Jan. 20, 2026

MLK's Legacy vs Today's Hypocrisy & A Lawsuit You Won't Believe

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MLK's Legacy vs Today's Hypocrisy & A Lawsuit You Won't Believe

MLK gets praised every January—but if he were alive today, a lot of the same folks would call him “woke” and try to shut him up. In this episode of Unsolicited Perspectives, Bruce breaks down the real MLK legacy (civil rights, labor rights, economic justice, anti-war), the party-switch history people love to rewrite, and the wild hypocrisy that keeps repeating itself. Then the conversation takes a hard left into relationship chaos: the “homewrecker law” (alienation of affection) is still real—and a headline-making political figure is now caught in the mess. We close with a scary truth about modern life: our attention spans are collapsing, streaming is adapting to distracted viewers, and it’s changing storytelling (and us) in real time. Tap in, argue in the comments, and tell me—what part hit you the hardest? #mlk #mlklegacy #mlkday #KyrstenSinema #lawsuit #netflix #unsolicitedperspectives

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About The Guest(s):
Bruce Anthony is the host of Unsolicited Perspectives, known for blending humor, personal honesty, and sharp cultural and political analysis. In this episode, he examines Martin Luther King Jr.’s true legacy versus modern hypocrisy, unpacks a real-life “homewrecker law” case tied to a political figure, and closes with reflections on technology, attention spans, and the erosion of community.

Key Takeaways:

  • MLK is often celebrated as a sanitized historical figure while his radical positions on labor, economics, and war are ignored.

  • Political rhetoric used to dismiss civil rights movements in the past still shows up today under new branding.

  • Ending legalized racism didn’t instantly erase generational harm—progress takes time and intentional repair.

  • “Alienation of affection” (often called the “homewrecker law”) still exists in some states and can be used today.

  • Party affiliation doesn’t automatically reflect values—actions and behavior matter more than labels.

  • Technology is weakening attention spans and memory, forcing entertainment and storytelling to adapt.

  • Rebuilding real-world community requires intention, presence, and less dependence on constant digital stimulation.

Quotes:

  • Bruce Anthony: “America loves the idea of MLK… not the reality of him.”

  • Bruce Anthony: “He wasn’t just a dreamer. He was a disruptor and a strategist.”

  • Bruce Anthony: “Jim Crow was my parents… I’m the first generation born with all of their rights.”

  • Bruce Anthony: “He would be labeled ‘woke’ today—and that word has been weaponized.”

  • Bruce Anthony: “Alienation of affection—the ‘homewrecker law’—is still active.”

  • Bruce Anthony: “We are getting dumber collectively because our attention spans are shot.”

  • Bruce Anthony: “If I ever have to compromise my principles for this podcast, that’s the end.”

  • Bruce Anthony: “Everything is connected—and sometimes the solution is putting the phone down.”

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Chapters:

00:00:00 MLK, Homewreckers & Hypocrisy — Let’s Get Into It 🎙️🔥🧠

00:00:15 Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️✨📢

00:00:44 From MLK to Messy Lawsuits — This Episode Goes Everywhere 🎢🔥🎙️

00:02:40 America Loves the Dream, Not the Disruption 💭🚫

00:03:59 What MLK Actually Fought For (And Folks Ignore) ✊🏾📢📖

00:07:25 Jim Crow Isn’t Ancient History — It’s Personal 🧬⏳💔

00:09:55 Standing Where MLK Died Changed Me Forever 🕊️🏨😢

00:12:19 Dixiecrats, Party Switches & Civil Rights Pushback 🔄🏛️📉

00:14:54 MAGA Rhetoric Is a Remix of the 1960s 🎭📢🕰️

00:17:32 Performative Praise vs Real MLK Principles 🎤🎭❌

00:20:42 The Julia Roberts Story That Explains MLK’s Legacy 🤝🎭❤️

00:23:41 When I Was the Problem: Confessions of a Cheater 😬🪞💥

00:24:22 The “Homewrecker Law” Is Real — And Still Active ⚖️😳📜

00:29:25 Sinema, Party Switching & A Modern Hypocrisy Playbook 🏛️🔄🤔

00:36:50 A Senator, a Bodyguard & a Lawsuit That Writes Itself 😱🧳🔥

00:46:08 We’re Getting Dumber — Phones, GPS & Memory Loss 📱🧠⬇️

00:48:16 Matt Damon, Netflix & Dumbing Down Storytelling 🎬📉🤯

00:57:41 Community, Attention & Putting the Phones Down 🤝📵✨

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MLK, Homewreckers & Hypocrisy — Let’s Get Into It 🎙️🔥🧠

[00:00:00] Speaker: MLK at Homewreckers. We gonna get into it. Let's [00:00:05] get it.

[00:00:10] [00:00:15]

Welcome to Unsolicited Perspectives 🎙️✨📢

[00:00:16] Speaker: Welcome, first of all, welcome. This is Unsolicited [00:00:20] Perspectives. I'm your host, Bruce Anthony, here to lead the conversation and important events. And topics that are [00:00:25] shaping today's society, join the conversation of Follow us Wherever you get your audio podcast. [00:00:30] Subscribe to our YouTube channel for our video podcast, YouTube exclusive content and our YouTube membership [00:00:35] rate review.

Like, comment, share, share with your friends, share with your [00:00:40] family. Hell even share with your enemies. On today's episode,

From MLK to Messy Lawsuits — This Episode Goes Everywhere 🎢🔥🎙️

[00:00:44] Speaker: we'll be [00:00:45] remembering MLK, talking about home records, ruining marriages, and [00:00:50] talking about our short attention span. But that's enough of the intro. [00:00:55] Let's get to the show.

[00:01:04] Speaker: [00:01:00] For [00:01:05] people who are, you know, frequent listeners and watchers of this [00:01:10] show, y'all know that every now and then I throw little shots at Martin Luther King. [00:01:15] Uh, oftentimes I'll say Martin Luther the King. Oftentimes I'll talk about how [00:01:20] much of a hoe he was 'cause he was cheating. Run around with Coretta Scott King.

But [00:01:25] all joking aside, he is one of [00:01:30] the mo, he's one of the top five most important figures in [00:01:35] American history. I, I, I don't know where in that category he [00:01:40] rates, but definitely top five because of his [00:01:45] contributions to not only civil rights, but also human rights. But [00:01:50] it always kind of, I don't know, agitates me the hypocrisy [00:01:55] that comes around during the day of his, of [00:02:00] remembering him, right?

His Remembrance Day, Martin Luther the King Day. So [00:02:05] much so that the current administration is, is trying to get rid of it. He had to fight like hell, [00:02:10] uh, to even recognize Martin Luther King's birthday. And it [00:02:15] bothers me the hypocrisy that comes around. [00:02:20] Him and the celebration of this day because Martin Luther King [00:02:25] Jr.

And I know I said the king again, and I'm probably gonna say that a lot because I do hold [00:02:30] him in in very high regard. Martin Luther King Jr. Not [00:02:35] only has become a sanitized holiday figure, but [00:02:40] also

America Loves the Dream, Not the Disruption 💭🚫

[00:02:40] Speaker: a disruptive force who challenged power, [00:02:45] capitalism, white comfort, and American hypocrisy. So he's more than [00:02:50] just a sanitized holiday figure.

His [00:02:55] contributions to civil rights and human rights [00:03:00] should always be celebrated. But I have a feeling that [00:03:05] America loves the idea of MLK be [00:03:10] not the reality of him. And I know this because he's [00:03:15] often solely reduced to one speech. One [00:03:20] quote, I have a dream. And he's so much more than that. [00:03:25] And so I am taking the time for this first [00:03:30] segment of the show to truly [00:03:35] remember Dr.

Martin Luther King and [00:03:40] call out the hypocrisy that I see so many [00:03:45] people doing when they remember him on this holiday. [00:03:50] So let's start with what he actually stood for, because a lot of times this [00:03:55] gets lost in remembering him, like people quote it,

What MLK Actually Fought For (And Folks Ignore) ✊🏾📢📖

[00:03:59] Speaker: but they [00:04:00] don't actually focus in on what he literally stood for, and he stood for [00:04:05] full.

Civil rights, not symbolic progress. Right. [00:04:10] That's important. It wasn't lip service. He wanted full civil [00:04:15] rights. He wanted economic justice and labor rights, [00:04:20] and he was opposed to war and us imperialism. [00:04:25] So there's gonna be a lot of people that you're going to [00:04:30] see praise Martin Luther the King that aren't [00:04:35] for any of those things.

They're going to say how important he was, but [00:04:40] don't stand for any of the things that he stood for. That's the reason why I said this has become a [00:04:45] sanitized holiday, and he's become a sanitized holiday figure [00:04:50] because it's all lip service. It's all symbolic, [00:04:55] but it ain't real. He wasn't just a dreamer. He was a disruptor [00:05:00] and a strategist.

He fought against the powers. And let me explain something to you [00:05:05] guys. There's a lot of people out there now protesting ICE as well. They should [00:05:10] as well. They should. And there's a lot of people that are not affected [00:05:15] directly by ICE that are protesting. These are the [00:05:20] things that Martin Luther the King stood for, right?

These are the thing, [00:05:25] but how much skin do they really have in the game? Right? How much [00:05:30] skin do protestors that are protesting ice really have [00:05:35] in the game? 'cause Martin Luther, the King was out there protesting [00:05:40] and he had no rights. People seem to forget, like that was [00:05:45] so long ago. Uh, Jim Crow laws, he was [00:05:50] combating legal racism [00:05:55] in the face, disrupting it.

Because of that. [00:06:00] He was under constant threats, constant surveillance, and hated [00:06:05] throughout. He faced fatigue. [00:06:10] He faced fear, but he had an unwavering commitment to the cause. [00:06:15] The cause of civil rights, human rights, labor [00:06:20] rights, economic justice, opposition to a war. It was the [00:06:25] Vietnam War at that time. And he pissed a lot of people off when he opposed the Vietnam [00:06:30] War.

And he was right. History proves he was right. And [00:06:35] us imperialism like trying to force the sale of [00:06:40] Greenland, huh? Going into another country [00:06:45] and kidnapping That country's president. Huh? That's [00:06:50] us imperialism. So once again, I make the point I. [00:06:55] There's gonna be a lot of people that are celebrating [00:07:00] the sanitized figure of Martin Luther the King, [00:07:05] but not the actual person, and not what he actually stood for.[00:07:10]

Because their everyday actions are going against [00:07:15] the very things that he died for, that he [00:07:20] died for. And people always say, once again, like I said earlier, Jim Crow was so long ago. [00:07:25] Jim

Jim Crow Isn’t Ancient History — It’s Personal 🧬⏳💔

[00:07:25] Speaker: Crow. Jim Crow was my parents. Now, yes, [00:07:30] I am 45 years old. I'm a middle aged man, [00:07:35] but I'm the first generation born with all of their rights.[00:07:40]

I'm the first generation where legalized [00:07:45] racism. Legalized racism now wasn't a [00:07:50] thing for me anymore. That didn't mean that I had it sweet because progress. It [00:07:55] takes a little time, right? Like think about it. When you're trying to lose weight, [00:08:00] you could start working out and eating right in January. [00:08:05] You not gonna see results until mid-February.

[00:08:10] Now imagine, imagine hundreds of years of [00:08:15] legalized racism. How long do you think it's going to take [00:08:20] when you turn the wheels to eliminate legalized racism [00:08:25] and get to the point where everybody's equal? Not even [00:08:30] close. I always tell my clients in weight loss, the amount of time that it took [00:08:35] you to gain that weight is the amount of time it's going to take you to lose that [00:08:40] weight.

If we use that same analogy to [00:08:45] the history of this country, for 400 years, there was [00:08:50] legalized racism. Maybe we get to the point where [00:08:55] everybody is legal 400 years after the Civil Rights Movement and the Voting Rights [00:09:00] Act. That's not gonna be in my lifetime. So [00:09:05] the idea of, well, you were born with all your rights, so everything is all good.

It's [00:09:10] ridiculous. That's ridiculous because there are a hundred of years [00:09:15] where the F America's foot was on the neck of black folks, [00:09:20] and you don't just recover from that just because you take the the [00:09:25] foot off the neck, they're still bruising, they're still scarring. And for the foot to be on the [00:09:30] neck that long, you might not recover.

They may have broke your Turkey, [00:09:35] right? Windpipe might be broken, might not be able to speak well, might not be able to breathe well, that's gonna [00:09:40] carry on for the rest of your life. I'm using these analogies to show you that just because the laws [00:09:45] changed in my parents' lifetime doesn't mean that Martin Luther [00:09:50] King's dream.

Was accomplished. That's all I'm trying to [00:09:55] say.

Standing Where MLK Died Changed Me Forever 🕊️🏨😢

[00:09:55] Speaker: And it hit close and home to me. 'cause like I said, at the top, I [00:10:00] joke, I joke about Martin Luther the King, but I have an immense [00:10:05] amount of respect and love for his struggle. And it overwhelmed [00:10:10] me about to be personal. Y'all. It overwhelmed me when I went to Memphis.

'cause I went to the Lorraine [00:10:15] Hotel where he was assassinated. I stood at the spot where he was shot. I saw the [00:10:20] hotel room. Uh, it's, it's, it's this museum now. And it, you [00:10:25] know, it tells you all about the day that he was assassinated, tells you what he was doing. [00:10:30] They have a display of the food that he ate.

The pictures. [00:10:35] This man was assassinated. And what was he assassinated for? [00:10:40] For fighting for rights, for fighting for freedom, fighting [00:10:45] against legalized racism.

[00:10:50] Everybody in this country always talks about this country's great 'cause of freedom. He was fighting for it [00:10:55] and he died for it. And at that hotel I came into tears. I was with [00:11:00] somebody and I, I teared up and I had to step away. [00:11:05] Because you recognized the sacrifice this person [00:11:10] made for other people, not just himself, not just his family, not just his kids, [00:11:15] not just the future grandkids and all that type of stuff for entire people.[00:11:20]

And not just his people. For everybody, [00:11:25] everybody. He sacrificed his life. He is not [00:11:30] just a sanitized holiday figure. [00:11:35] He is an important person that has to be remembered for the [00:11:40] sacrifice that he gave for the cause that was so very, very important. [00:11:45] Let's examine the [00:11:50] sacrifice he gave, which was his life.

Right? And, and [00:11:55] why at the top? I, I, I said, I, I, I hit kind of like a [00:12:00] chuckle from the hypocrisy of certain people who try to [00:12:05] remember him, but are actively fighting against all of his ideals and principles. [00:12:10] You don't believe me. Well, I got proof 'cause you know, I wasn't gonna come on here without having [00:12:15] proof.

So I got proof. Let's compare the anti civil

Dixiecrats, Party Switches & Civil Rights Pushback 🔄🏛️📉

[00:12:19] Speaker: rights [00:12:20] movement. 'cause there was a civil rights movement and there was a pushback. Right? It and you know, [00:12:25] there was a pushback. You can't deny that there was a pushback. There was the Dixiecrats. [00:12:30] Yes. They were Democrats, they were the Dixiecrats. They're now the [00:12:35] Republican party in the south.

The idea that a lot of [00:12:40] Republicans today try to say, well, who's the Democrats that have always been racist? They were [00:12:45] dixiecrats. You are absolutely right. During that time, they were Democrats. They [00:12:50] changed parties, much like I'm going to talk about in the second segment with somebody changing party. They [00:12:55] changed parties.

The Dixiecrats were the overwhelming majority in the [00:13:00] South in the sixties. Once Lyndon Baes Johnson passed the Civil Rights [00:13:05] Act and the Voting Rights Act, there was a switch. There was a shift to the Republican [00:13:10] party and Nixon running on I identity [00:13:15] politics. All those people who were dixiecrats became Republicans.

[00:13:20] So those people who are Republicans today were the former Dixiecrats, [00:13:25] and these were the people that were combating civil rights. They were part of [00:13:30] the anti civil rights movement. Who else is a part of the Republican Party right [00:13:35] now? Maga. What were some of the core ideas of [00:13:40] anti civil rights people and movement?

Right. The core idea [00:13:45] was a opposition that never disappeared. It only rebranded [00:13:50] to the MAGA party they believed in. And here was the reddick in the sixties [00:13:55] that was combating against Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. Here was [00:14:00] their rhetoric, law and Order. They had [00:14:05] outside agitators, or they said that these people who were fighting for civil rights were [00:14:10] outside agitators.

And they also said, this is not the right time for the Civil Rights Movement. [00:14:15] Hmm. Who else [00:14:20] says these things? Could it be the MAGA party? [00:14:25] I'm not calling it all Republicans. I'm specifically speaking to maga. And [00:14:30] by the way, we need the Republicans who are not MAGA to fight against [00:14:35] maga. And you're starting to see some of these people do that.

Right? But I'm speaking [00:14:40] specifically to maga, specifically to them. What do they all, their number one [00:14:45] thing is law and order. That's the same thing that they were saying when they were trying to combat the Civil Rights [00:14:50] movement in the sixties. MAGA is just repeating the same line.

MAGA Rhetoric Is a Remix of the 1960s 🎭📢🕰️

[00:14:54] Speaker: [00:14:55] They're always talking about these people are outside agitators.

That's what they called Martin Luther the [00:15:00] King. They called him a communist. Called 'em a socialist. [00:15:05] Same things that are being you weaponized right now [00:15:10] by the same grouping of people. Just a new generation [00:15:15] they were using back then and they're using it now [00:15:20] and not the right time is never the right time.

It is never the right time for [00:15:25] these people to have progress, because that's what we're talking about. We're talking [00:15:30] about progress moving us as a society forward. [00:15:35] There's never time for that. So there are direct [00:15:40] parallels between the anti civil rights movement of the sixties [00:15:45] and maga, and as I said, [00:15:50] it brings a chuckle because of the contradiction that you're gonna have a lot of [00:15:55] MAGA people out there celebrating Dr.

King when they're [00:16:00] actively, actively fighting against every single one of their [00:16:05] principles. And what are the principles that these [00:16:10] MAGA. People are fighting about the same ones who will [00:16:15] celebrate and, and post something on their, on their website or [00:16:20] on their Twitter page or on their Instagram post profile.

They will celebrate Martin Luther the [00:16:25] King at the same time, voting against voting rights, [00:16:30] racial equality, and social justice. That was the attack on [00:16:35] D-E-I-D-E-I is diversity, equity, and inclusion, not [00:16:40] quotas. They talk about a meritocracy, but they don't believe in a [00:16:45] meritocracy because that's what DEI was doing was creating a meritocracy, was creating [00:16:50] a bigger pool of competitors.

But they don't want a bigger pool of competitors [00:16:55] because when there's a bigger pool of competitors, you gotta compete. And when you gotta compete, [00:17:00] you go head up against somebody. You might realize that everything that they done told you that you were, was [00:17:05] a lie. That you're not good enough, that you're not smart enough, and that there's somebody [00:17:10] else that doesn't look like you, that is better, whether that's a person of color or a [00:17:15] woman, and that's, that's too [00:17:20] big of a pill to swallow, so you'll actively fight [00:17:25] against progress.

At the same time, celebrate Martin Luther the [00:17:30] King.

Performative Praise vs Real MLK Principles 🎤🎭❌

[00:17:32] Speaker: It's performative reverence [00:17:35] versus active resistance to MLK's ideas. [00:17:40] You're performing but you ain't got your [00:17:45] hand in the dirt. MLK would be labeled, woke today. [00:17:50] Let that hit you. He would be labeled woke today, woke has [00:17:55] been weaponized as this word that has a negative connotation.[00:18:00]

I almost get ready to smack people when they say woke in front of me. [00:18:05] I'm like, that's not what the word means. That's not the intention behind it. And you actually [00:18:10] want to be woke. You want to be awakened. Everybody talks about the red pill and blue pill, [00:18:15] uh, in the matrix. You had a choice. Stay locked in the [00:18:20] system or become aware of the system that's being woke, [00:18:25] and that's been weaponized.

Martin [00:18:30] Luther King would be woke today. He'd be labeled as woke. He'd be attacked by the very [00:18:35] people that's going to celebrate him. You don't see the hypocrisy [00:18:40] in it. I, like I said, I get a chuckle. I laugh at the people who are so unserious [00:18:45] and those people that are close to me know I'm gonna call you out on it.

I'm gonna call you [00:18:50] out on it. There's nobody close to me. That's, that's maga I, I won't allow anybody to be [00:18:55] close to me. That's maga like, that's, that's not happening. But there are some people who are teetering [00:19:00] that aren't close to me, but have proximity to me and I pull them on their shit all the [00:19:05] time.

I'm like, you say this, you say you believe in these things. You say you're [00:19:10] celebrating Martin Luther King, but yet you're part of the problem. [00:19:15] You're part of the people that are trying to [00:19:20] reduce voting rights, who are reducing racial equity, [00:19:25] who are reducing social [00:19:30] justice. The very principles that Martin Luther the King stood on, [00:19:35] but yet you going to praise him.

I know. I've been preaching. [00:19:40] And you know, I don't like to start the first segment like that, but I definitely [00:19:45] wanted to give MLK his real flowers, not a performative [00:19:50] flowers, his real flowers. He's one of the top five most [00:19:55] important figures in this country, and that can't be denied. But what is an [00:20:00] absolute fact is that he was vilified when he was alive, [00:20:05] celebrated later in death, and [00:20:10] became this sanitized figure that everybody could praise [00:20:15] all the while. If he was alive today, he would still be vilified. [00:20:20] That is fascinating, the hypocrisy and the [00:20:25] moral gymnastics that people will, will go through to [00:20:30] justify their actions and [00:20:35] not acknowledge their faults.

But [00:20:40] there is a story

The Julia Roberts Story That Explains MLK’s Legacy 🤝🎭❤️

[00:20:42] Speaker: that truly symbolizes [00:20:45] who Martin Luther the King was, who his family was and how his [00:20:50] legacy is. So very important. I know I've talked about it before, but maybe not in great [00:20:55] detail. The connection that Julia Roberts, who was still in my top five, uh, women of all [00:21:00] time, 'cause oh my God, and Martin Luther, the king, the Roberts [00:21:05] family, and Martin Luther the King.

And I know y'all are joking on me, you keep calling Martin Luther the King. Yeah. It's on [00:21:10] purpose. So there is a story [00:21:15] that there is a connection between Julia Roberts and Martin Luther the king. [00:21:20] So Walter and Betty Lou Roberts ran an actors and [00:21:25] writers workshop in Atlanta, a children's theater school that was one of the only [00:21:30] integrated programs in the area accepting both black and white kids.[00:21:35]

Coretta Scott King reached out to Julia's mother because the king children [00:21:40] were being refused by other acting schools due to racism, and the Roberts [00:21:45] welcomed them. With no hesitation, the Roberts and the Kings became friends [00:21:50] through this shared commitment to integration art and giving their kids [00:21:55] space to learn and perform together.

When Julie Roberts was born, her [00:22:00] parents were struggling financially and could not afford the hospital Bill Martin Luther [00:22:05] the King Jr. And Coretta Scott King stepped in and paid the bill as a gesture of [00:22:10] gratitude and solidarity for what the Roberts had done for their children and [00:22:15] for integrated inter case education.

This [00:22:20] story and everything I said previously about [00:22:25] Martin Luther, the King's accomplishments is a true reflection of his legacy. [00:22:30] It shows a compassion across lines of race [00:22:35] and class. The dream was always about a shared [00:22:40] humanity in America where kindness and solidarity [00:22:45] replaced fear and division. Maybe honoring [00:22:50] MLK today means acting more like the kings and less like the people who fought against [00:22:55] him.

[00:23:03] Speaker: [00:23:00] One time when I was in my [00:23:05] youth, I was in a long-term relationship and. [00:23:10] Like I said in my youth before, if you listen and watch this show, I wasn't really a [00:23:15] great guy. I love the person that I am today. I detest the person that I used to [00:23:20] be so selfish, so self-centered, really don't like him. And I used to [00:23:25] cheat.

I used to cheat. Okay. And it's [00:23:30] funny because I always put the blame on the women that I was cheating [00:23:35] with and even gave them a name. Well, I gave them a title [00:23:40] and one was

When I Was the Problem: Confessions of a Cheater 😬🪞💥

[00:23:41] Speaker: home record one, and one was home record two. [00:23:45] They were trying to wreck my home because I couldn't control myself. You know, you see the, [00:23:50] you see the hypocrisy and the childish childishness in it, but I labeled them [00:23:55] homewreckers.

Did you know that there are, there is a [00:24:00] statute in a few states where homewrecker is actually a thing, [00:24:05] right? And there's a law and people can sue. [00:24:10] Third parties for wrecking their marriage. [00:24:15] I'm not lying to you. That's a real thing. It's called the Alienation [00:24:20] of Affection Act or Law.

The “Homewrecker Law” Is Real — And Still Active ⚖️😳📜

[00:24:22] Speaker: It's a type of heart bomb [00:24:25] tort that allows a spouse to sue a third party who allegedly [00:24:30] stole the affection of their husband or wife and caused the breakup of [00:24:35] their marriage.

Alienation of Affection is actually a real law, [00:24:40] quote unquote, the Homewrecker Law. Most states abolish [00:24:45] these kinds of lawsuits in the mid 20th century as outdated and misogynistic, but [00:24:50] a small handful still recognize them. Currently reporting notes that North [00:24:55] Carolina and only a few other states keep the alienation of Affection [00:25:00] Law on the books.

It's still an active law. Now you, you, [00:25:05] there's was research of certain laws that were still on the books, like [00:25:10] sodomy is still on the books in Georgia. Like these are crazy things. [00:25:15] But this law really exists and for the, there's a lot of [00:25:20] married people out there that had their marriages or divorce people that had their [00:25:25] marriages ended because of adultery.

And come to [00:25:30] find out, if you was in North Carolina, you could have sued, [00:25:35] uh, to win. Plaintiffs generally must [00:25:40] show couple of things. There was a valid marriage with genuine love and [00:25:45] affection. The affection was destroyed or seriously damaged, [00:25:50] and the defendant engaged in wrongful malicious conduct that [00:25:55] caused the loss of affection.

So lemme break that down in layman's terms. You gotta [00:26:00] prove that there was love in the marriage. You gotta prove that the love was [00:26:05] destroyed or seriously damaged in the marriage. And then you gotta prove that the person that you're [00:26:10] suing, the defendant wrongfully and maliciously [00:26:15] caused the loss of this love of affection.

In [00:26:20] North Carolina case law, like the 1957 decision, Bishop v Glasner [00:26:25] spells out these elements and treats alienation of affection as a way to recover money, [00:26:30] damages for the loss. Emotional harm tied to a [00:26:35] relationship's breakdown. Critics argue these laws commod commodify relationships and [00:26:40] are weaponized in messy divorces.

You don't think, while supporters claim [00:26:45] they deter adultery and give wrong spouses a legal [00:26:50] remedy when a third party intentionally interferes with their marriage? [00:26:55] Y'all don't see the humor in this. First of all, [00:27:00] you're not gonna detour adultery. Adultery. It [00:27:05] goes all the way back to the beginning of times.

'cause it's in the Bible. It's in the [00:27:10] Bible. So people have been adulterous since I, maybe [00:27:15] Adam and Eve, maybe a little bit after Adam and Eve. They, they've been adulterous. [00:27:20] Okay. Nothing detours, adultery even burning [00:27:25] in hell, quote unquote. Don't detour that. So being deter that, so don't [00:27:30] so suing. I don't think it's gonna stop adultery.

So just that [00:27:35] idea is idiotic in the first place. I [00:27:40] understand the idea of being [00:27:45] angry in a breakup because you were [00:27:50] left for somebody else. Like [00:27:55] that takes a real hit on the pride. It's happened to me, it's happened to me. Not in my marriage, [00:28:00] but uh, in relationships. You know, everybody. I done told the story [00:28:05] when I was at college when the girl cheated on me and I was crying, beating the guy up and saying, Hey, you [00:28:10] know, I know this ain't your fault, but somebody got feeling my pain.

I done told that story before. Right? That's a [00:28:15] painful thing to be left for somebody else. [00:28:20] Uh, for men, it hits our pride. Not to say [00:28:25] that it's worse for a man or a woman. I'm just explaining from a male's point of view. 'cause I [00:28:30] don't understand from a female's point of view, 'cause I'm not a female. I identify as [00:28:35] cis male.

So from a male's point of view, it hits the pride, it [00:28:40] hurts, it really hurts. And if I could have sued somebody and got some money out [00:28:45] the deal, that would make me feel a little bit better. I mean, money does help with [00:28:50] happiness. It helps, doesn't create happiness, [00:28:55] but it helps not being as sad. If you get a little bit of that money [00:29:00] now, I bet you're wondering like Bruce, okay, so you got the [00:29:05] alienation of affection like that.

That's a cute little thing. But the second segment is [00:29:10] typically a little bit more serious and, and you're being silly. Why wouldn't [00:29:15] you put Martin Luther the King segment in the second segment? Because it seems like you're being [00:29:20] silly. Well, let me tell you why this is in the second [00:29:25] segment.

Sinema, Party Switching & A Modern Hypocrisy Playbook 🏛️🔄🤔

[00:29:26] Speaker: Y'all remember Kristen Sessman.

She is a former Arizona [00:29:30] senator whose centralist brand high profile votes and breaking from the [00:29:35] Democrats. Remember, I told you in the first segment the dixiecrats broke [00:29:40] from the Democratic party and are now maggot Republicans? Right [00:29:45] here is Kristen SMA breaking from the Democrats on key issues and made [00:29:50] her one of the co most controversial figures in recent US politics.

She [00:29:55] even changed her affiliation from a Democrat [00:30:00] to an independent. Why did I bring up homewrecker? [00:30:05] And this former senator, she is now facing a civil [00:30:10] homewrecker lawsuit tied to an alleged affair with a married bodyguard [00:30:15] under an under the alienation of affection law. [00:30:20] Yes, that's right. This law is actually being being [00:30:25] used present day, and when I say present day to [00:30:30] day, it is being used now.

There are so [00:30:35] many things about this story that I humorous and interesting. [00:30:40] First, the person, she was a, [00:30:45] started out as an Arizona legislator and then [00:30:50] ran for US Senate in 2018. Why was she important? She won an open [00:30:55] seat that was vacated by Jeff Flake, defeating a Republican and [00:31:00] becoming the first woman.

Dig this here. The first [00:31:05] woman and first openly bisexual person elected to the Senate from [00:31:10] Arizona. She's a trailblazer, right? [00:31:15] She's an important figure in American history. She's the [00:31:20] first, not only the first woman senator from the state of Arizona, which is an [00:31:25] accomplishment in and of itself. Shouldn't be an accomplishment in today's day and age, but is, [00:31:30] but also openly bisexual.

Now, the [00:31:35] cynic in me says she had to run as a Democrat to be an [00:31:40] open, bisexual person running for Senate. 'cause there's no way in [00:31:45] hell she would win as an openly bisexual person running as a [00:31:50] Republican. You wanna know how I know this? 'cause Lindsey Graham hasn't come out [00:31:55] yet. Now, okay, that's an accusation.

That's hearsay. There's no, I don't have any [00:32:00] fact to back that up, but I mean, [00:32:05] do you think I'm wrong? It's an accusation. It's not [00:32:10] founded. I have no facts. Don't really care if he [00:32:15] is or isn't. Think it would be important. If he did come out, if he was [00:32:20] gay. I'm just saying if one plus one equals two, [00:32:25] then you know Lindsey Graham.

But anyway, like [00:32:30] she was, she was very important. And like, [00:32:35] again, like, like I said, being a cynic, she had to run as a Democrat. [00:32:40] Right? She started out as a Democrat, but she [00:32:45] curved out a little centralist, uh, ideology. While she was actually a senator, [00:32:50] she was often had a business friendly profile and, and late, like I [00:32:55] said, she switched her registered affiliation from Democrat to independent, even [00:33:00] though she was still caucusing with the Democrats.

She opposed changing or [00:33:05] weakening the Senate filibuster, helping block democratic efforts to pass broad voting rights [00:33:10] legislation. Huh. You know, like what Dr. Martin Luther, the King died for. [00:33:15] And abortion protections, huh? [00:33:20] So first woman Senator outta Arizona, but [00:33:25] blocking abortion protections, definitely not a feminist.[00:33:30]

Um, she helped stall the larger build back better agenda, then [00:33:35] negotiated changes to the scaled down inflation reduction [00:33:40] act, insisting on removing a tax hike on carried interest while [00:33:45] supporting a new tax on stock buybacks. She often [00:33:50] sided with Republicans on business regulation, defense, and some spending [00:33:55] issues, which is why outlets and scorecards consistently described her as [00:34:00] one of the most conservative Democrats, backslash, independents, and Congress.

[00:34:05] Once again, the cynic in me said, well, she had to run as a [00:34:10] Democrat. She's gonna be openly gay, well openly bisexual. [00:34:15] Because remember, she had an affair with a bodyguard. [00:34:20] That's the reason why I'm bringing all this up. It's all connected. I'm just giving you a little bit of her backstory [00:34:25] while I bring back the home record thing, right?

But like I [00:34:30] said, the cynic in me, she had to run as a Democrat. She was not going to win [00:34:35] and become the first female senator from the state of [00:34:40] Arizona. As a bisexual, openly bisexual [00:34:45] Republican was not going to happen. And when she got elected, [00:34:50] she proved who she was, right?[00:34:55]

She didn't seek a second term. She announced that she wouldn't run for [00:35:00] reelection in 2024. After years of backlash from democratic voters and [00:35:05] activists who felt betrayed by her blocking core party priorities, [00:35:10] such as the voting rights and social spending. [00:35:15] Things that Martin Luther the King died for. [00:35:20] It is crazy how she would be one of the [00:35:25] people that's gonna celebrate him on his day, but actively [00:35:30] voted against all of his stuff that he died for, and she ain't [00:35:35] even a MAGA Republican.

You see what I'm saying? It's not just maga, it's the hypocrisy [00:35:40] of people who talk a good game, but don't ever back it [00:35:45] up. Her approval numbers collapsed among Democrats in Arizona, [00:35:50] of course, and she faced the prospect of a brutal three-way waste against a Democrat [00:35:55] and a Republican, which would've likely split the votes and risked an embarrassing loss.[00:36:00]

So she decided not to run. She framed her decision as [00:36:05] rejecting partisan politics and suggested that there's no room [00:36:10] politically for the kind of centralist deal making identity She claimed. But she ain't even [00:36:15] claim that she ran as an openly [00:36:20] bisexual Democrat. That's how she ran. Anybody [00:36:25] seeing that on the scorecard is gonna be like, oh, she's openly bisexual Democrat.

That means she's going to [00:36:30] believe in social programs. She's gonna be a feminist. She's [00:36:35] gonna believe in human rights. She's gonna believe in voting rights. She got into office and didn't do [00:36:40] any of those things. The switcheroo. She did the switcheroo. But I gotta get back [00:36:45] to this lawsuit. So this month in January of our [00:36:50] Lord,

A Senator, a Bodyguard & a Lawsuit That Writes Itself 😱🧳🔥

[00:36:50] Speaker: 2026, she was being sued in federal court by [00:36:55] Heather amlo, the ex-wife assessment's former bodyguard are [00:37:00] the North Carolina's alienation of Affection law.

They're [00:37:05] popularly called. The home record law, that's what I'm gonna stick with. The complainant [00:37:10] alleged assessment knowingly pursued an affair with her husband, a former US [00:37:15] Marshall and security detail member while he was married with three [00:37:20] kids. And that his relationship and that this relationship contributed to the breakdown [00:37:25] of their 14 year marriage.

Alright, [00:37:30] so you got a senator at the time having an affair with her [00:37:35] bodyguard all the while making it harder for people to vote, [00:37:40] eliminating, uh, abortion protections for women. And [00:37:45] she's also having an affair with a man that's supposed to be [00:37:50] protecting her, like the real life movie, the Bodyguard. But she ain't Whitney Houston.

And he ain't Kevin Costner. [00:37:55] Okay. He's got three kids and been married for 14 years. [00:38:00] Y'all don't think this is funny. I think this is absolutely [00:38:05] hilarious. The lawsuit claims that ESMA willfully and [00:38:10] intentionally seduced and enticed him, including alleged [00:38:15] romantic and sexual counters, trips, and even paying for [00:38:20] psychedelic treatment and seeks at least tens of thousands of dollars in [00:38:25] damages.

Now, hold on. Hold on. [00:38:30] We talk about remembering Martin Luther King. We talk about the voting [00:38:35] rats, the civil disobedience, the [00:38:40] Movement for Civil Rights. Krista esma [00:38:45] runs as a democratic candidate, [00:38:50] openly bisexual wins the democratic seat. Then it turns. [00:38:55] Votes against the very principles that Martin Luther the [00:39:00] king, died for all the [00:39:05] while she's enticing [00:39:10] willfully, intentionally seducing her bodyguard [00:39:15] with romantic and sexual encounters.

Remember, she was bisexual, so I wonder what them sexual [00:39:20] encounters was like, okay, look, hey, I want [00:39:25] that's, that's a, that's a way to entice a man just saying [00:39:30] you bisexual and you enticing them and [00:39:35] seducing them with sexual encounters. Come on now. [00:39:40] Not only that, but trips. You flying him out, he being [00:39:45] flown out and you giving him psychedelic treatment.

[00:39:50] I mean, she sound like freak freak. She sound like Adena, [00:39:55] Howards Freak Like Me song was written specifically [00:40:00] for her. Yeah, she turned my man out from the lawsuit. It [00:40:05] looks like she turned my man out. And I'm gonna be real honest if you see it, [00:40:10] Kristen, she ain't, she ain't bad looking. I mean, she look, she [00:40:15] ain't bad looking.

Is it my ideal type? [00:40:20] No. But if I was going to be [00:40:25] willfully and intentionally seduced and enticed by [00:40:30] being flown out for different romantic and sexual [00:40:35] encounters from a bisexual woman, now I'm [00:40:40] not down for no psychedelic treatment. But she, [00:40:45] she, she was doing, she was doing the most. [00:40:50] The absolute most. [00:40:55] This is wild.

And she ain't young either. Like she's only a few years older [00:41:00] than me, like, but she almost 50, right? Like she's still wild. Like [00:41:05] yes, she, she enticed my man. She seduced him. Now, [00:41:10] of course I'm not making her the villain. This is a two party situation. [00:41:15] He ain't had to look. She could have been pressing up on him.

And you can, you got a wife of [00:41:20] 14 years and three kids and if you see a picture of him, he ain't all look, [00:41:25] he ain't all that. Okay. Maybe he thought this was [00:41:30] his shot. He getting flown out from a woman that is obviously [00:41:35] more attractive, like on a scale of one to 10, he's like, and you know, I be [00:41:40] judging harsh harshly, you know, I only give myself a seven.

So it's not [00:41:45] like I put myself in a 10 category. I'd be judging harshly. I'm a seven. [00:41:50] I'm gonna say he a four, and I'm gonna say she's a [00:41:55] better than a four. Right? So maybe he was [00:42:00] like, look, I'm getting flown out. Get these sexual encounters from this bisexual senator, [00:42:05] uh, the first, the first female senator from the state of Arizona.

[00:42:10] I mean, this is monumental. This is historic. And she going to gimme [00:42:15] psychedelic treatments. I mean, he got turned out, but he still, like, [00:42:20] it wasn't like he didn't have a choice, like he's at fault for this too. [00:42:25] She hasn't publicly admitted any wrongdoing. And, you [00:42:30] know, representatives have from our office have declined to comment.

[00:42:35] But like, I've seen certain clips, like they were speaking at some, [00:42:40] you know. Town hall thing in Arizona. And uh, [00:42:45] as he's up there speaking, you can see in the background, she's like, look at my man. I'm proud of my [00:42:50] man. They definitely had an affair. They definitely had an affair. [00:42:55] And it just goes to show you, sometimes you gotta pay attention to [00:43:00] who you elect.

It's not always the [00:43:05] affiliation on that voting ballot. [00:43:10] There's nothing about her voting record who she is as a person. [00:43:15] Well, just because you're a democrat don't mean that you won't have an affair. I, I know a lot of [00:43:20] Democrats that had, you know, affairs and things of that nature, you know, [00:43:25] president Bill Clinton.

Anyway. Um, but the principles that Martin [00:43:30] Luther King died on, she wasn't upholding. [00:43:35] And that's the reason why she switched parties and then tried to say that, you know, she was [00:43:40] stepping down because of partisan politics and that's not what she signed up for. No, [00:43:45] I believe that she knew this was coming down the pike and that this was going to be [00:43:50] damaging to her political career because those trips, her being [00:43:55] him, being her bodyguard, yeah.

There might be some money [00:44:00] that was given or used that was supposed to be used and [00:44:05] you don't want to be investigated by the oversight committee. So [00:44:10] yes, that's, that's what I think. [00:44:15] And I think it's funny, you know, my man's wife, she's gonna get some get [00:44:20] back. She's suing for tens of thousands of dollars. A civil she'll [00:44:25] probably win if she's got a strong case.

If they are together and it's been documented, they're [00:44:30] together. If I was on that jury, I'd have ordered. Because I, yes, [00:44:35] she very much was a response to the [00:44:40] dilution of affection in that marriage. Absolutely. You [00:44:45] can't tell me a man that's been with a woman for 14 years and had three kids with this [00:44:50] woman, did not love and have affection for this woman.

Now, I notice [00:44:55] some people out there will point out that there are absolutely cases where a man would not love a [00:45:00] woman in that scenario, but at some point he absolutely did. [00:45:05] And a dilution of this marriage can be tied to the [00:45:10] super freak of Arizona. The first female [00:45:15] senator outta the state of Arizona, Kristen Sessman.

She is super freak, [00:45:20] just like Rick James said, and Idina Howard freak until the day, until the [00:45:25] dawn.

[00:45:35] Speaker: [00:45:30] [00:45:35] We are getting dumber collectively, all of us [00:45:40] getting dumber. When was the last time you remembered a, a ano a phone number? [00:45:45] You remember back in the day, if you are a millennial, maybe, [00:45:50] maybe genzer, like a older genzer, you remember having to remember. [00:45:55] Phone numbers. If you are a Gen X or boomer, like you [00:46:00] absolutely remember, we, we had a whole bunch of numbers in our head.

We had our best friend's phone number. We had multiple [00:46:05] friends, phone numbers, our house phone, emergency numbers.

We’re Getting Dumber — Phones, GPS & Memory Loss 📱🧠⬇️

[00:46:08] Speaker: We knew numbers [00:46:10] in our head. I cannot remember a cell phone number to [00:46:15] save my life. That's an exaggeration. Of course I could, [00:46:20] but you, you know what I mean? Like it is very difficult. We're getting dumber.

Our attention, our short [00:46:25] attention spans and our short-term memory, I [00:46:30] believe are being destroyed, and they're being destroyed by technology because we don't need to have it. [00:46:35] We've got, I've got so many alarms on my phone [00:46:40] to remind me about stuff. Dig this here. And I'm not talking about sleep. I'm not talking about wake up [00:46:45] alarms.

I have alarms on my phone to remember, to remind [00:46:50] me to do certain things. And then I have reminders of those [00:46:55] reminders that are just four to five minutes later, Hey, [00:47:00] don't forget you need to do this thing. And it is daily. [00:47:05] What that does is it makes us lazier. We don't have to [00:47:10] exercise that muscle. The short term memory, we become dumber.

[00:47:15] There are people who drive the same route every day, but they use a [00:47:20] GPS. You take away that GPS, they can't get to the same [00:47:25] place they've been driving every day because they've been relying on the GPS. We're getting dumber. [00:47:30] We're getting smarter and dumber. Like our ability, the kids, the before they could say words, [00:47:35] they know how to work a phone to tablet.

It's remarkable. But there's [00:47:40] also been some studies that kids are learning how to speak slower [00:47:45] than than previous generations. There's a trade [00:47:50] off. There's always a trade off. Why am I bringing this up? Because Matt Damon [00:47:55] was just on the Joe Rogan show. Now I'm not a fan of Joe Rogan. That's popped up in my [00:48:00] algorithm.

And he was talking about how streaming services like [00:48:05] Netflix, call upon creators to [00:48:10] dumb down material because people have short attention [00:48:15] spans. What do I mean?

Matt Damon, Netflix & Dumbing Down Storytelling 🎬📉🤯

[00:48:16] Speaker: So Matt Damon said, Netflix is reshaping [00:48:20] movies to cater to distracted phone, scrolling viewers by [00:48:25] front loading big action and repeating the plot several times [00:48:30] in dialogue.

And he warned that this in fridges on [00:48:35] how stories are being told. Let's break that down. [00:48:40] So typically [00:48:45] you rev up a story. To get to a climax, [00:48:50] but they're adding a climax in the beginning to draw [00:48:55] people in and to stay invested and lead to [00:49:00] another climax at the end. On top of that, [00:49:05] they are repeating the plot and the [00:49:10] dialogue throughout the movie, throughout the television [00:49:15] show because people are watching at home and scrolling on their [00:49:20] phones.

And you know what? They're right because I do it. [00:49:25] I, you know, me and my sister talk about forensic files. It is weird. I will have it on the [00:49:30] background while I'm playing video games, and I miss a lot [00:49:35] because these old TV shows were expecting you to be sitting in front of the [00:49:40] television show with nothing else to distract you.

But the [00:49:45] television show. So of course you would be focused and they wouldn't have to repeat plot [00:49:50] points. That's not the case anymore. You gotta repeat those plot points [00:49:55] because I'm looking at my phone, I'm playing video games, I'm doing something else [00:50:00] while I'm watching something and I miss it. [00:50:05] So yeah, it's catering to me, but it's also [00:50:10] taken away the creative and, and then I think about [00:50:15] that and I think about something like this, a podcast where if you're [00:50:20] watching or you're listening, how I've gotta keep you engaged and this is no [00:50:25] action.

There are no scenes. I got graphics purposely [00:50:30] to keep your eyes focused so that you hear what I'm saying. Right. [00:50:35] And also video titles to let you know, hey, this is what I'm talking about. [00:50:40] If you're watching it, you've seen the graphics. Oh, by the way. This is Bruce [00:50:45] Anthony, or it's Jay Andrea, or it's a guest.

Oh, by the [00:50:50] way, don't forget we got other YouTube. All those graphics are there for a reason. [00:50:55] They have to be there. If you have a show where it's [00:51:00] just you're watching and it's just a person on screen talking, there are no cuts, there's no [00:51:05] nothing, there's no graphics. You are gonna get bored. You're gonna get on your phone, you're gonna do [00:51:10] something else.

You're gonna miss the majority of the information that I'm giving. That's the reason why people joke [00:51:15] on me. They say, Bruce, you repeat yourself a lot. Yeah, I repeat myself to [00:51:20] reiterate the point. 'cause you may have missed it the first time. And [00:51:25] this is crazy that now content creators, not just content, not just [00:51:30] podcasting, or people that create reels on Instagram or [00:51:35] TikTok, because this is the system in which you have to keep people's [00:51:40] attention when you're doing content creation.

I'm talking about long form [00:51:45] content now, right? Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are making movies [00:51:50] and I'll be the first one to tell you. It is very difficult for me to sit down and watch a movie. I [00:51:55] can watch six hours of a docuseries or six hours of [00:52:00] one hour shows. I can not watch two hours of a movie. [00:52:05] It's, it's very, very difficult for me.

[00:52:10] And if the movie is two hours, it takes me two and a half hours to watch it. 'cause I'm gonna pause [00:52:15] it. I'm gonna be on my phone. I'm gonna have to rewind it. The attention span, our attention span is [00:52:20] short. So he, he was [00:52:25] on Joe Rogan's show promoting his new Netflix crime filler The Rip with Ben [00:52:30] Affleck, and he contrasted watching [00:52:35] movies at home.

As opposed to the movie theater. And [00:52:40] yes, when you're at the movie theater, you gotta put your phone away. I'm like, you might get hurt [00:52:45] if you in the movie theater scrolling on your phone. Like, I remember, [00:52:50] I can't remember which movie it was that I went to go see, but maybe it was like a year, year and a half [00:52:55] ago.

I went to go see a movie and these two dudes was just chit chatting. I stood [00:53:00] up and man, hey man, shut the F up. I'm trying to watch this movie now [00:53:05] because I'm 6 4 240 pounds. They shut up. Well, you know, that could have been [00:53:10] an altercation, but the fact of the matter is they were being disrespectful because we're [00:53:15] trying to watch the movie being at home.[00:53:20]

Me and my brother and sister watching Jason State the movies, we're all on our phones. [00:53:25] We're all chitchatting, we're pausing. Remind uh, rewinding. That's what we do. 'cause it's a [00:53:30] home, it's a different level of attention and experience. He was [00:53:35] saying the main points is now the big action set piece is in the first five minutes of an action movie, [00:53:40] so people don't click away instead of the old model, which was a huge [00:53:45] third act climax, right?

He added that Netflix encouraged filmmakers [00:53:50] to reiterate the plot three, four times in dialogues, so people stay focused. [00:53:55] He said, why is this dumbing down storytelling? He said, this [00:54:00] approach is driven by data on short attention spans and retention, [00:54:05] but that it is really going to start infringing on how people tell these stories.

The [00:54:10] implication is that these movies are being simplified and over explained [00:54:15] with louder, earlier spectacle to accommodate distracted viewers rather [00:54:20] than trusting an attentive audience. And they're absolutely right 'cause the audience [00:54:25] isn't attentive anymore. They're not, [00:54:30] and due to technology. I'm not, look, I still don't think [00:54:35] technology is a bad thing, but it is harming us.

It's making us dumber and it's making creators, [00:54:40] people who make iconic films, [00:54:45] it's making them having to change. And as a creative [00:54:50] person, I would hate, even [00:54:55] though sometimes you do have to accommodate what your audience is [00:55:00] going to be for whatever it is that you create. If there ever came a [00:55:05] point in time what I would have to gear this podcast [00:55:10] towards creative principles that I don't agree with, that's the end [00:55:15] of this podcast.

I'm done doing it. I'm done. I [00:55:20] will not, I will not [00:55:25] jeopardize my creative freedom in any way just to placate the masses. [00:55:30] It's been told to me that this show would be more [00:55:35] appealing if I was messier. And that's [00:55:40] just not what I'm into. I mean, I'm a messy individual. I am messy [00:55:45] individual. But I like intellectual messiness, not stupid.[00:55:50]

Throw your brain away, rot, messiness. The show will never become [00:55:55] that. And the moment I even start to lean in that direction, I'm not [00:56:00] talking about a segment here, a segment there of being rot, messiness. Right? [00:56:05] Like, okay, that's cool. But I'm talking about like if that ever became the [00:56:10] show, it Jerry Springer was a serious, a [00:56:15] serious talk show at one point, and it devolved into what it later [00:56:20] became.

I got a lot of respect for Jerry Springer and [00:56:25] everything that he did, but that wouldn't be me. That, that [00:56:30] I won't sell out what I believe in [00:56:35] just to become more popular. I've never believed in doing that. [00:56:40] I understand Netflix said, Hey look man, let's just make a few [00:56:45] adjustments. You could still have the big climatic third act, but let's add [00:56:50] something in that first act.

And oh, by the way, let's keep driving home what the plot [00:56:55] points is. I could do that and still create and still have my creative freedom, but [00:57:00] the moment they start to add more and more restrictions is the moment [00:57:05] where our entertainment is gonna be so watered down that we are no longer [00:57:10] entertained. We won't be entertained anymore.[00:57:15]

And that's a scary world to live in, but it's a world that we've [00:57:20] created, and I'm not a hypocrite. I understand that. I'm [00:57:25] part of the problem. In my personal life, I'm part of that problem [00:57:30] because it is really tough for me to go to movie theaters. It gotta be a special [00:57:35] occasion. I could think in my head the next movies that I'm gonna see in the movie theater, I'm gonna see Super [00:57:40] Girl.

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[00:57:41] Speaker: I'm gonna see Avengers Doomsday, I'm gonna see Spider-Man. [00:57:45] That's it. I'm not going to the movie theaters for anything [00:57:50] else. So I like to be at home. I like to be at home, not only because I [00:57:55] can take pee breaks, 'cause these movies are entirely too long, but also because the movies are [00:58:00] entirely too long. I can't sit still in a seat for that long.

I need to get up, do something. [00:58:05] I need to get on my phone. I have to. And now Netflix is [00:58:10] saying, yeah, I know you. And because I know you, I know that audience [00:58:15] member. I'm gonna need these creatives to write and [00:58:20] create geared towards that audience. And in the process, we are getting watered [00:58:25] down entertainment.

The Days of the Godfather might be [00:58:30] over, might be, but [00:58:35] man, we got a lot more to choose from. And every now [00:58:40] and then, every now and then, like the movie Sinners, you'll get some [00:58:45] original type concept that'll take you by storm. Because [00:58:50] every now and then we do have the attention we do. [00:58:55] We can focus if something is good enough to focus in and hor [00:59:00] in for a good two hours on one thing and enjoy it together as a community because [00:59:05] that's what we do when we go to movie theater, theater.

We [00:59:10] join together as a community, watch something [00:59:15] and enjoy it. Even every now and then, like [00:59:20] when you know, cap Captain America says, you know, Avengers assemble [00:59:25] movie theaters, go crazy. That's community. [00:59:30] Much like the community that Dr. Martin Luther King was trying [00:59:35] to foster and died for. [00:59:40] Just a thought.

Just a thought. [00:59:45] Everything is connected. Let's put down our phones every now [00:59:50] and then and enjoy each other in all our [00:59:55] diversity and all our differences. [01:00:00] Learn and be in community. But on [01:00:05] that note, I want to thank you for listening. I want to thank you for watching, and [01:00:10] until next time, as always, I'll [01:00:15] holler.

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