What Will Smith's Slap Says About America, and Dangerous Speech Censorship, with Richard Dreyfuss | Ep. 290

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by legendary actor Richard Dreyfuss, the dangerous rules and regulations of tech companies like Facebook, journalism in America, the evolution of free speech, the importance of critical thinking, the Ukrainian invasion by Russia and media coverage of it, why he's an "American" and not a Republican or a Democrat, the decline in respecting and understanding the Constitution, why he knew he'd win Best Actor, his reaction to Will Smith's Oscars slap, what the moment says about America, the vulgarity in our politics and culture, leaked video of Disney executives and the company's "social agenda," his legendary career including behind-the-scenes stories of "Jaws" and on George Lucas' generosity, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone on Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.
0:15.7	Our guest today is an American icon, actor Richard Dreyfus.
0:20.4	He rose to fame during the 1970s starring in some of the greatest films ever, including
0:27.0	Chaz, The Goodby Girl, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
0:31.6	I could go on.
0:33.1	He actually won an acting Oscar for The Goodby Girl, then the youngest person ever to
0:38.7	win it at a mere baby 30 years old.
0:42.4	His film career is lengthy and impressive, but as he's going to share with us in a minute,
0:46.8	there's so much more to him.
0:48.4	And it was not easy to be someone not of the far left in Hollywood.
0:53.8	Since the 2000s, he has turned to his passion for civics education and founded the Dreyfus
0:59.0	Civics Initiative in 2006 aimed at bringing civics into public education.
1:05.3	He's concerned about the loss of patriotism in this country, the loss of understanding of
1:11.4	why America is special, how we got to be so, and the erosion of that belief and maybe
1:17.9	as a result, it's truth decade after decade as passing generations continue to think the
1:24.6	worst about this great country of ours.
1:27.6	He's spoken critically about the media and its impact on public opinion and today he
1:31.7	is passionate about, among other things, Facebook and the power of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg
1:37.8	and what he's doing in this Ukraine russian mess.
1:41.3	Richard, so great to talk to you again.
1:42.8	How are you?
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