Robert De Niro says anti-Trump speech censored at Gotham awards ceremony

[mysteryowl]

Source: Guardian/US

Actor said that his address had been edited to remove polemic against falsifying history.
Robert De Niro said that his speech at the Gotham awards in New York was censored without his knowledge due to his anti-Trump comments.

De Niro came to the stage as part of the Gotham historical icon and creator tribute for the Martin Scorsese-directed Killers of the Flower Moon, and after reading out some remarks about the film, said that the first part of his speech had been removed from the prompter.

He then read the missing section of the speech from his phone, saying: "History isn't history any more. Truth is not truth. Even facts are being replaced by alternative facts and driven by conspiracy theories and ugliness. In Florida, young students are taught that slaves developed skills which can be applied for their personal benefit. The entertainment industry isn't immune to this festering disease. The Duke, John Wayne, famously said of Native Americans, I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves."

De Niro added: "Lying has become just another tool in the charlatan's arsenal. The former president lied to us more than 30,000 times during his four years in office, and he's keeping up the pace in his current campaign of retribution. But with all his lies, he can't hide his soul. He attacks the weak, destroys the gifts of nature, and shows disrespect - for example by using 'Pocahontas' as a slur."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?vLoG5Cvm0_jQ





Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/28/robert-de-niro-says-anti-trump-speech-censored-at-gotham-awards-ceremony

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Wow
Good on you Robert De Niro

What an important film to make and view! thank you!
It is in theaters and streaming on Apple TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?vZp1rc7L0Uwg


The Osage Murders: The True Story from 1920's

[yardwork]

1. Wow. They removed his remarks from the teleprompter?

Good for him for reading them anyway off his phone but wow! Who censored DeNiro's remarks and why?

[orleans]

5. de niro was blaming apple

which was the studio that made his movie; check out the two links in my post below

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18486385

[Scottie Mom]

2. Thanks for this thread.

I wanted to know what was taken out and added back in. I’m profoundly hearing impaired. All of the audio threads on this issue have not worked for me.

This was something not to be missed.

[orleans]

4. the first link in my post (linked below) has the

missing text of his speech in print

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18486385

[Scottie Mom]

8. Thank you for the link.

Those remark which were taken out? Very important to his thoughts.

[mysteryowl]

9. Missing text is posted in the article and OP.

[Butterflylady]

3. Someone has to tell the truth.

And the truth will win.

[spike jones]

6. Also, fuck John Wayne. n/t

[Aristus]

7. Good luck getting him to speak at your event again.

Censoring Robert De Niro is a special kind of douchebaggery.

[Mr.Bill]

14. He should publicly sever all ties with them

and recommend others in his profession to do the same.

[progressoid]

10. That's good. Is he still on the anti-vax train?

[flying_wahini]

15. That was 2016. I bet he has changed his mind since then.

[The Grand Illuminist]

11. Seems that Apple

Believes that politics kills viewership.

[twodogsbarking]

12. Had they not censored it I probably wouldn't even know about it.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Interesting that he had a backup copy ... like he was expecting a problem.

It's a bad sign when what would have been paranoia a few years ago works out to be correct.

[Bayard]

16. The Osage story is very important

The book and movie are very well done, and the circumstances just appalling. A must read/see.

Thanks to DeNiro for standing up (and he was great in the movie.)

[Joinfortmill]

17. You go, brother.

[SouthernDem4ever]

18. Too bad he couldn't read it during the ceremony anyway

[Oppaloopa]

19. This was a wonderful movies I encourage everyone to see this.

[aggiesal]

20. Saw the movie ''Killers of the Flower Moon'' last week during Thanksgiving break ...

It was long (3.5 Hrs.), but very good and very well done.
Didn't know what to expect of the movie, but it had me guessing (wrongly) throughout the movie.

Worth watching and learning a little about this history.