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‘Last Week Tonight’ Harassment Ad Actually Aired During ‘O’Reilly Factor’
‘Last Week Tonight’ Harassment Ad Actually Aired During ‘O’Reilly Factor’
‘Last Week Tonight’ Harassment Ad Actually Aired During ‘O’Reilly Factor’
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight has taken unorthodox steps to reach the President, buying stealthily educational ad time during the Fox News shows Trump is known to watch. The same was true of Oliver filling the advertiser void from Bill O’Reilly’s show with a sexual harassment PSA, one a cable affiliate actually took him up on.
Watch ‘Last Week Tonight’ Explain Hollywood Whitewashing in Four Minutes
Watch ‘Last Week Tonight’ Explain Hollywood Whitewashing in Four Minutes
Watch ‘Last Week Tonight’ Explain Hollywood Whitewashing in Four Minutes
There’s not shortage of controversy around this year’s Oscars. But there is a shortage of roles for people of color in Hollywood — or at least that’s the argument that tends to get made by those who think that it’s not fair to blame the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for selecting an all-white field of acting nominees (for the second year in a row). The fault, they claim, lies with the Hollywood filmmakers who don’t make opportunities for actors of color in the first place. The system of honoring actors is merely a reflection, supposedly, of the larger system of moviemaking, and all its flaws.