Opinion: Hollywood has a job to do: Speak out against Donald Trump

To the editor: There is no better place to start the conversation about life under President Donald Trump than Hollywood. The creative people there responsible for so much of our pop culture need to start it and keep it going, not for just a few months but for the next four years. (“From panic to possibility: A reeling entertainment industry regroups after Trump’s win,” Dec. 6)

We cannot become complacent. Complacency got us here in the first place. Writing shows to deal with the issues is a brilliant idea. We still have the 1st Amendment (for now, anyway).

To paraphrase First Lady Michelle Obama, when they go low, we go high — and maybe even higher.

Sherry Davis, Playa Vista

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To the editor: The article is wrong to call Trump’s election a “stinging repudiation of the political correctness, diversity and liberalism celebrated by much of the entertainment business.”

Trump will assume the presidency only because of the inequities permitted by the electoral college, in a purely procedural move that ignores Hillary Clinton’s nearly 2.8 million-vote majority.

Very few of us in Hollywood feel rebuked. On the contrary, we are emboldened because we have popular support on our side.

Bruce R. Feldman, Santa Monica

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To the editor: While I applaud the social awareness and stance now taken by the production team behind “Jane the Virgin,” which made its lead character politically active in the era of Trump, now is way too late in the game.

Starting in 2011, Trump publicly questioned President Obama’s natural-born citizenship. Also in 2011, Trump stated he was considering a run for the presidency. Wasn’t that enough for popular television to get active and raise awareness of this man’s lies, possibly squelching his prospects then?

Perhaps if the popular media had spoken out more when it mattered, we wouldn’t be in our current predicament.

Nanette Pastor-Hanna, Los Angeles

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