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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

Adam McKay

I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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Anything Backward Color Judging Skin Someone Thinking
I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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Art Culture Job Jump Little Push Realize Thinking
I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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Darker Explore Mirror People Punch Shelve
As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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Audience Far Hate Listen Something
Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Around Comedy Funniest Guy People Two World
Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Billion Fact Industry Drive Obamacare Private Republican
Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Animal Behaving Funny Rarely Talking
It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession
There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Improv Less People Something Think Thinking Truth Way
I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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Article Click First Interview Movie Part People Walt Whitman
If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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Else Fail Failing Pro
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself
I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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Artistic Heart History Lying Message Moment Played Thinking Well
Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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Corporation Create Definition Fascism Merging State

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