The scene where Anna May Wong won the academy award had me in tears!

@ezrak.334

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@dmkhasim8819

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is really emotional scene ❤️

Jim Parsons was a stand out performance.

@sahirygnobehi6448

4 жыл бұрын

Where's the lie tho... Yasss he was 👍👍

@destinyhunter22

4 жыл бұрын

“Shut the f**k up. I’m dancing.” He had some of the best one liners in the series.

@MissBelle127

4 жыл бұрын

I was pleasantly surprised, he was amazing

@sahirygnobehi6448

4 жыл бұрын

destinyhunter22 .. All his entrances was Bazinga 😆😆.And when he did the emotional scene. I felt it.

@deborahrose8621

4 жыл бұрын

I agree, but not to take away from the rest. Ernie West was so convincing that I found out after watching the entire season he was played by Dylan McDermott. His change in character was well transitioned and believable. I also loved the guy who played Dick Samuels. Dang! So many amazing performances yet JP gets the nod for Best Supporting Actor. And the lovely ladies especially Patti, Holland & Q Latifa mesmerized me.

I Can't believe Halle Berry is the only actress of color to win best lead, and that it was until 2001.. like 50 years after the show 😥😥

@sweetnectar35

4 жыл бұрын

Jivan Quezada ...my dear it has been almost 20 years since Halle won and not another black actress has won since.. Unfortunately yes I believe it. Things haven’t changed that much...😢😢

@jivanquezada2386

4 жыл бұрын

@@sweetnectar35 yeah I actually didn't realize cause lupita nyongo won, viola won but they all were supporting.. I'm honestly shook by that.. 😵😵😥😥

@sweetnectar35

4 жыл бұрын

@@jivanquezada2386 its crazy. Black people need their own academy awards and stop looking for anyone else to validate us. We have the image awards yes. I think there should be another one too.

@ticiao

4 жыл бұрын

And the move wasn’t so great. Smh

@Sims1986

4 жыл бұрын

Hattie McDaniel was the first Black Actress to win the oscar than it was Whoopi Goldberg Than it was Halle Berry than it was lupita

The thing is, current Hollywood is *just now* BEGINNING to SORT OF start to THINK ABOUT being equal and “open minded.” So, imma need Hollywood to catch up to Netflix’s Hollywood.

@jb7644

4 жыл бұрын

Netflix's Hollywood is a Disneyish portrayal of the golden age of Hollywood, Netflix somehow forgot about the ravages of the war at that time so don't be demanding that current Hollywood would transition into a fairy tale land just yet.

@remconet

4 жыл бұрын

Star Trek is doing it. I can't think of a more diverse (in front of and behind the camera) show than Discovery currently on tv.

@ehmzed

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but that's mainly forced, unrealistic representation, because woke is trendy. Not sure it's always good to check every minority from the list even when they don't fit in the story and have them bashing straight white males just because the media will praise you for doing so.

@Dancestar1981

4 жыл бұрын

remconet early Trek did it without being forced there’s a reason why all of the original Trek from TOS To Voyager and Enterprise is diversity at its greatest

@patriciabutler1994

4 жыл бұрын

No, not really - what about this year's Oscars? All white guys? Come on!

I was shook to see Jim Parsons as Henry. Incredible incredible Actor. The transition from Sheldon to this. Man it would have been damn difficult. I can't articulate how much I admired his performance it's like I hated Henry Wilson so much at same time wondered how wonderful of an actor is Jim. I respect and adore him even more.

@proudcynophile1901

Жыл бұрын

I'm a bigger fan of Jim now too!

This is an alternate universe “what if” series its fun to watch and I enjoyed it.

@imancdr2131

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's like an utopia

@michelleeggers6871

4 жыл бұрын

Then you will love once upon a time in Hollywood. Not that I did...

@horrorchannel1163

4 жыл бұрын

I Fully Agree

@sarat3913

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@studiov613

4 жыл бұрын

Rena Sheen beautiful way to put it. Can’t agree more!

The actor who played Rock made him SO endearing that I like him better than the real rock. 😂

@everybodyeverything7997

4 жыл бұрын

"Well I belong to you" 😳😳😳😳😳

@conniehollins3185

4 жыл бұрын

lizard queen Sv Why was his character so goofy though? Lol

OSSA: The statement that's wrong in this video it's mentioned that Anna May Wong wasn't the first Chinese American to win the Best Supporting Actress award and that Miyoshi Umeki won it..Miyoshi Umeki was JAPANESE American not Chinese American. If your video would've stated that "the first Asian American" it would've been accurate. It's just like calling someone Mexican when they're Puerto Rican.

@bpo4736

4 жыл бұрын

Naomi K , glad I’m not the only one who caught that.

@marvel096

4 жыл бұрын

Yep it irks me when they can’t even tell the difference 🤦🏻‍♀️

@bpo4736

4 жыл бұрын

marvel096 although to his defense, in the earlier part of the vid, he did mention “asian” when giving a brief info on Anna May Wong, not Chinese. He ‘probably’ meant to say Asian rather than Chinese at the end. Just can’t believe he missed that detail xD.

@Ecoean

4 жыл бұрын

Anna May Wong is so classy and stylish and confident!!!!

@AnnaMaria-oy1fp

4 жыл бұрын

and the film she won the oscar for was called Sayonara and took place in Japan, so there's a clue.

jim parsons is so good in everything he does

I don’t like the message that if only people would’ve “tried” harder racism would’ve ended. I feel that’s a disservice to the actual fights and struggles of minorities back then.

@marvel096

4 жыл бұрын

TatzRules Yay they actually made Queen Latifa as Hattie McDaniel say that if she had tried harder the day of the oscars, things would’ve been different. And they did push the idea that a movie with a man African American female lead would have pushed down racism. But that’s just naive. Also Anna May Wong always expressed her discontent about always having to play Asian stereotypes. But sadly the people that held the power were white men and she couldn’t do anything about it. I get that this series was a wish fulfillment but it was a rather shallow assessment of such a complicated matter. Here the characters just got whatever they wanted, there was no real struggle, no hardship. It was hardly compelling.

@eliselianaboyd2547

4 жыл бұрын

YES ! I agree with you 100%. Saying something like making a movie would change who people think is a shame to every black, gay, trans Asian person who fought and died for others to have a better life. It truly belittles their fight for freedom.

@eliselianaboyd2547

4 жыл бұрын

@TatzRules Yay no, that's very much not true. There has always been people who have been first,the first people to fight for black rights were in the 1850's and things didn't really change until the late 50's. Open gay people, 1920's gay rights under the law,still hasn't come to pass. Yea,this shows a shame.

@ezrak.334

3 жыл бұрын

@@eliselianaboyd2547 I agree and disagree, I don't think the show belittles the struggle if you look at it the right way. It's more of a tribute to the people who've fought for equal rights, in my mind, and the fact that hollywood didn't happen the way it did in the show, in itself is proof solving these problems wouldn't have been so simple. And I don't even think that in the ending racism, sexism, or homophobia is "ended" just that the studio from there on out has much more representation and it inspired people. I get your point and you're right to a degree, but the show serves a purpose and wasn't meant to be realistic

The awards ceremony was so emotional! I loved the show.

It wasn't that easy those days. Rock was in the closet till his death

@GloryofGodwords

2 жыл бұрын

He is alive

@nasro1417

2 жыл бұрын

No the actual Rock Hudson passed away

@jeandixson5610

Жыл бұрын

@@GloryofGodwords about thirty seven years ago

I loved Netflix's 'Hollywood' it was amazing and fun to watch. Even though it was fictional you rooted for the good guys and cheered with them at the end....even the opening credits were fun to watch!

@cindyspangler3982

4 жыл бұрын

Hollywood's opening credits scene, with the characters helping each other climb the Hollywood sign, is only 2nd to the opening credits of The Walking Dead. It is perfection.

What pissed me off was Henry Willsons ending. He was a predator and abuser. In real life he dies broke and disgraced yet Netlix decided to give this monster a happy ending showing that you can take advantage of people, but just say sorry and all your dreams will come true. But I see NO ONE is bothered about this, why?

@tinaninna9719

4 жыл бұрын

@Colette de la Creme I'm hoping that's sarcasm. Don't you think it says a lot about Netflix though?

@4dultw1thj0b

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it was necessarily a matter of him being forgiven, but the show did portray him as a very nuanced troubled character. I am a little uncomfortable in hindsight though with how easy it was for me to ignore him being a predator because of how entertaining Jim Parsons was in the role.

@dondongan

4 жыл бұрын

i think there is another season coming. maybe it is not yet the time to put his character to misery.

@cindyspangler3982

4 жыл бұрын

This wasn't meant to be a biography or documentary story, obviously. So the writers chose to let the meanest, saddest, most complicated character, turn into a better person? Don't you wish that could happen more often in real life? I wish Rock Hudson could have lived the life he really wanted. Thats what this series is about. "What Hollywood could have been, if only....."

@BMBProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Cindy Spangler I guess my feeling on it is why associate his name specifically with it then? Why not use a fictional name? I see what you are saying and if you want to have the redemption arch to show a brighter Hollywood, then awesome, that does give some people hope, and that is always a good thing. But Henry Wilson was a real person who was a real predator. If we wanted to make a movie about Hollywood today it would technically be extremely optimistic to create a character named Harvey Weinstein who realized his mistakes and decided to make a film as an expose of the casting couch and was redeemed. But to me that would be disrespectful, and that’s essentially how I see the portrayal of Henry in this show.

Yeah I definitely cried during the award ceremony scene! I was so happy they won. This show was sooooo good!!!

Loved this "What If" story about Hollywood. And loved Dylan McDermott as Ernie--he was incredible.

I like the changes because movies made back them were supposed to always have a happy ending because of the hard times. So I thought it went with the tone of the era. But I was sad that this continued for such a long time in American history and arguably still does. Don’t get me wrong. Things are getting better. Just wish it was sooner.

I loved this series. I was sobbing at the last ep. I really enjoyed this insight too. Thank you x

This Ryan Murphy production was superb. I binge watched the entire season in one night. I could not turn off the television set until the last chapter.

I really love this series I hope there's a follow up season in the near safe future. Archie's character really touched my heart and made me cried many times.

Omg hearing Sheldon say suck my sick left me dead. Lol

@echohotel7975

2 жыл бұрын

No he wanted to do the sucking

I was shocked to lern that Halle Berry was the first black woman to win an Oscar for best female but I‘m happy the world finally changed

@mayelamoreno8424

4 жыл бұрын

She is also the only woman of color to win one

@ticiao

4 жыл бұрын

And is was for a movie not so great. Whoopie Goldberg is the first black women with a Egot. And things have still not changed.

@wandab3843

4 жыл бұрын

Has it???

@MissLileey

4 жыл бұрын

Wanda B of course it has changed! Black people have the same rights as white people. Sure, not everything‘s as it should be but much better than 70 years ago.

There actually were two other African Americans who have won the Screenplay Oscar, but they were both for Best Adapted Screenplay. Jordan Peele was the first black person to win for Original Screenplay.

@sophiademure

4 жыл бұрын

mgeek1 Jordan Peele is mixed race/biracial.

@mgeek1

4 жыл бұрын

@@sophiademure - I'm well aware of that. "Bi-racial" is a modern term. He calls himself black. The world sees him as black. And he makes movies based on the black experience. He'd still be a slave. He'd just be in the house.

@sophiademure

4 жыл бұрын

mgeek1 Understood. Personally, I don’t define black people based on how they’re treated (negatively). In the U.K. he would be seen as mixed race because that’s what he is. I find the American definition of who is black to be very ambiguous but interesting.

@dany85680

4 жыл бұрын

Most countries outside America see mixed as mixed. So what world?in parts of Africa, mixed is white so what then?why hold onto racist and dumb definitions?not very progressive. And many mixed folk identity differently so makes no sense at all

@dany85680

4 жыл бұрын

Italians were considered to be black in the Deep South years ago. Should we always go by everyone’s definitions?

I loved Hollywood so much that I'm considering going back and watching the whole series again. I loved the progressive spin and the humanistic spin. Allowing people who worked hard for their dreams to be successful. And allowing that to happen without it depending on them being white or straight. It's what I loved about Star Trek when it first premiered in the mid-60s and I was a kid.

The first moment I saw Ernie, he reminded me of actor Cesar Romero (Joker from the Batman series). Way more than Clarke Gable, in my opinion

This was one of the best stories I've seen in years. So good, I watched it a 2nd time already. It was beautifully written, acted. I cried the last 2 episodes, seeing everyone's dreams come true. And Jim Parsons should have an Emmy for this too. And forgive me for forgetting jis name, but I loved "Ernie" too. I nearly cheered out loud to see how his life turned out!

This show is amazing! So sad to know that the awards given on the show, were just recently accomplished. Shows you how much more we have to do for equality. We will get there. One day 💙

I love 😍 all of the changes ❤️

This was a GREAT re-imagining of Hollywood. It's the one we needed back then and the one we still need now.

Great video! Thank you so much

brilliant changes.Also it creates a bridge between the past and the present world.Changes did happen,and it was anything but easy.We should always gives our grattitudes towards those who fought in the first place.

@exhaleit

4 жыл бұрын

Yeung L You said it all!

Clark Gable was a white passing mixed race man. He didn't really discuss his heritage openly, but he fought for his fellow actors of color to have the same rights as whites on set.

@JudyGarlandRulez152

4 жыл бұрын

Clark was fully white, but he was just that type of person to stand up for people.

@vikctoryan15

4 жыл бұрын

@@JudyGarlandRulez152 no he was mixed with black and native american. He did not hide it but the studios did.

@steamdespair9189

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have proof of this?

@busgal2887

4 жыл бұрын

Same with Ava Gardner

I watched all episodes in literally 2-days. Loved it!! Can’t wait for season 2!!

This was a beautiful made show! Thank you for making it and exploring Issues that are totally real. I watched the entire show in one weekend.

Great to know, thank you. I love the series

Cried to many times throughout this series. Loved it. A literal DREAM(land) for a “what if” alternate universe

Fabulous backstory and fabulous mini-series: "Hollywood". Back to the Future...

The series was awesome! It was fun and campy like everything Ryan Murphy does. I loved it!

rock is the sweetest in hollywood

WOW....I love, love, love the show !!!!!!!! ,......Bravo mr Murphy. And thank you for all the changes !!!!

Love this show!! Thanks, Netflix!!

*5:05** ... read that again, Take Two!!*

@Tanishasays

3 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who heard that

I loved this mini-series. I binge-watched it in one day!

All of the actors were brilliant. I wish there were more than 7 episodes.

Dylan was awesome. Loved his performance.

It's sad! We are still having struggles with race and sexuality! That's why I liked this series! It's an alternative universe.. a "what if" version.

Thanks! Really enjoyed this but fwiw, 5:07 you got it the other way around. It should be Secret History of Hollywood, not Secret Hollywood of History. But anyways, thanks again for sharing!💜

'A whites only club' that really annoys me. I know that was how it was back then but I'm still disgusted by it. 😣

@adaminfinity1733

4 жыл бұрын

That club to them is like having male and female only restrooms today. In the future, people will probably look at our time in disgust because of that. Read my bottom comment for further clarification. In no way am I justifying this. I was just saying how common place the clubs were and how back then, not alot of people questioned their existence.

@michaelrandall4862

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the 'White House'!

@deborahrose8621

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelrandall4862 Bazinga!

@donizekor2215

4 жыл бұрын

Adam Infinity Your comment is disgusting! There has never been a time in American history when people didn’t actually know racism was wrong. Let alone less than 50 years ago.

@adaminfinity1733

4 жыл бұрын

@@donizekor2215 back then, most people went along with it. And back then, the actors didn't think twice about a club that's for one group of people. So I guess instead of comparing it to male and female bathrooms today, I should compare it to gentrification or white fragility today. I was just saying back then those clubs were as common place as male and female bathrooms. And today, there are alot of people that are offended by male and female bathrooms and prefer to use the single person bathrooms. Even though people knew racism was wrong back then and now, they went along with it.

Great series, if only it would have been true, but it’s Hollywood, you know, the land of make believe? They’ve been lying to us for years and we LOVE ❤️ it.

This was everything 🎥❤️💯

I was not there to witness it. But I seriously hope that Rock Hudson was not that goofy! Lol

I really loved the series👍🏽👍🏽job well done 👍🏽

I love historical fiction and this mini-series delivered. I loved it. Couldn’t stop watching.

Ryan Murphy is a beacon of hope, with him older women are seen in great roles, all marginalized people are represented . BRAVO 👏

This a very good series. ❤️😭 It's the justice for everyone's life.

I am having such a blast watching "Hollywood" Me and my partner love these characters Ryan created and its so much fun watching these incredible actors shine. Hey Ryan..When are you going to host SNL?

Enjoyed this look at the series and the series. So many people don't realize how much Hollywood and the general public have changed on the issues covered in the series.

And the executive producer was the fabulous Janet Mock honey! What an oversight!

It is a brilliant acting of all actors. For me, Jim Parson was very special and awsome.

It’s a bloody good watch I’m watching it for the second time. What ifs? yet you can’t help but be in the moment while watching this series.

The show was fun - it is fictional and meant to entertain along with a message. The show succeeded.

good job... A must see series, i love it

Anna May Wong was absolutely beautiful

This is so ironic that it's showing on Netflix instead of the cinema. When it's clearly about movie houses and it's stars.

I love the show!!!!! I cried so much at the Oscar ceremony scene... it would have been a wonderful world if someone have had the balls at that time.

It's an idealized alternate reality - similar to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

@janiceanderson8181

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I Loved that too!

Fantastic!!

Even though it’s Fictionalized I love it..I feel sad for Anna May Wong.. But great job, Ryan Murphy..

I LOVE THE INTRO

Loved the show. I watched it in one sitting‼️‼️‼️‼️😂❤️❤️❤️❤️

I loved it. Happily emotional for me.

I really hope there will be a second season

"If race was not an issue..." then where are the First Nation's people in Hollywood? Why is their cause never championed by non-Indigenous Americans?

@NicoleTunis

4 жыл бұрын

Marlon Brando refused an Oscar in 1973 because of the lack of representation of Native Americans in Hollywood and got black balled because of it.

@ellinorporter4618

4 жыл бұрын

@@NicoleTunis Exactly! Anyone who speaks out is run out.

@NicoleTunis

4 жыл бұрын

@@ellinorporter4618 it's disgraceful but things are slowly changing now at least - emphasis on slowly!

@berkeleybenje

4 жыл бұрын

Good point! Marlon Brando was conspicuously absent from this mediocre series. Since they were including every character but Jesus Christ himself, I wonder why they couldn’t have forced in one more person from the future (Marlon refusing to accept his Oscar in 1973) into the 1940’s! 😂

@NicoleTunis

4 жыл бұрын

@@berkeleybenje yes that would have been interesting

8:14 yeah, that is sad. What I do like about this show is it's finally encouraging an anti-oppressive fantasy: what it could be and how to transcend

Great man

That is what Hollywood the series is about, What it could have been! And knowing this, we should strive to attain this happy ending that the show gives!

That filling station was just like Scotty Bowers' service station! BTW, he was not a pimp.

I loved Jim Parsons in this. He had some tough lines to deliver. I have no idea he got through some of these scenes with a straight face without gagging.

This a creative way to think in a better past with opportunities for everyone, a pity it hasn't happened.

I adored the whole series, if only it had have happened like that what a different world we would have 💖

Looovveeddd it!!

First Asian lead in a TV show - Yes, except when the DuMont network went out of business almost all of their tapes were destroyed. Including every episode of The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong. If I remember correctly, not even a single script is known to have survived. But you have to admit though she finally got the ultimate revenge against all the raciest by being put on the back of a 2022 U.S. Quarter.

Loved the series !

This show left me ambivalent. It was fun to watch but far-fetched to the point that I was annoyed, even bored at times. I mean come on! The real stories, injustices, and struggles were completely buried under anachronisms and a heavy-handedly coated layer of self-righteousness. White shame is real and this show is a byproduct.

@stephanieparker5049

4 жыл бұрын

Beyond even plausibility hollywood has always been vile and only gets worse

@deborahrose8621

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the show is not hiding the fact that it was a parallell reality and not merely a rewrite. That creativity is laudible. It's hard to disassociate the was from what could have been because alternate reality is different from rewrite. I do get what you're saying. I struggled with it a bit myself. But the creative choice triumphed.

@annamaryfitzgerald6408

4 жыл бұрын

Can it be a happy ending when it’s all based on sexual predatory behavior and women continue to be secondary characters? Not a lot of vision there, Ryan. Your supremacy is still showing.

@queencerseilannister3519

4 жыл бұрын

That's Ryan Murphy for you. He's like the "National Enquirer" of TV.

@deborahrose8621

4 жыл бұрын

@@queencerseilannister3519 But that's probably why it worked so well. It gave it a realism, which is ironic, as we are talking about the National Enquirer of TV :)

It's does give one a warm fuzzy feeling for a world so diverse, but we still have a LOT of work to do on it.

So Henry's first line in the series is "don't sit" and I couldn't help to yell "that's your spot!"

I was so happy to see Darren Criss' character representing mixed race asian americans :) I know asian americans aren't the most oppressed group in our country, but as one, I was extremely moved in seeing it on screen and to hear his speech about burying a part of himself. Also all the gay representation and black representation: incredible!

I love the concept of the show. Even if it’s fake, it’s still very Hollywood where you get to dream of something better and I think we all wish Hollywood that did so much for us still could have done better

I loved the series, but I was a bit bothered by how stupid Rock Hudson was portrayed. While he may have struggled in his early days as an actor to get a line right, all you have to do is watch interviews with him to know that he wasn't dumb.

Jim Parsons did a great job. Good acting, well convincing.

Secret Hollywood of History?!?!? What!?!?! Come on! It's Secret History of Hollywood. You must know that?

Is Netflix's Hollywood available on dvd?

I Enjoy this show very interesting.

I loved this series. It was gorgeous 👍

Great show!

The facts mixed in the fictional story gave it just enough credibility to make the plot believable and entertaining.

I don't like how they watered down these people's REAL stories just to give us a happier/unrealistic version. Their heart breaking stories shouldn't be forgotten OR watered down!

@deborahrose8621

4 жыл бұрын

Harry I really think it was intended for the stories to be remembered, and to show us how far we've come and in reality to show us far we still have to go. Exposure is not Erasure. The conversation is now open and we have the series allowing a "jumping off" place for conversation which is good.

@StellaWaldvogel

4 жыл бұрын

@@deborahrose8621 Yes. It's a "What if?" There's a lot to think about.

@harrysam6100

4 жыл бұрын

Deborah Rose yeah I agree that it's good except that they used real actors and changed their real stories. Kinda like if you was making a film about Martin Luther king except almost every historical fact about him was changed, it would be a disservice to what he (and the black community) actually lived through. If it wanted to show how people could have been 100% excepting then they could have done that with some of the fictional characters

@StellaWaldvogel

4 жыл бұрын

@@harrysam6100 That's valid, too. And surely a factor in why Olivia de Havilland tried to sue Ryan Murphy for Feud. As long as people are aware it's fictionalized, no harm done. But I suppose there could be some who think everything happened as depicted.

@harrysam6100

4 жыл бұрын

Stella Waldvogel i mean... I don't think anyone with half a brain thinks a gay inter-racial couple would be excepted in the 1940s. My point is that they took their names (rock Hudson/Anna may wong) but didn't tell their story. The drama would have been so much more powerful if it started of happy (like it did) but got darker and more depressing as we saw what the real Hollywood was like.

Always been a fan of What if histories.

I really enjoyed the series and it was nice to experience a reality where you get what you want in the end

5:05 scotty and the secret hollywood of history?