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Hello and welcome to factually, I'm Adam Connover.

Thank you so much for joining me once again as I talk to an incredible expert about all

the amazing things they know that I don't know and that you might not know.

This week, we got to talk about Hollywood.

You know, the entertainment industry is often rightly criticized for acting like it's

better than the rest of America, as though everyone who makes TV and movies is politically

enlightened, empathetic and sensitive, that we've eradicated the evils of discrimination

and bigotry and are just waiting for everyone else to catch up.

It's an image of ourselves that matches the fictional realities we present on screen,

in which evil is defeated, good-hearted people come together to do the right thing and

heroism is rewarded.

Well, the truth is that just like the plots of our movies, Hollywood's narrative of itself

as a place of decent thoughtful liberalism is fake at best and a lie at worst.

In reality, Hollywood is a really fucked up place.

Most of all, I'm a member of two unions, both of which are on strike right now because

the people who make those movies and TV shows can't afford to make a living in the city

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