David Chase Warns Trump-Era Hollywood Censorship Is 1 Jump Away
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 8
David Chase Warns Trump-Era Hollywood Censorship Is 1 Jump Away
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 8
Summary
Karlovy Vary festival remarks from David Chase cast Hollywood as close to political censorship under Donald Trump, with the "Sopranos" creator saying it is only a "hop, skip and a jump" away.
Variety asked whether he feared a modern Hays Code, and Chase agreed, saying his concern is artists being told what they cannot say or do rather than online backlash from conspiracy theorists or right-wing commentators.
Chase tied that fear to his network-TV experience, recalling rules that barred even a burp, a toilet bowl or a gunshot on screen, and said political limits would be far more troubling.
The comments came as Chase promoted 2 new projects at the Czech festival—HBO's "Project: MKUltra" and an independent LSD film—while Trump has also issued an executive order pledging to end federal censorship and protect speech.