Not in my name! ‘Peaky Blinders’ producers attack Ron DeSantis over anti-LGBT video

Florida’s Republican Governor, Ron DeSantis At the age of 44, he has again come under criticism for using videos promoting his anti-LGBTQ+ policies during his re-election campaign.

The latest criticism comes from the popular BBC drama, “peaky blinders“, whose characters appear in the video released by DeSantis’ presidential campaign Twitter account.

The first part of the video uses short clips of former US President Donald Trump claiming he supports the LGBTQ+ community, with upbeat pop music and clips of a rainbow flag in the background.

The second half of the video changes to a more serious tone, consisting of Twitter snippets and news clippings by DeSantis about the various laws passed against the LGBTQ+ community as he smiles in the background.

The two very short clips include an image of the “Peaky Blinders” character, Tommy Shelby, played by Irish actor cillian murphyIn a montage filled with clips of gladiators and military propaganda.

“We strongly reject”

The “Peaky Blinders” team quickly responded with a tweet:
“On behalf of Peaky Blinders partners – Steven Knight, Cillian Murphy, Carine Mandabaak Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions and Banijay Rights – we confirm that the footage of Tommy Shelby’s character used in the video posted by Ron DeSantis’ campaign was not Permissions were obtained. Officially licensed. We do not endorse or support the storytelling of the video and strongly disapprove of any use of the content in this manner.”

DeSantis Defense

The video was released in the context of a growing US conservative campaign against LGBTQ+ rights and celebrations.
The video highlights some of Trump’s past statements in support of the LGBTQ+ community, including a claim that the former president did not mind transgender women one day competing in “Miss Universe”, which was owned by Trump at the time (for a few) days, in September 2015before becoming President of the United States).

Trump ‘a pioneer in promoting gender ideology’

In an interview Wednesday with conservative commentator Tomi Lahren’s podcast, DeSantis did not address the allegations of homophobia contained in the video, but said the intent was to “recognize Donald Trump as a pioneer in injecting gender ideology.” Mainstream

pitting men against women in their beauty contests.”

Conflict between artists and presidents (especially Trump, but also Reagan)

This isn’t the first time that artists and musicians have criticized Republican politicians for using their material.

Donald Trump has amassed a list Musicians over 21 who asked him not to use his music or distanced himself from him.

give REM to adele And RihannaSome of the most famous artists of our time have also sent formal letters of complaint and several letters of claim for damages.

Phil Collins, John Fogerty and Eddie Grant, among others, have threatened legal action against the former US president after his music was played at campaign rallies and other public places.

In 2020, Eddie Grant filed a $300,000 copyright lawsuit against Trump for unauthorized use. His song Electric Avenue,
In December 2022, the former US President was called to testify in court, the most successful lawsuit against Trump in the case of misappropriation of artists’ music.

Complaints against politicians using artists’ music date back decades before the advent of social media campaigning.

The first, if not the first, clash of this kind took place in 1984. Ronald Reagan And Bruce Springsteen,

Ronald Reagan (President from 1981 to 1989), who was running for re-election at the time, used the very famous song “born in the USA

by Springsteen.
Later, Bruce Springsteen – criticized for his criticism of Reagan, whom he called an chauvinist – stated that he believed his music had been manipulated and exploited for political purposes and He didn’t like it at all.