Ben Shapiro’s battle with Hollywood

The sacking of Gina Carano is still creating waves in Hollywood. The martial artist turned movie actress was dropped from the Star Wars spin-off, The Mandalorian, after blocking BLM supporters on Twitter and stating that being a Republican in Hollywood was like being a Jew during the Holocaust. She compounded her sins by suggesting that voter fraud had affected the result of the 2020 election. Her employers, Lucasfilm, dismissed her views as ‘abhorrent’ and accused her of, ‘denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities.’ Carano was also dropped by her management company, United Talent Agency. (So much for ‘united.’) 

Then came the backlash. The pro-Republican commentator Michael Knowles claimed that Carano had got the sack, ‘for being a conservative.’ The satirist Bill Maher, an unlikely ally on the left, likened her dismissal to the anti-communist witch-hunts of the McCarthy era. The Mandalorian was already struggling in the ratings and Carano’s removal is likely to drag it down further.