Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson, in studio, gives a brief obituary of Hunter Thompson, who recently committed suicide. Tucker Carlson Show segment break.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Guest Sarah Morris, in studio; Morris recounting a movie studio executive's statement that a red carpet star is not a real human being, but $10,000 worth of hair and makeup.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Introduction of program guests David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute, and Zanny Minton Beddoes of Economist's Magazine.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Adult male voice introduces upcoming segment in which Susan Shaffer can help navigate parent/child relationships; Shaffer, in studio, explains how outward negative feelings mask inner fears and uncertainty.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson program opening. Tucker Carlson in studio, sitting across from Sarah Morris. Carlson begins monologue on the Oscars and Hollywood Awards shows.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in studio with Sarah Morris, creator of the film "Los Angeles." Carlson talks about the odd nature of the Academy Awards, where actors play the lives of other people, walk up a red carpet, into a theater, and do nothing but watch and hope to receive an award for their work. Even more strange, is the viewership. Morris sees it as an oddly voyeuristic attraction to people taking on other identities and that the public has created a kind of "Faustian pact" with Hollywood. "Los Angeles", in that respect, is a film about the film industry, and the people in it.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in studio along with Sarah Morris, creator of the film "Los Angeles." Carlson asks Morris why there is a fascination with the red carpet? Morris believes it comes down to ritual, ceremony, and pomp.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in studio along with Sarah Morris, creator of the film "Los Angele.s" Carlson states people must care so much about the red carpet if there are entire television shows/programs that devote time to it. Morris posits the theory that fashion is the driving force behind red carpet attention. Morris recounts a movie studio executive's statement, that a red carpet star is not a real human being, but $10,000 worth of hair and makeup. Carlson states that he feels some sense of hostility coming from Morris regarding L.A., but Morris states that she likes the city, although she does not live there. She quotes a Jerry Lewis line in which he describes Hollywood as exactly the place you want it to be, but it takes a lot of "fakes", "liars", "brown-nosers", and "yes men" to keep that perception alive and well. Morris believes that to be true; Hollywood has a role Americans expect it to play. Carlson brings up a scene where Robert Evans is being shaved by a topless woman and asks what the point of that scene is.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in studio along with Sarah Morris, creator of the film "Los Angeles." Morris states that various people in the movie participate in myth-making and how they would like to be perceived. Therefore, Morris is not revealing Los Angeles, but the other way around. Carlson sees the film as a parody of Hollywood, which Hollywood seems to like to do. Morris believes it is the best method of hiding, saying, "If you partake in a cliche, you can't be attacked, really." Carlson thanks Morris, they shake hands.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson joined in the studio with David Frum, from the American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal, and Zanny Minton Beddoes, from the Economist, talking about the Oscars. Carlson asks if Hollywood is out of touch with the American public. Beddoes thinks Hollywood has been tactfully in the award nominations. Last year it was expected "Lord of the Rings" would win everything, so there wasn't anything controversial. This years contenders include political and religious entries: "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Passion of the Christ." Only the latter getting any award consideration, so it seems Hollywood is doing its best, this year, to stay out of controversy. Frum, however, thinks that the award shows in general are going to see a decline in viewership going forward as he cites that in 2003 video game receipts outstripped theater receipts. Why go see the action stars in some blockbuster film, when you can be or play one in a video game?
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in the studio with David Frum, from the American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal, and Zanny Minton Beddoes, from the Economist, continuing a conversation about Frum's prediction that movie awards season, and film viewership overall, will decline as video games become more prominent. Beddoes notes the fragmentation occurring in other areas of media (TV, talk radio, etc.), but Hollywood and the movie industry has largely avoided that, until now. Carlson notes that Hollywood is more than just movie receipts; it is all encompassing entertainment that feeds on itself, self-perpetuating. Frankly, the American public has an appetite to live vicariously through these Hollywood actors and actresses. Frum thinks this kind of conversation would be equally inconceivable in 1955, but novels and art would be the mediums being unseated by movies. Carlson wonders if the difference between then and now, is that there are no "mediators" people now can get exactly what they want and they still want actors.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in the studio with David Frum, from the American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal, and Zanny Minton Beddoes, from the Economist, continuing a conversation about Frum's prediction that movie awards season, and film viewership overall, will decline as video games become more prominent. Beddoes agrees with Frum that the video game industry may eventually overtake the movie industry, but right now Hollywood is the mainstay, particularly in defining the cultural wars. In a perceived political polarization of America, both left and right wing factions use Hollywood and the movie industry to push their respective messages for or against particular social or cultural issues. Beddoes uses "Million Dollar Baby" as an example for the right decrying the "glorifying" of euthanasia. Frum notes that Hollywood's defense of its movies is "well, the receipts show Americans like our movies."
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in the studio with David Frum, from the American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal, and Zanny Minton Beddoes, from the Economist, continuing a conversation about Frum's prediction that movie awards and film viewership overall, are in decline. Carlson asks Beddoes, if Hollywood is this commercial enterprise, why aren't there more conservative type movies in the pipeline after "Passion of the Christ" which proved to be a success. Beddoes thinks that Hollywood was surprised by its success, and bets that Hollywood will make more of them if they make money. She also notes that for all the criticism of Hollywood being liberal, it is actually quite a cut throat business town that can more closely resemble corporate, capitalist America. Frum pushes the idea that as time goes on, Hollywood will become more secular, as will newspapers like the New York Times, and movies like "Passion of the Christ" will be ignored, because the media industry will focus on keeping and coalescing their liberal base audience.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson is joined in the studio with David Frum, from the American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal, and Zanny Minton Beddoes, from the Economist, continuing a conversation about Frum's prediction that movie awards season, and film viewership overall, will decline as video games become more prominent. Beddoes still believes that movies and books that attract conservatives will be made, maybe not by Hollywood, but they will be made given the clear appetite there is for them, and the money making potential behind it. Carlson asks everyone for their awards predictions. Frum declines to predict anything, joking that he'll lose his "right-wing street cred." Beddoes has no idea other than she thinks "Ray" will win something. Carlson thanks them both for their time.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Host Tucker Carlson, in studio, introduces next segment topic: parenting.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson, in studio, introduces the outline of his next segment on parenting. Two parenting books displayed, "Why Girls Talk: And What They're Really Saying" and "Why Boys Don't Talk: And Why It Matters", written by the same author. Tucker joined in studio with author and parenting expert Susan Shaffer, who says both sexes disavow qualities: boys shy away from emotions and girls play a tug of war between being part of a group or being assertive, independent. Shaffer thinks there are so many outside pressures on girls and boys, on how to look and behave, that those pressures then spill over to the parents. Carlson sees it differently where, especially in schools, there are participation awards given out and everyone is trying to make kids feel good. Shaffer believes making children feel good is okay, if the effort is genuine. However, giving children a sense of reality is also important, by teaching them life skills. For boys, she believes it is particularly important to teach boys empathy as a way towards violence prevention.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson joined in studio with author and parenting expert Susan Shaffer. Carlson recalls a time where schools were hiring consultants to come in and explain why girls weren't being taught correctly, and now the opposite is happening. Shaffer thinks that parents and teachers alike know more now; boys learn differently than girls. Accepting that allows for both boys and girls to be taught accordingly and not viewed through some sort of deficit lens. Carlson wonders if we should accept each sex as they are, why try and make boys more empathetic. Shaffer counters by saying that feelings are not taught the same; that culturally we teach girls to express themselves, but not boys, and that should be equal. Carlson worries that teaching boys to cry, may end up having adverse affects later in life, particularly where culturally it is not acceptable for grown men to cry whenever it suits them. Shaffer thinks of that as an extreme example and believes that it is perfectly acceptable for men to have certain level of sensitivity, and be able to talk about their feelings, especially at home.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson joined in studio with author and parenting expert Susan Shaffer. Carlson says he has three girls and a boy, and asks Shaffer how he should talk to them. With boys, Shaffer recommends smaller conversations and look for subtle cues during shared activities. It's important to be available and accessible to them. With girls, it is important to cut through gossip and drama, and "step back" and think about the meaning of the actual conversation. What teenage girls say, can often mask their actual feelings. Carlson jokes if this all occurs before or after you spank them. Shaffer doesn't discount being firm with teenagers, but to always get to the bottom of what's bothering them. It is also a key difficulty in parenting kids versus teens. Kids want parental approval and involvement, even though they won't always express it. That is also why it is important to be a parent and not their best friend. Carlson thanks Shaffer for her time.
Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered - Show # 135C1
Tucker Carlson, in studio, wraps up his show by commenting on how art imitates life as shows and movies depict, in this case, family life and all that comes with it. Credits.