When he's not directing critically-acclaimed dramas about jazz music, Damien Chazelle will now be spending his time on Twitter going after one man - Donald J. Trump.
The director joined Twitter late last night and, in his opening salvo of tweets, explained why he was joining the social media service.
Decided to join Twitter because I feel a responsibility to add my voice to the chorus. (1/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
The Trump administration is openly endorsing Nazism and white supremacy. It's that simple. (2/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
We're living a historic moment. Things don't often come this clear-cut. Anyone in a position of power who stays silent is complicit. (3/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
I hold out hope. That the GOP will come to its senses and call for impeachment. (4/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
That voters lured by Trump's economic promises will finally wake up. And that we as a country will learn from this. (5/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
That this moment will do away once and for all with "politics don't affect me", "I don't feel like voting", etc. (6/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
That the epic moral failure we're witnessing now will inspire a new activism. (7/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
Might be naive. But in the meantime, I'm gonna try to do whatever I can. I gotta believe every little bit helps. (8/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
Spread the word. Donate to @BLMNational , to @ACLU , to the @NAACP, to @PPact , to @swingleft. (9/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
And call on the GOP as passionately as possible: impeach this loathsome misogynist racist. (10/10)
— Damien Chazelle (@DSChazelle) August 16, 2017
To be fair, that's pretty unequivocal about where he is in relation to the state of the world right now. It's not all politics, however. The director also said he's recommending one movie a day, and started off the trend by talking about The Hour Of The Furnaces, or La Hora de los Hornos, an Argentine film from 1968 that's about inspiring revolutionaries from a militant, oppressive government.
That's about as subtle as La La Land was, in fairness.
Via Twitter
