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The 2016 Emmy Awards featured a significant focus on directors and political messaging. Jill Soloway, director of the Amazon series "Transparent," used her acceptance speech to thank Jeff Bezos and call for an end to the "patriarchy." Soloway's rhetoric, which included calling for a "revolution" through television, was criticized for its exclusionary nature and aggressive tone toward men.
In backstage interviews at the Emmys, director Jill Soloway explicitly compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, claiming he is "otherizing" people to gain political power. She described Trump as a "dangerous monster" and an "inheritor to Hitler," vowing to call him out at every opportunity. These comments reflect the extreme political polarization within the entertainment industry during the election cycle.
