Tony Kushner: Hollywood and Socialism

Can a socialist choose Hillary over Bernie? Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner discusses Socialism, Zionism, Hollywood, and the 2016 elections. Tony Kushner has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, two Academy Award nominations, and President Obama presented him with the National Medal of Arts in 2013. Last fall he was entered into the National Theater Hall of Fame - and no wonder; among his plays are Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes; and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. His many screenplays include Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and Munich. He has also written or edited several books, including Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict. Later in the program, Laura visits with a Roma Gallery in Hungary that embraces Hip Hop and bell hooks. All that and a few words from Laura on recent political upheavals in Hungary.

[@darrellkmalone]

Sounds like a politician...

[@whiketurner6249]

+Darrell Malone You mean a con artist?

[@twictae2012]

+WhIke Turner the former is simply a subcategory of the latter.

[@tomasandrew9354]

I voted this down not because of Laura Flanders, but because of the empty rhetoric coming from Kushner. I haven't rolled my eyes so often in a while.

[@rayengle9979]

This guy has sold out to the system. Period.

[@bobbylouis5257]

This interview was horrible and it's not on Laura.That guy is a flip flopper

[@EdwarddelaRey]

Let's hope it works out

[@Steinerrite]

I live in Hungary and Laura is SO right about the situation here! It is genuinely scary, but this is what can easierly happen when a country is allowed to become economically ruined like Hungary is. There is so little hope here!

[@LauraFlandersAndFriends]

+Steinerrite Thank you for your comment, Steinerrite! Laura found a small bit of hope in Gallery8, and we hope there will be so much more. Definitely reach out to us if there are other stories we should be covering on The Laura Flanders Show!

[@vinnymchale3914]

Wow. Apparently we were/are in the worst period of time that any time the human race has been? That's narcissism 101 right there. How about reading a few history books instead of your own notices Tony.

[@beerbread]

So disappointed in Tony Kushner's interview, I thought he'd more articulate. Is he stuck in the 1990's? His spin on things sounded like one long, confused rationalization, desperately seeking optimism to reassure himself. Supporting Hillary is equivalent to approving the status quo, but undoubtedly his status quo is very comfortable. His comment that "This is a functioning Democratic society" blew my mind - what planet is he living on? Piece on Hungary sad and inspiring. Love to the artists.