Silence of the hams / Hollywood is all but silent on Iran |
It was the Golden Globes last night in Tinseltown and as per usual Hollywood’s finest strutted and peacocked on the red carpet to the click and flash of the massed paparazzi cameras. Images of their 1000-watt smiles and 10,000-dollar couture outfits were beamed around the world to a million Instagram and X feeds. Yet, something was missing. These days a celebrity glamfest is not complete without a healthy dose of woke posturing on the issue du jour, whether it be underrepresentation of black people (‘OscarsSoWhite’ or Black Lives Matter), women’s empowerment, climate change, or most recently of course, the plight of the Palestinians. This time, not so much.
As the glitterati glittered in Beverly Hills, Iranians are fighting for their freedom at the cost of their lives
This absence is strange as there is surely no cause screaming out for recognition and support as the unfolding repression of anti-regime dissent in Iran. Save for a brief mention in connection with the nominated film of dissident director Jafar Panahi, a section of the event which few will have watched, the subject was all but absent from the podium speeches (anti ICE badges were worn with pride, though).
This feels wrong. As the glitterati glittered in Beverly Hills, Iranians are fighting for their freedom at the cost of their lives. How many lives, we don’t know as the regime in........