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Home Front: Culture Wars
Will Smith: ‘Darkness' of Trump Era a Reaction to ‘Light'-Filled Obama Years
2017-12-21
[Breitbart] Will Smith delved into politics at a press event for his latest film Bright this week, calling the country’s current political environment a "natural reaction" to what he described as the more favorable years of Barack Obama’s presidency.

The 49-year-old actor ‐ who has previously teased a future run for public office himself ‐ did not mention President Donald Trump by name but speculated about the country’s future during Wednesday’s event in Beverly Hills for Netflix’s Bright, a dystopian police thriller directed by David Ayer that reportedly cost the streaming service $90 million.

"This is the purge, right?" Smith said, according to Indiewire. "This is the cleanse, this is what happens. This is the natural reaction to the amount of light that came into the world when Barack Obama was the president."

"We had to expect that [the pendulum] was going to go the other way," he added. "As a cleanse ‐ this is the darkness before the dawn."
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#11  Another Hollyweird name to add to my list of over-paid, opinionated, pompous, boycottable actors and their movies.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-12-21 23:34  

#10  Those light filled Obama years with Hezbollah drugs flowing into the African American communities...
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-12-21 14:34  

#9  $90million, and not a decent advertisement.

Sounds like Smith knows a lot about cleansing.

So glad he turned down Matrix.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-12-21 12:37  

#8  I refuse to pay attention to racist people like Will "I'm nade of balsa wood" Smith
Posted by: Silentbrick   2017-12-21 11:00  

#7  Is it just me, or does Hollywood have a requirement that all actors be blithering idiots to be in a movie? Posted by DarthVader

As evidenced by local Atlanta television and news coverage, the targeted audience is key.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-12-21 10:52  

#6  Is it just me, or does Hollywood have a requirement that all actors be blithering idiots to be in a movie?
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-12-21 10:50  

#5  Doublespeak
Posted by: S. Sleater9697   2017-12-21 09:46  

#4  whohas previously teased a future run for public office himself

perhaps he should shoot for a lower goal: making a decent movie in the last 10 years
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-21 08:33  

#3  It always seems dark with one's head planted three feet up the arse.
Posted by: Woodrow   2017-12-21 07:47  

#2  It's dark in that closet isn't it Will?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-12-21 07:14  

#1  If you an "African American", do you have to be an idiot?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-21 02:44  

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