running for anything whatsoever can count on an impressive line-up of stars to support his, her, its, or their candidacy. The biggest name to take part in the events surrounding Trump’s inaugural was Toby Keith (who, for the record, I think is terrific). Four years earlier, Obama was able to draw Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Beyoncé. This time around, on the Capitol steps, Lady Gaga belted out the National Anthem, Jennifer Lopez performed “This Land Is Your Land,” and Garth Brooks warbled “Amazing Grace”; in the evening, Tom Hanks hosted a TV special featuring Jon Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, John Legend, Eva Longoria, Demi Lovato, Bruce Springsteen, and Justin Timberlake. (Reportedly, Biden’s favorite entertainer, Fanny Brice, was unavailable.)