Jeffrey Katzenberg is a highly talented and hugely successful filmmaker.
Therefore, the world – actually Mr. Katzenberg’s world, which we know as Hollywood – is waiting for his lament about Donald Trump winning the presidency last week — at least he seems to think so, because Mr. Katzenberg has taken it upon himself to write one, so that we can all gain nourishment from his feelings and opinions.
Oh, brother.
Let me show you just the beginning of Jeffrey Katzenberg’s descent into his personal Hades (thanks, Dolly), which was just published by (of course) The Hollywood Reporter. Then, click here if you care to read the rest:
As for many of you, last Tuesday was a very bad day for me. It actually didn’t start out that way. As I boarded a 7 p.m. flight for home, I couldn’t have been more confident. Then I began to get intermittent Wi-Fi and, off and on, I saw results that weren’t supposed to happen. As alarmed emails flooded in, the inconceivable started to become very real. By the time I landed, it was over.
It’s now been a week since this heart-wrenching, devastating event. However, this morning the sun still rose, the world still turned, the flag still waved.
Many times during the past week, I’ve been asked by family, friends and colleagues what I think it all means. So, I thought I’d write down some thoughts in the hope a few might be helpful.
It all comes down to a fundamental, disturbing question: Is our next president a demagogue or democrat?
I do love the segment’s last line: Is our next president a demagogue or democrat? In the world of Katzenberg, those are the two alternatives…
…which goes a long way toward explaining why Hillary Clinton’s celebrity-laden campaign, and the massive outpouring of support from Hollywood and the music industry, resulted not in her presidency, but in her forced retirement.
You may not like Donald Trump. You may not believe Donald Trump can do what he promises. But while Hillary Clinton was rubbing elbows with the entertainment elite, Donald Trump was out there not with celebrities, he was talking about keeping jobs from continuing to fly out of the country and securing our borders and fighting radical Islamist lunatics who want our civilization to be ended and us to either convert to their brand of Islam or die.
Maybe, just maybe, Jeff Katzenberg and his pals – whose egos rival and often surpass even Donald Trump’s – might reflect on which would be more important to the general public.
Oh, one other thing: if you use the link I’ve provided and read Jeffrey Katzenberg’s entire lament, please click on “comments” and read just a sampling of them as well. You might be interested in how, er, sympathetic they are to his comments.
