Denzel Washington claims people are being “manipulated” by the left and right

Denzel Washington claims people are being “manipulated” by the left and right


The actor spoke about the current political scenario

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The actor Denzel Washington69 years old, spoke about US politics in an interview with The Sunday Times. The star, who is currently promoting the feature film ‘Gladiator 2’, claimed that the population is being manipulated from the left and the right.

When asked by interviewer Jonathan Dean about a line in the film, which says “empires fall, so do emperors”, Denzel pointed out that the line coincides with the current political scenario.

“It’s all politics. All broken promises. And now with the information age the way it is. On the left, on the right, everyone has to learn how to use these tools to manipulate people. There was a great line in the first movie I made, ‘Carbon Copy’ [1981]: ‘Power to the people? Yes, they had it once, in the era called the Stone Age,'” he began.

According to Denzel, he believes that both political sides (left and right) manipulate people. “We’re all slaves to information now. We really are. We’re all slaves. So it doesn’t matter what you think of leaders, like this guy is crazy or this guy is sane, you better realize that you’re being manipulated on both sides,” he added.

In addition to commenting on the current political scenario, Denzel also made a brief reflection on his work as an actor. He commented on the good and bad films that marked his career.

“In life you learn, you earn and then you give back. So [anos 2000] I was winning. With a great agent, my career was built on making money,” he said. He won an Oscar for the film “Training Day” (2001).

Source: Terra

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