As Hollywood became a country club for the upper class, it grew ever more squeamish dealing with the endless possibilities of class, feeling on much firmer ground sticking with race.
It might horrify progressives to realize that Smith's apparition springs from the same folkloric showbiz as does blackface minstrelsy. Blueface makes the Genie seem much more congenial.
From grilling a Trump judicial nominee on religious-freedom issues, a high-profile op-ed musing about the parasitic nature of social-media companies, to a series of legislative sorties fired over Silicon Valley, Missouri senator Josh Hawley is making waves.
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