Billy Porter: Hollywood's Progressive Wave Retreating

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Actor Billy Porter just dropped a real talk bomb, saying the era of performative

wokeness in Hollywood and the arts is crashing hard and jobs are, vanishing with it.

As a black gay artist, he rode that wave high, smashing through what he called concrete

ceilings in progressive projects.

But now, he's seeing the gigs dry up fast.

He spilled this on politics nation over the weekend, right around protests outside the

newly renamed Trump Kennedy Center.

Porter joins celebs like Joan Baez and Jane Fonda at a No Kings rally, blasting the

change as a threat to First Amendment rights for artists.

Folks in the industry are feeling the shift, with Porter noting how Pete progressive work

has spated under the new political winds in DC.

He accused the Trump administration of targeting the arts first, just like authoritarian

regimes do to silence change makers.

Porter laid it out clear, the arts have power to transform people, which scares off fascists

so they hit us hardest up front.

He's not alone in calling out this cultural pivot, as conservative voices and entertainment

push back too.

Veteran of stage and screen, from his Tony winning kinky boots run, to pose and the upcoming

Hunger Games spin-off, sunrise on the reaping, Porter's.

Watching this wave recede while prepping for what's next, in a changing scene.