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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

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.
ADAM MCKAY

Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
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.
ADAM MCKAY

Darker Explore Mirror People Punch Shelve
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.
ADAM MCKAY

Artistic Heart History Lying Message Moment Played Thinking Well
So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
ADAM MCKAY

Dial Doing Finally First Funny Movie Point Screening Three Two Working
White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
ADAM MCKAY

Billion Bored Collar Dollar Marked White
I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
ADAM MCKAY

Allowed Banking Essential Finance Modern Society
Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
ADAM MCKAY

Anything Backward Color Judging Skin Someone Thinking
Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
ADAM MCKAY

Audience Comedy Expectation Most Perception
Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
ADAM MCKAY

Exhausted Hit Normally Start Three Two Yawning
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
ADAM MCKAY

Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
ADAM MCKAY

Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
ADAM MCKAY

Government Military Scary
The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
ADAM MCKAY

Funding Invasion Land Really Stopping Way
In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
ADAM MCKAY

Artistic General Little Minded More People Progressive
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
ADAM MCKAY

Cultural Elite Myself
Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
ADAM MCKAY

Confidently Funnier Nothing Wrong Thing

Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

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