"Deemed Sexy by the New York Times." But he was canceled anyway
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
"Audiences don't hate diverse characters. What they hate is being slammed as bigots for rejecting bad work from pretentious, unskilled activists posing as writers. If the demography of your characters becomes more important than the story, your story will probably suck."
Clifton Duncan posted those words on Twitter in 2020. Another epic tirade on “X” went viral. How could a Black actor be against DEI? Listen to him. And you’ll understand. Actor Clifton Duncan joins the pod.
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| 0:00.0 | Let me put on my glasses to read to you really quickly here. |
| 0:05.5 | The more I follow my intuition, the more I reject modern culture. |
| 0:09.7 | The more I reject modern culture, the freer I feel. |
| 0:12.6 | The freer I feel, the happier I am. |
| 0:15.4 | The happier I am, the more I'm rejected by modern culture. |
| 0:20.5 | It's brilliant because it's true. |
| 0:24.0 | Who is it true for? Who wrote this? Who said those words? |
| 0:29.6 | A former actor by the name of Clifton Duncan was educated at the best acting schools in New York, |
| 0:36.9 | was performing. |
| 0:39.3 | Maybe the problem is he's black. |
| 0:42.0 | Maybe the problem is he's straight. |
| 0:44.7 | Maybe the problem is he's not woke, that he's anti-D-EI. |
| 0:50.5 | I can't wait for you to hear my conversation with Clifton Duncan. |
| 0:54.5 | That is next. |
| 0:55.9 | Welcome to the Michelle Tofoya podcast. |
| 1:02.5 | Sometimes I think only actors can wear hats that well, Clifton. |
| 1:06.3 | I mean, it's like I look like crap in hats, so I never wear them. |
| 1:12.0 | But look at you. |
| 1:12.9 | You just, you're wearing that hat, man. |
| 1:15.7 | Well, you know what's funny is that I notice that the hats that I wear tend to also look |
| 1:19.1 | really good on other people. |
| 1:20.3 | So it might just be my hat that you need. |
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