Chuck Norris has died at the age of 86
Fox News’ Carley Shimkus provides details after the family of Chuck Norris released a statement on the death of the American legend.
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Hollywood’s biggest media outlet is seeing online backlash from top Republicans and conservatives after it published a column Friday saying the legacy of a Chuck Norris movie has been overshadowed by politics.
A Variety opinion piece argues that many of the roles Norris has played throughout his career have focused on a single vigilante who takes the law into his own hands, which is hard to see in today’s tumultuous political climate.
The headline read, “Chuck Norris Was the Greatest Action Star – But Politics May Overshadow His Legacy.” “In almost every Norris movie, he’s scurrying off to another country or society, kicking a bunch of a–, completing his mission and hitting the road — or taking down a new threat that’s arisen. his in the city,” said the Variety article.
“The lonely American must either shoot the foreigners who threaten his way of life, or go to another country to make sure that justice is done.”
“Chuck Norris was a legend and a great American. “Diversity” is an example of why so many people hate the media,” replied Gov. Ron DeSantis on X.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., also weighed in, blasting the outlet in a sharp response posted to X on Friday.
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Chuck Norris during the Stunt Awards. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)
“Chuck Norris has spent a lot of time celebrating what’s good about America and those who keep us free and safe. And you’ve shown with your arrogance why we hate Hollywood.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Variety for comment but did not immediately respond.
Norris died Thursday and is remembered as an action star of the 1970s and 1980s, starring in movies and the TV shows “Delta Force” and “Lone Wolf McQuade.” He was 86 years old.
About Norris’s 1990s-era TV show “Walker, Texas Ranger,” Variety said “the black-and-white, right-and-wrong characterization of ‘Walker’ is cop-aganda anyway.”
Various have also argued that Norris’ roles are remembered differently, in a darker light within today’s divided political climate.
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Chuck Norris points a gun in a scene from the movie ‘Hero And The Terror’, 1988. (Photo by Cannon/Getty Images) (Cannon/Getty Images)
“…His roles were part of a project used to demonstrate America’s might, power and the sinister allure of taking law into one’s own hands – something that seems unsettling in a year when our country is spending money to bomb Iran and ICE agents are acting as one-man soldiers.”
Variety columnist William Earl suggested that, given the moral divide plaguing the nation, it’s easy to see Norris’s characters as reasons for “conspiracy” rather than good cop stances.
He added, “But it gives me hope for a future, where law enforcement and one-man militias are a dream, only in a world seen on a VHS copy of 1985’s “Invasion USA.” Then we can be thankful it’s just a movie.”
The piece received immediate and direct criticism, with prominent figures slamming the book for criticizing the Hollywood icon shortly after his death.
“This is absolute garbage. Absolute garbage, bulls—, propaganda nonsense, leftist ideology garbage. Screw you Variety,” @mattvanswol wrote.
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