Scared WOKE. Hollywood: working in fear. The Beverly Puritans.

[@wastelandsniper789]

As a chick who has naturally gotten on very well with guys, it's long been my theory that the reason women tend to have a problem with majority-male spaces is because women and men fundamentally view shit-talking very differently. Women shit-talk each other to cut, hurt, and otherwise neutralize "the competition". Men can also use shit-talking for that, too, but I've found more often than not it's used as a form of friendly communication and bonding between them. Jeff Foxworthy had a whole bit about this back in the '90s, about how men will insult each other as a greeting, but you never see women calling each other sea cows to say hello. So in a male-dominated workspace, *of course* the primary form of male communication is ball-busting and shit-talking. Women don't get it. Quite frankly, the majority of us get really annoyed when it's aimed at us, but I've realized over time that for whatever reason, from little boys to grown men, guys seem to think that insulting and embarrassing chicks is going to make the chicks like them, because that's how they communicate with other guys. And since for women insulting and embarrassing each other is tantamount to declaring war, that's what it comes across as, particularly when you're dealing with Millennials and Gen Z, who aren't exactly known for critical thinking skills and the ability to detect nuance.

[@CoryTheRaven]

Yep... My wife still doesn't understand how men can get in full-on physical brawls and then just kiss and make up. Her family was involved in lacrosse growing up, and it was like night and day. The boys will get in a brawl and then a handshake ends it. The girls will spontaneously slam someone into the boards because of a perceived insult from six games ago.

[@colderwar]

I don't care what women think

[@tim2269]

Nicely said

[@inblackestnight9256]

You should get this take published in Psychology Today. Men takes that ball-busting in stride and try to better themselves... or at least they used to. When women do it they genuinely mean to hurt the other person. We're different people; imagine that :) Nuance and sarcasm is completely misunderstood these days, as you said.

[@CoryTheRaven]

@@inblackestnight9256 this stuff actually is well known. If you want to understand Wokeness, read up on female aggression. It's crazy.

[@BarkingCur]

I truly believe Hollywood is locked into the idea that they are molding the audience of the future, the audience they really want. To achieve this they are gobbling up existing franchises and "updating them for the audiences of today." They want to tell the old fans that, "Hey, if you want to see those franchises/characters you loved so much, you have to accept our new versions of them, you have no choice." At the same time, they are telling new fans, "Hey, you know all those old shows/movies your parents liked so much? Well, here they are again but made so much better because we said so!" As current Hollywood sees it, lost profits are investments in the future audience they are molding, the creation of which will change the world as we know it! This insanity will continue until they either succeed and those newly minted fans start filing up the cinemas/streaming services, or their backers get fed up with throwing money into a bottomless pit and pull the plug on this "Agenda over Profits" garbage.

[@robo5013]

Entertainment is supposed to reflect society, not mold it.

[@skylx0812]

The 80s comedy series, "Sledge Hammer" had an episode where the detectives encounter a manic cable tv executive who wanted to use tv programing to do just that, mold the minds of a young generation that would make him rule the world. His disturbing rant comes off as timely, even for today and when he breaks the fourth wall and addresses the audience the detectives back away and leave him alone.

[@fatetestarossa2774]

Well SAID INDEED

[@stephenthomas1492]

Well stated. I think that contemporary film/shows are dead in the water though. Far too many entertainment options out there for them to succeed in the way they did in the past. And in my own opinion, I don't think the western world is going to last too much longer under the weight of all the problems we face. Something dark is brewing. Between foreign influence, energy crisis, uncontrolled immigration, far too much diversity in culture, inflation, and rising crime, this place is going to collapse.

[@erichaynes7502]

@@stephenthomas1492 I think you're right, a good movie or tv show and people will go "meh", then go back to KZbin which literally has MILLIONS x more entertainment. I don't even bother with Netflix, I don't want to wade through a bunch of junk to find the occasional gem. And yes, the West is dying in many ways that most people can't truly believe or understand. I moved to Asia earlier this year. It's OBVIOUS this is their century. The west has turned into strictly a service and information economy, pricing out 90% of their population. No middle class, just 10% upper and 90% lower. Nobody even bothers to talk about the biggest issue, which is morbid obesity. Before I left I went to a store and counted 32 people in a row that certainly looked morbidly obese. More cancers in their 30's, kidney and heart disease, rampant diabetes. This is the first time in human history the average lifespan has gone down. I'm not saying it's over today but tomorrow and everyday is literally getting worse and worse. By 2030 almost everybody will finally understand.

[@Dann-qp2uw]

I’m still shocked shareholders haven’t sued for taking politics over profits.

[@magnuskallas]

Well, the ESG score makes a huge difference for mega-investors like BlackRock, so at the moment ticket sales matter less than pumping-dumping based on politics.

[@JohnP538]

Even the BlackRock CEO Fink came out two weeks ago and said that ESG had gone too far and was damaging corporations. In June he stopped using the term ESG because it had become a "political" term. (Yeah, because we realized it meant a company cared more about politics than profits.) @@magnuskallas

[@tomowens7499]

LOVE this... I've worked in animation for 35 years, started right out of high school. i was at disney for several years drawing storyboards on frozen 2, raya and encanto. the politics there are soul crushing... we had a story meeting at one point to let people air out their frustrations with one another over perceived slights... this was all the story artists and the latest batch of writers the studio had hired... (historically animation didn't used to use writers per se, the story department artists worked out the films... but disney lately has adopted the 'writer driven' ideal) the writers complained that story notes were 'mean'... at first i thought it was a joke, i looked around to see if anyone was rolling their eyes, and most of the millennials were nodding assent. i wanted to scream. i worked on 'ren and stimpy' in the nineties, and we BEAT the HELL out of each other (verbally) teasing and poking fun at one another, to get the best out of each other! 'as iron sharpens iron' as they say... i remember in the early nineties when 'standards and practices' rules that originated in political correctness came into vogue. things like 'you cannot break glass or have sharp objects' IN CARTOONS!!! i thought 'holy crap. we're going to raise a generation of crybabies, what happens in 20 years when these kids are in the workforce?!?!' well, HERE WE ARE...

[@MS7000_]

Chato has such a way with words. To bad the Hollywood idiots don’t listen to him.

[@wastelandsniper789]

I'd like to put him in charge of Disney. We might actually get a decent phase 5 from the MCU. As it is, I'm not holding my breath *or* going to see the current phase of M-She-U bombs.

[@hermitcard4494]

Your mistake is that you are delusional wishing naive things. Wokes are at war with anything that does not obey and follows them. Wanna DO something instead of wishing: Dont give ANY cent to people and corporations that has no respect for you, doesn't matter how much you love the IP(thats what they do, infect whatever you love). Is it boycott to save money, time and have self respect? Do you have any obligation to support people and corporations who hate you? Thats how they manipulate you, by making you feel guilty. Be PROUDLY "guilty" 🤣

[@ach2lieber]

Chato is the very type of person who has been cast out. They want true believers, not thinkers or creators.

[@stephenthomas1492]

I swear that he's the man behind Overlord DVD. Watch them one after the other and decide for yourself.

[@MikeWhiskyTango]

@@mikebiggz And are they making money then? lol

[@korbendallas2897]

So sad to see the utter bankruptcy of ideas and creativity coming out of Hollywood these days. It seems that as long as you can communicate "The message" in some lame form then you can do what you want. We are seeing the inexorable decline and fall of almost all mainstream entertainment, sacrificed on the altar of gross stupidity.

[@kyleshockley1573]

There always seems to have been some of that since _Grapes of Wrath._ Look at how quickly that got greenlit from novel to film, which I'd figure back then was a real rarity, maybe even a first. At least in that case you had a really well written book. But let's face it, it never would have gotten anywhere near a film screen if it didn't jibe in some significant way with the Hollywood circle's political agenda even then.

[@bluepunk182]

You watch Critical Drinker too, huh?

[@the3goodlemons]

And you’re blind

[@oldgoat142]

@@bluepunk182 All hail Critical Drinker. That guy is awesome!

[@kaizokujimbei143]

@@bluepunk182 I cannot read "the message" without the Drinker's dub echoing in my head.

[@rosemcqueen9389]

My friend's husband is a pilot and working with a very diverse group, had the Woke PR lectured to them....no longer a cockpit, now flight deck, no guy talk, terrible environment...afraid to say anything that may be taken as microaggressions or misconstrued! 🇨🇦

[@goblin-night]

It has been shown that by the implied criteria that is currently accepted that LITERALLY everything can be bafflegabbed into "racism" and/or "islamophobia" and probably the other ones like mysoginist and ableist and the test if someone took the time to work it out.

[@peace-yv4qd]

Over my many years on earth I've made terrible decisions. Married and divorced twice with three children who rarely if ever speak to me and held a laundry list of jobs which included working in dirty factories, construction, dish washing, bus driving, beverage delivery, package delivery, convenience store clerk and the list goes on. Spent a little time in the slammer as a young boy and got kicked out of high school. I often time lament about life and how I would change things I've said and done if I could. But regardless my mistakes I've experienced life, something that social justice warriors will likely never do.

[@MrTickleTrunk]

If perfection exists - your intro would be it. You clearly have a gift for words. 11/10.

[@CallMeChato]

I appreciate it

[@grotebaas1964]

Amen. Well spoken sir. Maybe in a few years we will say: Woke Hollywood is dead, long live the new entertaining Hollywood.

[@1Gr8Editrix]

I wonder if years from now any of these woke creators will look back in embarrassment.

[@zirconiumdiamond1416]

I suspect that we are approaching the point of no return where we will say: Woke Hollywood is dead, long live the new entertaining Seoul.

[@hermitcard4494]

@@1Gr8Editrix narcissists never do that. Its never their fault, its YOUR FAULT.

[@hermitcard4494]

You're too optimistic. For Hollywoke to die it's gonna take at least 2 decades. Its generational(like Yuri Bezmenov said). Right now there are woke youngs that will be hired to continue THE MESSAGE the older wokes started. They cannot hire if they go broke, as a matter of fact they will have to fire. The thing from business perspective they know Go woke go broke, so from time to time they will release something good people will PAY for it, and from that success they will recover the woke losses and fund more wokeness. Support new creators who are anti woke.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

I'm not sure I will live long enough to see the world reborn anew without the wokesters making a mockery of everything I love.

[@kevinkorenke3569]

Not to take away from the ideological reasoning as to why there are no good actors anymore, which I largely agree with, I believe there is an additional reason. Most people who identify as actors now aren't interested in acting. Our aging generations of actors that are starting to pass away at a suddenly increasing rate started as actors: poor, hungry, desperate to land and acting job with the nearest stage production that will give them food for the next 8 weeks. They can quote Shakespeare off the cuff because they have played many of those roles repeatedly in a number of productions following a number of different interpretations. They can pull from Life experiences that make their characters all the more real. Take that famous story about Christopher Lee on lord of the rings, telling Peter Jackson that he knows what a man sounds like when he is stabbed. That kind of life experience just isn't around anymore. If I can recommend a book that tells the story of what it used to be to be an actor and then be considered a great actor I highly highly recommend absolute pandemonium from Brian blessed. His stories are excellent examples of what it used to be to be an actor. Social justice ideology is a huge problem in hollywood, lack of actual experienced talent is worse.

[@CallMeChato]

I will look up the book. Thanks.

[@O4C209]

This applies to the writers even more so. There is an obsession with finding the next new young writer that none of them have any life experience to draw on.

[@kevinkorenke3569]

@@CallMeChato while his chapter on flash Gordon was obviously highly entertaining, his summer with Catherine Hepburn while filming Spartan women was an absolute joy to read and I will go back to that chapter repeatedly. Also since it is Brian blessed the audiobook is highly recommended.

[@kevinkorenke3569]

@@O4C209 exactly. If I were an experienced screenwriter with a lifetime of experience to pull from I would definitely want assistant writers who are that newer breed. They are going to help me shape my screenplay or movie script so that younger audiences will gain more enjoyment out of it and it will also allow me to mentor those newer writers so that they learn the importance of life experiences. Maybe they take a year off and sail across the Pacific or something so they can see what the world is like before trying to write on their own.

[@wastelandsniper789]

Not only that, but actors used to understand that they were playing roles, not just different versions of themselves. The idiots at Disney apparently wanted Raven Simone's character in her new show to be gay because Raven herself is part of the alphabet community. She said that was a stupid reason to make the character gay, and refused to play along with it. Meanwhile, how many movies and TV shows have we gotten where it's pretty clear that the actors themselves are inserting their own personality into the character they are playing, or the writers are doing it through their writing?

[@melindahall5062]

Hey Chato I’m so happy I found you. Every time you discuss the “woke” world of entertaining I get to breathe and decompress. “IT’s NOT JUST ME!!”

[@darianstarfrog]

No way, there's a huge amount of us, the previously silent majority infact. 😉

[@tonyfendex2558]

@@darianstarfrog there are many like us!!!

[@tim2269]

"Be seeing you" a perfect homage to The Prisoner during these times.

[@mishiou7244]

Well said. I'm part of the LGBT community and I'm sick of it woke programing personally. I don't care who play any role, people are becoming sensitive sponges these days. I remember when I could just enjoy a good movie. Top Gun proved it. You nailed it perfectly. I MISS 90s humor 😔

[@gabrielhersey5546]

3rd rock from the sun could not be filmed today

[@mishiou7244]

@@gabrielhersey5546 cheers as well

[@mbergamin16]

I love your use of the acronym :) Forget the nonsense is what I say. I think LGB should regain their independence and exile T to be with the rest of the alphabet, they're getting a bit out of hand

[@mishiou7244]

@@mbergamin16 just so you know I am an older generation of the "T" , but I do think it's getting very silly. We're not all crazy lol

[@nunchuckfilms]

They idiots that insist on this shit don't seem to understand ACTING or Economics. I mean if you have to be the thing being represented then... I want mechanics to only be played by actual mechanics. And doctors And mass murderers. Tbh, I think all the thing I listed above matter as much as where people put their junk.

[@jeffpotts6187]

Prestidigitation. First, kudos for integrating that word into a monologue. Second, now I'm gonna have to use that word sometime in the future...

[@Rellek2007]

So well said. Instead of wanting to be included and equal these groups want to be recognized, stand out, congratulated, and put in power to decide. That imbalance is hurting entertainment.

[@Henry-jp3mc]

Whens the last time we had a 5 star comedy? Before social media made everything offensive.

[@Hammockrider]

I worked with a 23 year old dude who was attending film school and had never seen a black and white movie and genuinely felt that he could learn nothing about film making from any movie made before 1990.

[@danrgoodnight9345]

that dude is the prime example of a woke idiot

[@jamesupton4996]

I knew someone who was a cinema manager and had the reputation of being a film buff with wide knowledge and so on. Then he admitted that he'd never seen Cssablanca. (He was about 30).it didn't worry him either. Many people nowadays seem very ignorant of any but modern films, and as for watching black and white films...non!

[@gmansard641]

Imagine if you'd asked whether he'd ever seen a silent film. Some of them are amongst the greatest ever made . The chariot race in the 1925 Ben-Hur is better than the race in Charlton Heston's version.

[@jamesupton4996]

@@gmansard641 Agree. Wings. Intolerance. Etc. But perhaps not Birth of a Nation. Not to mention the European films like the Golem.

[@gmansard641]

@@jamesupton4996 Birth of a Nation is significant cinematically . . editing, the sprawling panoramic battle scenes, groundbreaking techniques for the era. Its message is reprehensible, ironic that DW Griffith presented much of the opposite a year later in Intolerance.

[@seantaylor1191]

I have NO complaint about your constant attack on "woke" hollywood. . . We need this. Keep up the GREAT work!

[@penultimate8643]

I don't understand why it took a decade for most people to catch on to this, but I'm glad your here now. Remember all the anit-smoking ads that were on TV back then. Then you may have noticed how every man in a comercial seemed to have an IQ of 20. It's been down hill from there.

[@VintageInsightPhotography]

"The New Puritans," very apt. I've always considered the woke crowd as the current day Spanish Inquisition. Keep up the good fight, and may the woke experience the enlightenment of a Boot to the Head.

[@punking262]

I grew up in a time when actors had character. When the likes of Dudley Moore, Danny DeVito, Edie Murphy, and Walter Matthew could all be leading men regardless of what they looked like. Now all the actors have a similar “look” and build, and for some reason most of them appear to be called Chris.

[@24framedavinci39]

There always has to be a group of baddies. In the states, we shift between left and right, depending on the era. I know both sides will never see it, but it does shift. Right winged conservatives abolished slavery and got us on the industrial revolution train. The liberal left were the baddies at the time. Post WWII, they shifted sides. Right-wingers became intolerant and destructive while lefties pushed for tolerance and change. We were probably the most centric and moderate between 1990 and 2010. Now, we switched back to polarization. Left-wing woke liberals are now the baddies. Hopefully we can get back to the awesome 90s within my lifetime.

[@RobertWilke]

One correction there. The part about after WW2 and the right being intolerant. It's just the opposite. The civil rights amendment was passed by the Right. All the Dems voted against it. The problems we see with the destruction of the Black family has it's roots in the welfare state of LBJ. Where's he's famously quoted as saying he'll have those N voting for the Dems for 200 years. The Left is good at making you think they're the tolerant Party. Why do you think they call themselves Progressive s. When you look at their actions it's anything but that.

[@renegademax]

I'm a working writer living in Hollywoke. The complete insanity of the wokies has destroyed this beloved industry. Truly, it breaks my heart and I lament for what could've been, but it's now done and dusted. However, I do know first hand there's a growing backlash within the industry; writers, directors, producers, editors and yes, actors are all beginning to understand that if we don't reverse this nonsense, no one is going to have a gig anymore. Why? Because Gen Z don't give a damn about trad celebrities. Their idols are influencers with millions of followers making millions. That's what they aspire to be: famous for being famous. Sickening. But I do love the irony.

[@danrgoodnight9345]

interesting input

[@jeremiahmacclure]

Wow Chato, the term "algorithmic waterboarding' is brilliant in so many ways. I agree with your thesis, woke content appeals to a small percentage of the population (women's studies professors, CNN viewers, the brainwashed), and didacticism in entertainment and art has never been acceptable (cf Kierkegaard's critique of didacticism in 19th century literature), as these should be able to show the truth no matter who is uncomfortable.

[@timgiraud7591]

As long as we continue to watch, they will continue to make it, turn off the TV, set aside the phone. Grab a disk from before the great collapse of entertainment…

[@oneanotherstudios]

Interesting comparison to the Puritans. Just yesterday I was explaining to my daughters a similar concept, describing how the strong judgmentalism from those in the so-called "cancel culture" is ironic in that the very same people making these judgments have largely lambasted religion because they feel it too judgmental. Simply put, the moral pendulum has swung in the opposite direction from where it was mid-20th Century. History going back even further shows us it will eventually swing back as people become fed up with it, provided the society doesn't self-implode before then.

[@STho205]

The puritans and dissenter congregationalists (Plymouth colony) were marginalized in England by Anglican and Royalist bullies...so they searched for a place where they could be on top and bully anyone that disagreed with them. Hate speech is really defined as, I hate you and you spoke.

[@MephiticMiasma]

if it implodes, others will move in to fill the vacuum.

[@lordgilfor16]

👍 war with woke??? Keep it coming please 😁😁 greatest quote:"yes!, The are nuts" hahahaha

[@steveniannuccilli3147]

Well said Chato! I hope it gets better. I'm running out of MASH episodes to watch

[@TheSlackrguy]

Cannot like this enough. So relieved to know that I wasn’t the only one perceiving the current woke movement as Puritan. So many of us dealt with this from the right during the 80s & 90s and now we see it from the left. (Right and left in the U.S. sense as different countries likely have different social definitions with those words, if they use those words at all.) Thanks for participating on all the KZbin panels that you!

[@scottjoseph9578]

Paul is an actual real CLASSICAL Liberal, you see. I'm not. My cynicism leads to Conservatism. Still, I like thesis and antithesis. However, my politics have devolved into being able to have conversations with my friends while eating steaks and ice cream in peace and security, and then read books I want. All of my politics involve being able to do this calmly. Beautiful work, Paul.

[@celluloidtherapy5003]

It’s stunning to see how far Hollywood has fallen.

[@thechurn4766]

Can we get this trending? Cato you are able to capture, simplify, express, and explain these things so perfectly.

[@SnakesAndFunerals]

The Silent Majority is just waiting for this storm to pass. One day soon, we'll say, "Remember that Woke phase we went through? That was crazy!" and we'll all have a chuckle, as life goes back to normal.

[@trinelangohr6661]

Well, yeah. I'm pretty passion-free on most of these franchises. I just stopped watching them. I'll start again when they put out something good. With an interesting plot, functioning characters and decent special effects. I guess most of the silent majority is like me.

[@scheby77]

I hope you're right

[@Aristocles22]

The only reason nostalgia for the 80s and 90s is so big now is that there's nowhere else to turn for quality entertainment. We're getting very little good stuff these days, and if we are going to get it from anywhere, those two decades are our best bet. If something new and good is made, people rush to it. Just look at Spider-Man: No Way Home and Top Gun: Maverick. Yes, both play on nostalgia to a degree, but they're both new movies. Or if you go back a few years, Joker was new and good, despite coming out in the era of wokeness. Same with Infinity War and, to a less extent, Endgame.

[@jahintx]

You never waste my time. I wish the Hollywood executives would speak out like this.

[@LEARSIKCIGAM]

Vanguard just left the woke fight! “Vanguard Quits Climate Alliance In Major Blow To Woke Investing” #2 army out!

[@CallMeChato]

Interesting.

[@hcatarrunas]

It feels like this era will be looked back upon like the 1920s prohibition ou 1950s Comics Code Authority. They might have started from a "good place" but ended up hurting the good stuff and not solving any of the problems they wanted to tackle.

[@redshirtacademymortuary4848]

8:03 Just rattling off that list of movies makes me wanna cry. So much of what's in cinemas today is moldy tofu by comparison. So glad for Fathom Events, who've arranged for 40th anniversary re-releases of Star Trek II, Dark Crystal, and Conan the Barbarian.

[@MaryAnneLanders]

Thanks, Chato. Allow me to share one of my favorite quotes. "Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." (Bertolt Brecht). I can't wait till this woke virtue-signaling phase is over. When the cancel-culture bullies realize that if they keep at it, they'll cancel everyone. And we'll have no culture left. Keep up the good work!

[@CallMeChato]

Thanks. I love Brecht.

[@gridley]

I've been witnessing "wokeness" get worse & worse for several yrs. Just when I think it can't get any worse, it does. Not sure if Chato understands exactly why. But feeling way too easygoing towards people who nurture woke politics is part of the problem.

[@Ulrich_von_Jungingen]

Well I notice my teenage boys absolutely despise the endless advertisements that completely and obviously omit white males in what is meant to be a standard setting in majority white society. They also go nuts when teenage TV shows show the male characters as 100% comedic relief, weak, stupid, need female characters to help them do simple tasks, incapable of being leaders. I know that the inference is that Dad moulded them this way, but the overt sexism and racism is so palpable that there is a real danger that there a coming generation of despondent men. I believe that kids will rebel against the beliefs of the times previous and I think the woke virtue signalling fake altruism will be the target.

[@Lurch685]

We need to stop asking if the Woke can get any crazier. They are taking it as a challenge.

[@TheLeadElite]

The ultimate irony about this push for “diversity” is that every movie ends up feeling the same. And they’re all similarly terrible.

[@CallMeChato]

Yes.

[@TheReapersgaze]

I remember Rush Limbaugh mirroring much of the sentiment in this video about the same subject and people. 20 years ago today.

[@piotrjeske4599]

My father (71) triggered a co worker at his collage by learing at her IN HER SLEEP. Worse thing when my father heard about it, he laugher out. And to H R he went . And if his sister wasnt the Dean , he would probably be out.

[@captainz9]

When "I dreamt you offended me" is enough to get someone fired (or threatened with it) you know the world has gone totally insane.

[@thehermitman822]

Think I would have to slap a bitch to make it clear the difference of dreams and reality.

[@clogs4956]

When you hear that someone in middle management or HR would even consider firing someone who allegedly leered in a dream… Me? I’d have asked to see proof that the named perpetrator had not been misidentified. Oh, and I’d have been very, very serious.

[@leelybuckwheatjr]

@@captainz9 if he'd stuck to leering at her in her sleep he probably would have been okay. His criminal offense was laughing at the poor woman's dream-victimization. Of course a man who doesn't disapprove of what his dream self did has to be reported to HR.

[@queazy03]

Let's not forgot Black Rock with 12 trillion in assets is financially strong arming everybody into being as woke as possible with ESG scores, and Vanguard is doing similar with their 7 trillion in assets

[@IlyaKralinsky]

The heart of this is that many people out there have simply followed what other people say because it sounds noble and good, when the entire philosophy is based on Marxist-rooted intersectional theory coalescing in Critical Race Theory, which, in its text expressly states its approach to race is based on early Malcolm X and Stokeley Carmichael, both of whom believed in separation of the races. It is explicitly divisive, and this is why corporations and governments have adopted it; while it seems to be virtuous, it does generate a tense division, and division of the people makes them easier to control. We have a bad feeling about the Woke movement because it is being used for wholly insidious reasons. Wonderful and insightful presentation, as usual, Chato.

[@CallMeChato]

Thank you.

[@NefariousKoel]

The term "Neo-Marxist" is appropriate since it simply replaces much of the previous economically-oriented 'oppressor versus oppressed' indoctrination with a race/identity/gender approach. Instead of promoting a poor vs wealthy struggle, it is skin color or sexual preference versus skin color or sexual preference. Which, ironically, is a very bigoted approach requiring disciples of such neo-marxism to stereotype everyone by their physical traits and preferences. Either way, they both aim to eliminate individualism. It's not surprising to hear some leaders of such group-think to proudly declare things like, "we were trained as Marxists" and espouse such manipulative ideals publicly.

[@jeffreysommer3292]

Thanks, Chato! It's always refreshing to hear your daily dose of common sense. A shame the world appears to be going insane...

[@madraven07]

"Metastasized" is perfect to describe how social justice became Woke.

[@Nixx2709]

You had me at "fiery crucible of many workplaces...". Excellent writing, sir!

[@robdielemans9189]

The way spaghetti westerns was an answer to the wokery of Hollywood at the time, nowadays you can find your own remedy. Films are being made all over the world and the cost of equipment has gone down drastically.

[@bobdavis7290]

My nieces are in their late twenties, early 30's. They're AWFUL. They think their Uncle Bobby's just so old school and unenlightened (me). So I said to Melissa, the worst of the two, Mel, do you know that you and your sister are products of the Patriarchy? Her eyes widened and her face went slack. "Mel, your mother's father is a two star General in the US Army, which is mostly a Patriarchy, and he's not evil. Your father, my big brother is also a retired Army officer, the son of another Army officer and me, I'm a retired officer and private enterprise guy, too. We're all well served, and honorable people. All men. Who paid for your minor-aged life & college & gave you starting-out money, (and it wasn't your mother)? Who's always there to help you girls in a pinch, your dad and me. To say the Patriarchy is evil, means you're brainwashed to hate men and I know you don't. Just ask your boyfriend. So, if this's true, let's look at Martin Luther King and have a talk about Quality of Character. Then let's talk about the "disparities of Life," and how unfair it is, which means let's talk about Merit, tenacity, diligence and hard work. And if you're either just going to say, "it's so unfair," or you're being supressed/victimized, then I'll suggest you read some history and you'll see Life has never been fair and we can date human slavery, with evidence, back to the 3rd Millenium BC. It's been brutal, deadly, unfortunate, miserable and often times short lived, but it's been largely equally unfair to everyone which makes it fair. Fair meaning applicable to and afflicting everyone. The only way a small population of individuals rise from the misery is by motivation of whatever type, good or not. These individuals became leaders of tribes who brought groups together to create civilization, technology & specialization and because of that here we are. Your job in this life, is to be honest and walk without illusion or self-delusion and use your education to determine your skillset and match it to a job and occupation you'll love. On the way you must be accountable and responsible, and you need a lot of work on that right now. It's either that or find a successful man, marry him, screw him well and be a happy dependent adult. You choose, but do not demand that society and culture bend to your brainwashed, immature World View and complain the Government needs to step in, eradicate Capitalism, establish Socialism & Collectivism and enforce it with fascism. Socialism & Communism didn't exist when our Country was founded, but since it has, it's been tried some 27 times globally and it's failed every time creating the largest genocidal death count in human history just this past 20th Century. You ask those prematurely dead people what's not fair. My niece started crying and I hung up the phone. Haven't heard from her in almost two years.

[@CallMeChato]

Wow. Good story, sad, hopefully, temporary ending. She's obviously talking with others. I tell kids the story of my mom escaping from Communist Hungary at night with three other women and a minder. One woman with a baby, the baby started crying and she put a pillow over its head and suffocated it because the safety of the minder, who would get many others out of the country safely, was more important. She knew the rules. No movie savour came to rescue them. I tell the kids they are most privileged people on the planet. They are usually crying by this point. Thanks for your comment.

[@bobdavis7290]

@@CallMeChato I'm very aware of Hungary's history; and more generally the history of the Slavic peoples going back to Roman Kingdom times, different tribes mixing w/earlier Indo Europeans and existing Euro-Celts about Central Europe, late Bronze and early Iron Age. The later Scandinavian waves about the 10th Century known as Varangians or The Rus (Those Who Row) coming south from the Baltic to the Black Sea, etc. the wars, mixing with earlier Scandinavians that mixed to create the Germanic Tribes, and on. Then of course the multiple waves of Black Death-Plague wiping out half of Europe's population, the last being the 14th Century. This history is enough to make you cry and barf at the same time. Then lets throw in the EurAsian Steppe Peoples: the Avars, Pechenegs, Scythians, Huns, Mongols, Turkic Tribes and that entire southern Slavic "area" from Ukraine Crimea through the Balkans, Carpathians to the Italian Alps just blew up, repeatedly. I have a hard time w/the history. It's all migration, conflict, psychopath leaders, shifting borders, the race for resources/precious metals, sea route/port access. Post WWI European Fracturing, the demise of Austria-Hungary, Yugoslavia breaks up, The Czechs, etc. etc. To wrap this unhappy historical babble up, I'll tell you I've been watching Victor Orban since the middle 90's, and I really like the guy, especially since 2010. He's 100% Nationalist and I mean that in the purest and best definition.

[@williamroberts6803]

Stewart grainger, William powel, humpry bogart, Richard Harris, William Holden, Glenn ford, Gary cooper, Gregory peck? And on and on.

[@defenstrator4660]

Right with you man. I am a Canadian that can only describe the Liberal party as the Iliberal party. The point of liberalism is to give people opportunities. To deny people opportunities based on skin colour or gender is a direct subordination of liberal principles, and yet these unethical practices are embraced under the guise of equality.

[@those1kidds]

Very well said sir. Thanks for speaking out against this crap.

[@RoryMitchell00]

There are a lot of other ways to try and achieve equality in areas like sex, ethnicity, etc, that have nothing to do with invoking woke identity politics. Plus, those alternate approaches do not carry any of the negative baggage of what has become an almost-universally despised movement. You are 💯% correct to focus on better and actually fair methods to improve art, entertainment, etc.

[@primmakinsofis614]

"The Beverly Puritans." Absolutely brilliant.

[@freedone.]

Keep fighting the good fight, Chato. Chato 2024!

[@pyramidus]

We are with you, keep up the good fight!

[@hashtagPoundsign]

You hit the nail on head with a planet.

[@lacrimatorium]

Well said Chato. We are living in the old Chinese curse of interesting times. I do suspect that the woke are losing, but alas they will not be gracious and get off the stage. Thus we must find the hook, and make sure it's long enough.

[@wherami]

You nailed it

[@AntonyRG1]

'puritans'. The desperate attempt by atheists like Paul Chato and Andrew Doyle to mischaracterize neo-Marxism (atheist communist ideology) as religiosity continues. They need to learn the difference between religion and ideology before spewing such degenerate BS.

[@garethwilliams8319]

Chato, ace video. I speak to my friends and colleagues about this and they have been wilfully blind. They are waking up to it, slowly, whether it be through me spouting off about it or using their own critical thinking. I have hope... Keep making great content. Cheers

[@rlee1185]

You're a treasure

[@Animaine7030]

"Victimhood word salad" Perfectly said.

[@johnnysunshine7589]

HIPPIN AND HOPPIN PIPPIN AND POPPIN WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING IS STOPPIN AND THEN START MOPPIN!

[@breaker2479]

You've hit it out of the park once more Mr. Chato Well said.

[@denvan3143]

Former Ex: I saw you the other night on Valiant Renegade; great video, great comments.

[@CallMeChato]

Hey, thanks!

[@merxeddie6474]

Happy and surprised you checked the Andrew Doyle book, thought he was only known in UK.

[@bhushanharripersad5716]

The Message trumps everything talent, entertainment, characters, stories, acting, profit etc basically everything that the general public be they viewers or shareholders want from an entertainment product.

[@RJres]

Where you said "perhaps the most tragic thing is we're spending too much time..." you could have stopped right there and it would still perfectly sum up the whole situation. There's big issues that we need to deal with, locally and globally (inflation, healthcare, pollution, climate change, war, food insecurity, and the list goes on). And he we are, arguing over what colour of bucket to use to bail water, instead of actually doing anything productive. You're absolutely right that it's a complete waster of energy and time that could be refocused and redirected to more pressing concerns and more productive outcomes.

[@cannibalvegetableyt]

I highly recommend *The Coddling of the American Mind* for more information on Academic Capture and its creativity killing aftermath.

[@Problembeing]

'Justice' doesn't require a prefix. Deceitful people do.

[@Black_Sun_Dark_Star]

Thank you for saying all of this! It puts everything into perspective and logic.

[@DonEddie]

Keep doing you're thing my friend, luv hearing you're words of wisdow. 😉👍

[@ScaryStoriesNYC]

"Pale, doughy psyche!" WOW this is brave. Comedy is so rarely brave any more. Thank you for this!

[@ScaryStoriesNYC]

"Algorithmic waterboarding"

[@CallMeChato]

Ha, do you watch. Stop. Comment. Then keep watching?

[@cameron6554]

This episode was a good one. Keep up the great work mate.

[@NintenDOESnation]

Big fan. I enjoy watching your commentary more than almost anything on TV now. Hoping that clicking your vids, and ignoring theirs adds up to changes in the industry down the line.

[@alemswazzu]

Bravo.. It is important that we get back to freely expressing ideas for our sanity and our culture.

[@vhaarr]

I wish I could triple-like a video!

[@ArcturusMinsk]

Film industry in the past was a coke fueled party, people would come in and place bets on anything, some won big, many lost but fun was had all around. These days the film industry walks in, bets it all 13 loses and walks out grumbling only to do it again the following day and the day after that.

[@MichealWeinfurtner]

Woke appeasement syndrome, beautiful ❤️

[@etsequentia6765]

Good on you, Lord Chato, for acknowledging the culture war. Acknowledging is the most important first step, and knowing is half the battle.

[@m.b.boyack2228]

"How Dare You!"

[@shindiru2]

The woke crowd are the new cultural scolds. You hit the nail on the head, Mr. Chato.

[@ktanner438]

This man is old enough to have visited family relations who lived behind the Iron Curtain, and he knows the modern pandering is getting to a fever pitch of ideological witch hunting, similar to what he's seen. Let that sink in.

[@iKvetch558]

Well...he is referring to a phenomenon of nominally "free" countries, not one of the totalitarian dystopias of the past or present. 💯✌

[@ktanner438]

@@iKvetch558 what I'm saying is, it's bad here now and Paul knows wtf he's talking about

[@CallMeChato]

It's coming.

[@iKvetch558]

@@ktanner438Ah...understood ✌

[@dinismantas7265]

I was born and raised in an European country that had an ultra conservative right wing dictatorship up to 1974. I was a small child then, but a lot of people lived in those times. What is interesting to me is the fact that back then a lot of leftists faught precisely against the things that we are starting to witness now. No wonder our Constitution actually protects freedom of speech and expression (article 37). If allowed to continue, it won't be good. Most people will shut up and fake ignorance, while others will have their lives ruined. Life will become very grey and art/entertainment will follow that rule, with the odd exception of the particularly courageous and altruistic artist.

[@Cha0s1428]

You are one of those Unicorns I have heard about. A sane progressive. As a more conservative leaning American, I couldn't agree with you more. Its been hard grieving at the hospice bedside of all of my beloved franchises. All hail Canoehead!

[@johnwicksbarber6182]

I miss those Snap-On calendars!

[@frankarouet]

I have the same definition (I agree with the rights in question; all of them) and I agree with you. And indeed, it's simply destroying the entire entertainment industry. It started with comedy. We're seeing the movie industry slowly crumble under it now.

[@Exodus26.13Pi]

He speaks for most of us here in Arkansas.

[@mmlund2]

love your commentary and insider perspective please keep it up. the woke destruction of pop culture and our mythos is depressing, but your commentary refreshing and entertaining. we the fans have piles of gold waiting to spend on entertaining movies, merchandise, comics and literature, and waiting to pass on our loves to our children and their children but will keep our purses shut until non-woke quality storytelling and respect for the audience returns.

[@jfh9219]

Run them through with the sword of truth Chato! March on!!

[@StorytellerStudios]

One of your best videos.

[@Fearmocker]

Brilliantly said. Bravo.

[@SlashTheWeasel]

I didn't realize all that stuff came out of one year in the 80s!! I can count on one hand what's come out in the past five years that's new: Game of Thrones, Witcher, Strange Things. . . I'm sure there's more but its amazing how chock full the 70s, 80s and 90s are compared to today with new stuff. Its amazing how much remake/redone/rehash everything been and they keep either making it boring or stick the "message" in there.

[@atashbeats8055]

Your monologues are always deep with sharp sarcasm, and I enjoyed them all.

[@Kevin60611]

ÓMG só true, thank you. Woke will pass, reality will kick in.

[@albertaprepper5372]

So very painful, as the cycle is completing as the 400 year and fourth turning cycles merge to bring us nothing but "HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY" all freaking day long. We have 10 to 15 years of this before it gets better, yippy.

[@Nicksonian]

OMG! Simply brilliant! Not heard anything as succinctly profound, enlightening, and damning about today’s popular culture (and beyond) as this. I’m an old guy who happens to have what I thought were very open-minded, anti-puritan attitudes. That they don’t conform to today’s “progressive” (read anti-progressive) brain washing is disturbing. My alma mater, Bowling Green State University, has the first in the nation popular culture program. I wonder what is said there about the wokeness infecting both college campuses and Hollywood.

[@marinawolf]

I could listen to Chato narrate Ishtar and enjoy it.

[@CallMeChato]

Ha, thanks.

[@Annatar_Lord_of_Gifts]

Chato always speaks the truth in the most eloquent way

[@alexiscarson6013]

"Algorithmic waterboarding" Excellently put 👏👏👏👏🔥