Richard Dreyfuss | Full Episode 5.5.23 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

[@henrynegro8397]

I gained a huge amount of respect for him when i learned about how hes trying to bring civics back to schools.

[@el-Cu9432]

Maybe if civics was properly taught in our nations schools from the start our country would not have participated in the enslavement of other human beings.

[@jltrem]

One example of Mr. Dreyfuss being correct is Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama stating that the three branches of the United States government were the Executive, the Senate and the House.

[@sammcbride2149]

My favorite character Richard ever played is Curt in American Graffiti. His scene with Wolfman Jack is one of the most true and profound scenes in American movie history.

[@currentresident8101]

Guy's a great actor! My fave was him being an insane psych doc on What About Bob? Friggin awesome!!

[@AllTheBestCO]

@@currentresident8101 Bill Murray "taunted" Dreyfuss throughout the entire move! It drove him crazy! Classic!

[@jimmneedle]

100% Thank you-

[@Jim_Stark]

i first saw that movie with my dad when i was 5. and then when i was 7 or 8 i saw jaws. then close encounters, and the list goes on. so richard dreyfuss has pretty much always been a part of my life. he's a legend to me.

[@benfisher1376]

Yay Richard. Finally an actor calling out this rubbish

[@gretashapiro4118]

He's been doing it for at least ten years

[@dawncarney5161]

Yep calling out exactly what he l he's told to call out. Did you also notice, he laughed off the rampant pedophilia in Hollywood!? Given his length of time in Hollywood, there's no way he's unaware of it. So he's paid to come on and stir the poop about civics and to hide the truth of the disgusting pedophiles. 🤮🤮😭🙏

[@Jerharris90]

A lot of them do. Rob Schneider is my favorite

[@daronykoy8244]

🇨🇳 owner of Hollywood, I myself 🛑 watching any of the Hollywood movies or any of the Awards since 2015 . All 💩

[@studiosinger]

There are plenty who protest like Mel Gibson etc. 😮

[@velmex12]

The pace of his response shows he's really thinking about his response and serious. Bravo.

[@bloodgoodsblackcreekbeagles]

Agree with teaching Civics in schools again and art is art , you can't do anything without offending someone. If you don't like what someone says or does, simply disagree with them. Everyone should be respected regardless of their opinion, since when is having a different opinion offensive? There are closed minded people on both sides of every issue, people should keep an open mind.

[@mylokaf]

You can’t legislate diversity but I’m not rich, watching Richard Dreyfuss in fucking black face as long as people like Denzel, Washington and Morgan Freeman are alive.

[@hopesmith3741]

Really appreciated ❤ Thank you, Margaret!

[@mizzury54]

I graduated in 1974. We had required government/ civics classes. I don't know what happened after that.

[@UnchainedEruption]

The requirements haven't changed. The pedagogical standards drop when the instructors themselves are slanted ideologues. A good teacher is supposed to check his bias at the door, but these days the line between fact and opinion has been so blurred that people often can't tell the difference anymore.

[@pehash]

Good job Richard, there should be more people like you who call out absurdity for what it is.

[@MrCeora]

"When you're used to privilege, equality feels like oppression"...

[@pehash]

@@MrCeora Equality? Equality already exists. If you have the talent, you appear on the screen. Simple. But as a general rule, equality, as you see it, should not exist in many other places. I wouldn't care if my surgeon is white, black or purple as long as he does the job. Same with an airplane pilot, a driver, whoever they may be. What i have an issue with is the fact that idiots create these rules and create situations in which a purple colored doctor for example, will operate on me, not because he has the skills to do so, but because the hospital has to meet the quotas on colors. Its stupid and its ridiculous. The same would be with the movies, i want to be entertained by the talented people and not be bored and lectured by some idiots just because they have to meet the color quotas. This will backfire so bad on them, they have no clue.

[@hitsquadfuze]

Yes Maga followers show it on screen all the time!

[@MrCeora]

@@pehash oh, so white doctors, for instance, not because of quotas, but because he's white gets a doctors job, malpractices by leaving a instrument in a patient, but that doesn't paint all white doctors as incompetent, but if it was a black doctor, you would have people like yourself claiming black doctors were incompetent.

[@MrCeora]

@@pehash Take a look at Katherine Goble Johnson , Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson's story chronicled in the movie "Hidden Figures". All of these black ladies brilliance and talent was overlooked and they were discriminated against, but you obviously would have fit in perfectly with those same people, white men and women who didn't want to see them there, and would have called the people who allowed them to be there and change the course of events that would helped spring America forward into space.

[@debbycastellitto6659]

Very intelligently done. This is what our country needs, intelligent thought out conversation. Civics stopped being taught because there has been a systematic desire by our wealthiest to dumb down the “we” in we the people. Our public schools are in ruins because they don’t want our children fully educated. Why, so that we won’t know that voting is our greatest privilege.

[@he162a]

Quit voting for right wing nut jobs that run on platforms to cut the budgets of our schools and everything else. People talk shit about the 70's schools when progressive ideas saved us. Now the same people want a nation of home schooled idiots ready to vote for trump types. Nothing but record profits but no money for anything ever as always.

[@Chastonicity]

Always admired Richard Dreyfuss for his acting and intellectual views. This is a great interview with Margaret Hoover of FIRING LINE I just viewed a while ago on PBS TV.

[@JimJamrock-j6t]

The Oscars are a joke.

[@Neville60001]

More like he is, and sheeple like you that agree with him are.

[@UnchainedEruption]

I've never put much stature in any awards competition. Who cares what a bunch of stuffy, elitist critics think? The only audience who matter are the viewing public. Time will tell which films hold up and are revered. That's the true test.

[@tvtime6558]

Richard Dreyfuss loves his country and his art form!

[@KyleCorwith]

Mr. Holland's Opus is a brilliant, underrated American film. Dreyfuss is correct on what he says.

[@christopher399]

Being against meeting a diversity standard in order to be eligible is one thing... (Just hire the best people for the job, regardless of skin color etc!) But bringing back blackface? If a character is supposed to be a certain skin color, then just hire someone with that skin color. Plenty of amazing actors that can get the job done. Just to illustrate what I mean... I'm not saying you should never hire someone non-white to play, say, Superman, for example... But if you decide that Superman should be asian in your film, then don't hire a white person and make him look asian. Just hire someone asian.

[@singin8324]

100% right.

[@Tony-bp1nr]

It's simple really, the Hollywood left or any modern left's definition of diversity and inclusion is Anti-White.

[@Caliboyk]

@@christopher399 Hollywood has never been about the most talented and skilled actor. It’s about who’s who in having that connection to Gatekeepers (Studio CEO) and other high level executives who till this day are predominantly Caucasian and men - who pick and decide what films to produce that will make money 💰 and as a bonus stroke their personal ego pride. Fast-Foward to today and those pocket books of the Gatekeepers are filling a pinch 🤏 as a populous of people are releasing the power of their dollar 💵 and saying I am done watching the same-ole-same ole narrative.

[@fredkeele6578]

That was an awesome movie. Very moving and show have gotten more accolades.

[@pamlewis1183]

I'm deeply concerned about America right now

[@nicoleb8548]

I'm on board with Dreyfuss 100%

[@tvtime6558]

Omg when he talked about trump being an idiot that was hilarious.

[@digitraxanr]

Hooray, Richard Dreyfuss! Public education in the United States has failed us for the past two generations.

[@combatdoc]

Two?

[@digitraxanr]

@@combatdoc At least two.

[@el-Cu9432]

​@@combatdoc😂😂😂

[@debbycastellitto6659]

Public education has been underfunded by Republicans for years. In many of the countries where people are the happiest, they value teachers as much as they doctors. We don’t.

[@mizzury54]

So tell us the excuse for those in Dreyfuss' generation who don't know how things work. There are plenty of people who did have civics classes and didn't learn anything from it.

[@carlnapp4412]

It's reassuring to see that there still are people who are in their right mind.

[@leemdynamo]

You can respect a person & simultaneously disagree with them. Just saying. He makes a number of important points. Most likely, we ALL would benefit from more genuine conversations.

[@BeyondtheVacation]

100% agree. Art is art.

[@Eric-pr2lu]

"We're gonna need a bigger boat..." 😂 Seriously, he's on point. I'm thankful that I participated in Palmetto Boy's State which drilled into my head how and why governance works. I'm thankful that I got to live this exciting when I was 16 years old. One of the most important things I learned was "question everything ".

[@meveevem1001]

I agree ~ Art is art. It cannot be legislated. Bravo to one of our most brilliant citizens and finest actor.

[@zachhamren4171]

The reason there is a news for rules like this is because if left to their own devices they will not nominate PPC. The proof is the last 80 years.

[@epiphanyperry1877]

No one is legislating art. Just as we have free speech to express his viewpoints, if that speech is harmful or under fire you must also accept the consequences of that speech. Patrick Stewarr did a phenomenal job playing Othello without blackface. We no longer live in a time where painting ones face is acceptable

[@JS-mg1mk]

​@@epiphanyperry1877 We don't need to do anything. If youre offended by a movie then don't watch it. It's very simple

[@epiphanyperry1877]

@@JS-mg1mk he won't be in any such movie in blackface

[@TheSacraficial]

We can’t forget about those who have suffered, when we act like we are not trying to get back what was taken away.

[@mariet3249]

I have so much newfound respect for Dreyfuss calling out the BS in this country today.

[@theapickett6335]

I hope Richard sees and hears the Roland Martin response. 😂

[@dav0n]

I came here IMMEDIATELY after watching Doc drag this racist pos!

[@MrCeora]

I also recommend, "An Empire of Their Own, How the Jews Invented Hollywood" an eye opening book and film. I just finished seeing and listening to Roland's brilliant and point by point analysis of Dreyfuss's comments, and expose his shallow criticisms of diversity. Richard, listen to Roland's thoughtful comments, and "let him help you out"...

[@brax1brenner]

Here here😅

[@asiathomas5330]

Oh he went innnnn on dreyfuss!! LOL!

[@prometheus5700]

Whoever that is, I doubt he knows or even cares. Dreyfus is a genius

[@CBeard849]

When he talks about the guy he was working for not presenting historically factual events but made-up simplified accounts I immediately thought of Jack Nicholson's line from A Few Good Men......"You can't handle the truth!!" I think Directors do that absolutely because more and more we can't handle the truth.....we'd rather have the "fantasy version".

[@mizzury54]

She should have asked Richard how he feels about a black man playing a white man in white face. I generally agreed with him but blackface had a history of making black people look foolish and caricaturish . Quite different than Olivier simply putting on black face for a serious role.

[@sleeplessdreamer1814]

Thank you, Richard, for speaking up. Btw, I just finished rewatching Goodbye Girl, one of my favorite films of all time, yet again. No one has ever entertained better with their acting. "Dems MY rules..."

[@anniem7572]

I just love Richard, God Bless him. I’m 58 and would love to take his civics courses. That could save our country if it was taught in our schools!!

[@stevenbrown5289]

Love this guy. Stands for common sense in today's woke world. He speaks to so many topics eloquently. I, too, grew up a liberal minded individual with what I felt was forward-thinking ideas. But today, I fear speaking my mind for fear of being branded a bad person. Shame on this woke society today that would censor opposing view points.

[@phoebusapollo4677]

Finally someone says like it is.

[@singingschmidts]

The one and only problem with Jaws is the mechanical shark and (spoiler alert) how the shark was killed. I'd like to know if Richard Dreyfuss would be okay with digitally enhancing the original Jaws with a CGI shark that is more realistic.

[@Lupoville]

I agree 100%. Art is art, but sadly the world seems to become more and more absurd.

[@cararule]

Bless him! A true liberal!

[@ltcolumbo9708]

Once Around and Always..was really fun to watch his performance. All time favorite Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind THANK YOU MrDreyfuss for using your celebrity to teach civics...country is losing her balls

[@TheArtkaw]

I thought you weirdos hate it when celebrities talk about politics? Oh right… it’s only okay if you AGREE with the celeb lol

[@epiphanyperry1877]

It is a great interview because it reveals his true character. It's not about hurting feelings it's about violence, well documented history, and deplorable practices in this country

[@el-Cu9432]

​@@epiphanyperry1877 It's always a good thing when these fools reveal their true devilish selves.

[@epiphanyperry1877]

@@el-Cu9432 yes it is

[@marsspacex6065]

The Oscar’s are basically legislating discrimination how sick is that.

[@Caliboyk]

😂 you really don’t know the history of the Oscars then.

[@tenebraattila5746]

He is totally right about the Oscar rules!

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I am black and I find the new inclusion standards to be ridiculous. I don't judge quality based on color.

[@mariahayworth4840]

An excellent interview with one of my favourite actors. Mr. Dreyfuss voiced every thought in my head and I applaud his brilliance, his honesty, and his drive. What a wonderful human being he is.

[@robvangessel3766]

"Reality was so much more interesting than what you created." This is how I felt about Martin Scorcese's GANGS OF NEW YORK - which gave us a sympathetic depiction of the Irish rioters in 1863, when in reality, they tore thru the city in protest to Lincoln's draft, and targeted blacks, murdering them, and even burning down a black orphanage, which was thankfully evacuated in time. Yes, New York's Irish even wanted to kill black kids. To sweep such an atrocity under the carpet and sanitize such an evil - just because the Irish themselves had been ostracized by other white classes across the country, a point, I guess, that seemed ideal to make a statement; a very bogus one.

[@JS-mg1mk]

Sure jan

[@eldergloriaperez2377]

What an awesome interview! Always a fan of Mr Dreyfuss❤

[@AnnZag3099]

FINALLY!!!! A CELEBRITY WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

He’s absolutely correct. Soon enough they’ll be banning films like Kubrick’s 2001 because Hal is speaking in an inappropriate voice. It’s getting absurd now. Art is art.

[@angelmiguelMendoza]

This is such a stupid claim 😭😂 are you comparing black face to Kubrick.. there’s a difference between something Actually is morally wrong to something that doesn’t actually harm anyone.

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

@@angelmiguelMendoza Apparently, you haven't been following the morality police trend? It's coming my friend. Soon enough, everything will be upsetting this dopey generation. Read Fahrenheit 451 for reference. When a white girl can't wear a Chinese shirt? YOU ARE INSANE.

[@joewright9879]

@@angelmiguelMendoza what makes blackface immoral?

[@angelmiguelMendoza]

@@joewright9879 your fucking kidding me. Like there is no way your actual fuckin serious.

[@JS-mg1mk]

​@@angelmiguelMendoza who decided that it was immoral?

[@geneticsmatter3834]

This is what happens when people think that unequal outcomes automatically means discrimination - they think artificially tweaking the playing field until all outcomes are equal between groups is a *_GOOD_* thing to do…

[@shalonsmith3653]

Um black people were shut out of Hollywood for decades especially during Jim Crow era. Not to mention underpaid there’s a lot of unequal shit going on in hollywood

[@johnwinchester6934]

@@shalonsmith3653 Genuine question do you believe Cleopatra was black? Diversity is a fantastic tool to bring people together and curb racial biases.. but forced fake diversity (what's happening today) and eliminating merit in favor of oppression or victim status actually has the exact opposite effect and will eventually tear apart the fabric of society.

[@justineslick6463]

I love him.

[@AlmostReady504]

RIGHT ON RICHARD! Thank you for sharing your rational thoughts and wonderful career with us

[@SovietEmpireRedCCCP]

“Always & Jaws” were my favorite movies of him.

[@kutmasterkim7100]

20:55 I can’t wait to see Richard Dreyfuss starring in a remake of Othello lol 😂

[@willmercury]

Although Othello has "declined into the vale of years," I think Dreyfuss, at 75, is past a convincing performance of the role. Otherwise, I'd love to see it. If we have black Cleopatra, Achilles, and elves and dwarves in an epic derived from Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Scandinavian mythology, why not?

[@Caliboyk]

@@willmercury wait these roles were done in Whiteface as a lead character 👀❔

[@polaristrans]

​@@CaliboykAnd who said Othello must be played in blackface?

[@JS-mg1mk]

​@@Caliboyk No they just race swapped the characters. Which is apparently fine if you're race swapping a white character but definitely not if you're doing it to a black character.

[@Caliboyk]

@@JS-mg1mk So science fiction character are now biographically factual❔👀 So then it's not about the best skilled and talented either 🤔 interesting. So what happened to 'Art is Art' or it is only for Caucasian to be actors based on your analysis 🤔 Just trying to comprehend this 🥨🧠💭 logic.

[@courtnisaizon4546]

Loved him in Moon Over Parador.

[@fredkeele6578]

Was a hilarious movie. I'll have to rewatch it now. 😂

[@aa-ig3ng]

what sort of award is it when the people in charge manipulate rules and regulations/criteria so your only choice is to give it to the person who passes through all those filters? Its become a participation trophy. Id wager the board doesnt pick their cardiologists based on the same criteria..they will want the best and brightest keeping them alive/going.

[@mylokaf]

Art is not medicine you can’t even compare the two. You can’t legislate diversity, but suggesting that Laurence Olivier played a black man brilliantly, come on. So what he’s angry that roles for black men go to actual black men now?

[@aa-ig3ng]

​@@mylokaf oh so for you diversity inclusion and equity is a line drawn somewhere arbitrarily? you are ok with people of color dancing like minstrels but you dont want them working on your heart? you are a racist. change my mind..... as a bonus question are you dating or married to a transgender person? cause if not you might also be transphobic. welcome to the world of modern politics...feels good doesnt it you transphobic racist.

[@johanneskingma]

@@mylokaf art is not medicine. Awards is about surpasing quality irrispecitve of anything else (gender, skin color, (dis)ability) .

[@deborahfreedman333]

@@mylokaf Actually, my late father, a physician, always said "Medicine is an art, not a science." He read journals constantly, to stay up to date in procedures, but to him medicine was a holistic thing, and you had to treat the whole patient. Medicine is an art, and comparisons are logical.

[@mosesinthemoment]

he's very refreshing!!! Loved this

[@IIcorrinthians519]

I loved Richard since childhood. Now I really see why I was enamored with him from the beginning. Great interview!

[@Bond.girl.007]

Absolutely fantastic interview. Respect to Mr. Dreyfuss, I agree with everything he said. Mediocrity is now the norm for schools, tragic!

[@christiroberts8817]

You rock, Richard, AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR STANDING UP, MAN!!!!

[@HectorMeza-i2e]

Respect, Mr. Dreyfuss! Kudos to him!

[@spactick]

They should have had the Jaws theme playing the whole time he's being interviewed

[@unfgreen]

Love him in movies like Stakeout.

[@Karmen2010]

What About Bob?

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

So how many Europeans, Asians and Hispanics win at the BET Awards?

[@Caliboyk]

Quite a few actually. And more than the Oscars. List of 2016 non-black BET Award nominees/winners: Justin Timberlake, Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith List of recent non-black NAACP image award winners: America Ferrera, Sophia Vergara, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Carlos Santana, Bono, Al Gore, Sam Smith (double-dipper!)

[@SoupBone-bp1qk]

@@Caliboyk - the person tried and failed miserably to prove something. The BET awards actually have more diversity than the Oscars by far.

[@beagleman123456789]

Great 👍

[@singin8324]

What a great interview. I agree with what Richard said, about why can't a white man play a black man anymore with out the backlash. It is art, its called acting or have we forgot this.

[@Caliboyk]

You left out the practice of “Blackface” for a white man to black a man. But hey if applaud 👏 the bigotry, prejudice and racist history of “Blackface” more power to your art is art .

[@proudmarinemomma827]

Made me think when Eddie Murphy would play a white person. It was funny. I guess people forget that many actors have done this.

[@CrowdPleeza]

At 19:38 I think it's too complicated to have mandated numbers for jobs. There may not be enough people from a particular group with the training or backgrounds to consistently fill jobs in certain numbers.

[@mhaze210]

That was a great interview. The new Oscar requirements is ridiculous because now you'll never know what artists want to be inclusive and who will only do it because it is required. The movie Plane for example came out in January and was a diverse fun action B-Movie that got a surprising amount of praise from critics, that movie is diverse without ever bringing attention to it, and it's even getting a sequel. If that movie were to come out a couple years from now it would appear like they only cast Mike Colter in one of the lead roles because they had to pass some inclusion test. That goes for every movie, if The Little Mermaid came out next year it would seem like they only cast Halle Bailey to play Ariel because they needed to, not because they wanted to. I've also seen videos of actors including Idris Elba and Morgan Freeman who would prefer to be treated like a normal human being, rather than pandered to.

[@kelthe8thman661]

@MarkHaze The old requirements were BS. The irony of a white dude complaining about not being able to adorn blackface as an actor while not recognizing that non-whites have been expressing not being able to get hardly any lead roles in film and television. The entire entertainment industry is still run and controlled by white males. Stop complaining Richard, you had a fantastic career.

[@CharlesMatheny]

This lady smiles when he defends Hoover. We don't need her comments, verbal or facial.

[@florin6496]

He was, and he is straight. With spine.

[@ArchivesoftheAwesome]

Great interview, I love watching an interview or someone speak where I don't agree with everything they say, but I still come away having tremendous respect for them.

[@michaelcollins237]

Bill Buckley was a friend of mine. A real American

[@derbaronvonhellmut9828]

If I couldn’t Love This Man More? God Bless Mister Dreyfuss!

[@wunderkind-7724]

a staggeringly great episode. Buckley would be proud. However, in my opinion, Aaron Burr’s greatest sin was not the duel with Hamilton, but rather his later treason. He was acquitted because the constitution required two witnesses, and there were not two witnesses.

[@el-Cu9432]

You are right the duel was the least. This is the man who wants to teach a civics class. God help us all.

[@Ragdollz]

I agree with him on most. But when he talks about not wanting opposing views taught to our children as troublesome in the schools... my daughters schools have pornographic books of boys giving blow jobs to other books pictorially, to the point I believe whoever put those books in the school should be charged with child abuse. I'm not afraid of opposing views - I'm opposed to child abuse.

[@pirsq314]

Since I have seen this now repeated on Twitter a few times what are the names of these books you say are in your daughter library or are you also making this up like has been shown from commenters on Twitter?

[@agaace]

@@pirsq314 The 3 offending titles in our district were Gender Queer, This Book is Gay and Jack of Hearts. Look it up in your local library if you don't believe it - public school library catalogs are public.

[@barbarajones9385]

​@agaace What were the ratings on these books? Were these books being taught in elementary schools or in classrooms for older children? Or were they available from school libraries to older children? Details and context matter or the whole topic risks becoming a scaremongering exercise.

[@rellrell9077]

There's grown ass adults that don't know the 3 branches now.

[@jltrem]

One of them being the current Republican Senator of Alabama.

[@deborahfreedman333]

The previous president also didn't know what the three ways the US has to deliver a nuclear payload were.

[@williamkaloostian7522]

Bravo. An educated American

[@peace-yv4qd]

He's right about modern films. They're crap. I was very lucky to have been born two years prior to Richard Dreyfuss. And to have had the privilege of watch some of the greatest films ever made before Hollywood gave into woke mob.

[@sheriwilliams8942]

He is talking about Critical Thinking which has been taken from our Children and possibly our Future.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@pamelaross9930]

As a Canadian mother to two teenage boys I'm happy to say they had an in-depth education on the history of Canada before and after the Europeans settled here. Also, a very in-depth civics education on our rights and freedoms and how our government runs. My husband and I have stressed the importance of listening to all perspectives on issues. Canada is also the most educated country on earth and it concerns me to see the breakdown of society, critical thinking, education, the loss of freedoms, the merging of church and state with my neighbors to the south. I think the biggest difference between our two countries are the make up of the first European settlers. In Canada young adventurous fur traders and outdoorsmen from France and the UK on the otherhand the first European settlers in the US were misfit religious extremists with a you can't tell me what to do, judgmental of others, no grey area attitude that has remained with a fair sized segment of the population. Which in the past led to some Americans feeling superior enough to take free people from Africa to become their slaves, Manifest Destiny, and the merging of church and state that we see happening today, a person like Donald Trump being elected once and perhaps again to lead your country. Research the most free countries in the world, the US doesn't even make the top 10 :(

[@domarq]

You're bragging about CANADA!!? REALLY!!? Were you on the moon, from 2016---2022 ? CLEARLY, you're in a socio-politically segregated bubble. Clearly, you choose to ignore....or are ignorant to the insidious policies and human rights abuses via: Justin Trudeau, the banks and Big Pharma. But, hey: as long as he's not "big, bad Trump", you can turn a blind eye.🙄

[@_PrimetimePranks]

He’s 100% correct

[@Soul_Light_Universal]

Not really 100% but 90%. These brains does not support President Trump? Something is very WRONG with that!

[@sameagle988]

My goodness, THANK YOU Richard Dreyfuss!

[@JeanDumas24601]

I don't think the book question was not honest questions. If people are honest everyone is for banning certain books and material from school. You can't put a collection of Playboy magazines or have hardcore ponography like Hustler or something like that in a grade school library, It would be illegal to do so even though I could go to the corner store and get them (actually I'm not sure if those magazines are still in print but you get the idea). The actual issue is about the rating of the material in a similar way that you would not have an R-rated movie in a grade school library. The actual question is how should specific books be rated. There are parents that have gone to school boards and read sections of specific book and have had their microphone shutdown because the material was deemed too inappropriate for the school board meeting. For the question to be an honest one, we need to concentrate and the specific books that are judged to be inappropriate and see if a logical consensus can be reached for the rating of these books. I have not seen any of the mainstream media really make an effort to get into the specific book passages that are judged problematic, the mainstream media always uses generals never specifics. By using general concept they can avoid the real issue because they know a good amount of people would go to the other side of the argument if specifics were used.

[@danielwood250]

I don't think banning pornographic books for children is the same as banning books based on philosophical differences.

[@deborahfreedman333]

Too many people would ban the teaching about the great masterpieces, because those masterpieces show nudes. These fools think nudity is pornography. I think that is worse than banning a books pushing debunked political theories, like Communism or Modern Monetary Theory.

[@joypankin6569]

Olivier did not play Othello in "black face". Blackface implies minstrel show mentality, a kind of negativity and characterizing black people. Olivier used dark/black makeup to portray the Moor. There was no judgement or negativity involved. He was creating a character with dark skin, which, as Mr.Dreyfuss says, is his right as an artist.

[@MrPink-]

Bravo

[@MarkAshtonLund]

Great interview!

[@HarmonDMark]

Great interview and a guest❤

[@blankityblank6029]

I for one would like to thank Woke Hollywood for freeing me from my addiction to tv and movies.

[@paulmint1858]

So no probs with a black woman playing Cleopatra, then!!!

[@joeyf504327]

13:50 it's not about removing woke books,, it's about removing blatantly pornographic books that have no need to be in schools

[@TheNancypoo]

Why don't people understand this??

[@joeyf504327]

@@TheNancypoo because they are pedos. Notice how they all say they cant go to FL since they passed the death penalty for pedos and claim it attacks them.

[@Caliboyk]

@@TheNancypoo Because Playboy, Hustler and Playgirl magazines were never available in schools or libraries 😂

[@deborahfreedman333]

But there are idiots, who consider the Old Masters to be "blatantly pornographic", just because many are nudes.

[@josephfleeman]

An actor who is contributing to our society.

[@colleenakaleeannrogers1486]

This was a fabulous interview. Especially his response to the question about the Academy Award. I'm a Black woman, and it really pisses me off to even imagine the Academy contemplating such a ridiculous idea. Let's get back to awarding excellent work, in every category, without the added stipulations. After all, making movies is an Art!

[@Francisco_420]

So black face in 2023 is okay with you? You can't be serious.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

​​@@realestatetvsgbhe implied it, moron. The implication is enough. Richard is right about a lot, but not this. Not this time. We can't have whites be blacks, blacks be whites and whites be Indigenous. I want authentic, and objectively great performances. The good old days of cinema were better made films, but the representation was in the toilet. Today, movies are technical displays of lazy, cg and flatly shot garbage. But the representation today is much better. We need a compromise of the two. Not all white films like Top Gun, no blackface or anything similar like what the OP want, and yes to movies made with care in production, script and performances.

[@magicfeliuri2681]

Aggree

[@PrinceIsot]

​@@Francisco_420 what part of here comment said "and black face is okay" I can guarantee you're a liberal aren't you? I can tell because you're suggesting a black woman is racist against herself for disagreeing with you 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤯🤯🤯🤢🤢🤢🤢

[@PrinceIsot]

​@@Francisco_420 so you hate white people?

[@MrLoobu]

The last 10-15 years of movies have been objectively horrible.

[@klmegm197682]

A dying breed of actors speaks out. Thank you, Richard Dreyfus!

[@robvangessel3766]

Even though the propaganda outlet National Review took Richard's "makes me want to vomit" quote about the Oscars out of context, his chiding of this woke sweep in fear of "offending" people is outstanding. If I were an actor, I'd probably want to play Othello, too! Just as a black actor might want to play Shylock in Merchant of Venice.

[@_kaushin1540]

He isn't wrong. 100% correct.

[@katylake212]

I haven't seen Firing Line in ages. Does Margaret Hoover get any better?

[@Cruusher]

the best interviews seen in a long while . Richard speaks true

[@dodger2829]

Stop crying. No one is saying you can't make a movie with an all-white cast and an all-white crew. But if you'd like your film to be eligible for an Academy award, you need to acknowledge the rules of submission.

[@JS-mg1mk]

And the rules are stupid. That's what he's saying.

[@donhailer4994]

@@JS-mg1mk - Dreyfuss thinks the rules are stupid - but from his comments here you can see that he's not very well thought out. He's bunching up several arguments into one. The Academy rules aren't preventing him from playing Othello. The Academy rules aren't saying you can't make a movie with the cast and crew of your choice. What the Academy IS saying is that for the film to be nominated for Best Film, a certain percentage of the cast (or crew) needs to be from minority groups. In the past, the Oscars have been accused of being too "white" -- but if most films being being made are from all-white casts and crew, how can that be avoided? The answer is: promote diversity in the making of these films.

[@JS-mg1mk]

@@donhailer4994 And that's still a stupid rule. Theyre gatekeeping awards to pander to minorities. And just because the Oscars have been accused of being "too white" doesn't mean they are. Blacks are MASSIVELY overrepresented in entertainment and they're the ones who cry the loudest about not being represented. Almost like they don't realize they're 12% of the country and not everything is about them

[@UnchainedEruption]

@@donhailer4994 Having more black and asian people forced because of some quota rather than a genuine artistic desire is just fodder for terrible movies. Hollywood's forced diversity mantra has made the majority of films in the past near decade unwatchable. The idea that great tv or movies before 2015 didn't have any non-white actors is total bullshit. For fuck's sake, Star Trek in the 1960s had a diverse cast of a Japanese man (barely 20 years after Japanese American internment and fighting the Imperial Japanese army), a Russian man (at the height of the Cold War), a black lady (during the time of MLK Jr), and a demonic-looking alien (at a time when Christianity was dominant in society) all as equals leading the crew of the Enterprise. Countless 80s films and shows feature the "buddy cop" dynamic duo of a white and black leading men. Racial diversity has always been there. Forcing it just puts bad actors in positions they're not qualified for and leads to a lack of diversity of characters. Racial diversity is not the same thing as actual diversity.

[@musashi.miyamoyo]

As an independent voter that leans left, but knows the difference between equality and equity… THANK YOU, RICHARD!

[@atownsen2]

So great to hear truth and logic over emotions

[@LeifMeldgaard-e9j]

Richard Dreyfuss, it cannot be said much more precisely. The ideology of violation and the "I know better" attitude, which gradually permeates today, is completely unbearable and therefore liberating that people like you, who have a "hole through" to the media etc., dare to speak the truth

[@Emeret.]

"Because it's an Art!"

[@kelthe8thman661]

So he doesn't realize how offensive someone playing blackface is to some folks. He has a lot of blind spots and needs to seek understanding. But I don't expect that from people like him. Anytime someone says , hey there is something wrong with the system for the past 100+ years. Hey other folks are just as talented , can they get a piece of the pie for their hard work? Oh noooo , the system will correct itself. BS

[@JS-mg1mk]

So you're in favor of affirmative action? Also whether or not something is offensive to some people doesn't dictate whether someone should be allowed to do it

[@kelthe8thman661]

@@JS-mg1mk No in favor of affirmative action, but we like to act like we don't know what we know. Tired of folks telling people 'Oh your movies , actors are not good enough, just wait' Oh nobody wants to see a movie with black actors' Same old playbook from 100 years ago. ".. The powers that be telling other people "Your"re just not good enough" Always been a lie to maintain control. I really don't care about awards , that was just a way for folks to pat themselves on the back. - Just be equitable , stop complaining then no affirmative action needed. But based on American History, I won't hold my breath. Decades of inequity have been well documented. But who cares about facts as long as the same group of people can keep control and the keep ALL the $$$

[@UnchainedEruption]

Maybe don't get offended? Was that ever a possibility? Maybe you're the one who needs growth and understanding to figure out a guy in makeup playing a part doesn't mean, "Let's bring back slavery and Jim Crow."