{"id":127238,"date":"2024-11-18T10:53:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T03:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127238"},"modified":"2024-11-18T10:53:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T03:53:51","slug":"denzel-washington-says-people-are-manipulated-by-both-sides-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127238","title":{"rendered":"Denzel Washington Says People Are &#8216;Manipulated By Both Sides&#8217; In U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/denzel-washington\/\" id=\"auto-tag_denzel-washington\" data-tag=\"denzel-washington\">Denzel Washington<\/a> expressed his disillusionment with U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/politics\/\" id=\"auto-tag_politics\" data-tag=\"politics\">politics<\/a>, saying that the masses are \u201cbeing manipulated\u201d on both sides of the political aisle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYou know, it\u2019s so easy to stand outside America and say this and that,\u201d Washington told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/film\/article\/denzel-washington-gladiator-ii-interview-ls9dv88qw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The<\/em> <em>Times<\/em> <em>of London<\/em><\/a> while promoting his tour de force in Ridley Scott\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gladiator-ii\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gladiator-ii\" data-tag=\"gladiator-ii\">Gladiator II<\/a><\/em>, in which he portrays the cunning power-player Macrinus. \u201cTurn around, you know? Pick a country. Any one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThough every country has its faults, Washington said the digital age has made control easier and governance more empty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cBut listen, it\u2019s all politics. All promises unkept,\u201d the two-time Academy Award winner said. \u201cAnd now with the information age the way it is \u2014 if anything \u2014 left, right, whatever had better learn how to use those tools to manipulate the people. There was a great line in the first movie I did,\u00a0<em>Carbon Copy<\/em>: \u2018Power to the people? Yeah, they had it once \u2014 it was called the Stone Age.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe continued, \u201cWe\u2019re all slaves to information now. We really are. We\u2019re all slaves. So whatever you feel about the leaders, like this guy\u2019s crazy or the other one is sane, you\u2019d better realize you\u2019re being manipulated by both sides. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAnd while Washington\u2019s message may turn you toward despair, he has a solution: \u201cYeah. So go to the movies,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWashington can soon be seen in the epic follow-up to 2000\u2019s <em>Gladiator<\/em>, due in theaters Friday. He stars opposite Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Pedro Pascal, Fred Hechinger and Connie Nielsen. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/11\/denzel-washington-politics-manipulation-both-sides-1236179747\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denzel Washington expressed his disillusionment with U.S. politics, saying that the masses are \u201cbeing manipulated\u201d on both sides of the political aisle. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s so easy to stand outside &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127238\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}