{"id":104563,"date":"2017-05-29T23:23:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104563"},"modified":"2017-05-29T23:23:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T03:23:35","slug":"robert-de-niro-once-inspiring-us-now-tragic-dumb-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/29\/robert-de-niro-once-inspiring-us-now-tragic-dumb-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert De Niro: Once inspiring, US now tragic dumb comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104564\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Robert-de-Niro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104564\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Robert-de-Niro.jpg\" alt=\"Robert De Niro says that \u201cin movie terms,\u201d the country was once \u201can inspiring uplifting drama\u201d but now has turned into \u201ca tragic dumbass comedy.\u201d (Photo: David Shankbone\/Flickr) \" width=\"303\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Robert-de-Niro.jpg 303w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Robert-de-Niro-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert De Niro says that \u201cin movie terms,\u201d the country was once \u201can inspiring uplifting drama\u201d but now has turned into \u201ca tragic dumbass comedy.\u201d (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shankbone\/4573217643\/in\/photolist-7Y7Wh4-7Ybc89-7YbbDG-7Y7Wvk-g44nmg-6kuXd8-4ZX962-4f1jKC-6kz6VE-9grJX4-9guQjN-HSMC5-9BVFqD-9guQh3-9grJUZ-9grJMD-9EtqHb-amwkpy-9EqwfH-FYbWZn-HSREe-7Ybc59-iSvMhV-8cKPVi-64BYjY-32KPu7-bzyJVs-dA6PVG-irLKvr-6nVqQ5-g3YBkD-9guQqY-a5VdAT-bNtp1c-8EW17s-7Y7X2e-HSNcQ-dbWNQJ-4ZhSwz-5UrXpM-6nRghV-raaTSX-8i8ghp-6nVqRo-6nRggF-8mih9j-ebV9Qq-8icRxU-8i8YCr-8ibSN7\">David Shankbone\/Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.\u2014Robert De Niro says that \u201cin movie terms,\u201d the country was once \u201can inspiring uplifting drama\u201d but now has turned into \u201ca tragic dumbass comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-time, Oscar-winning actor spoke to Brown University graduates Sunday at the Ivy League school&#8217;s commencement ceremonies. He urged them to \u201cwork to stop the insanity\u201d and to strive to make the world better.<\/p>\n<p>De Niro received an honorary doctorate of fine arts.<\/p>\n<p>Actor and rapper Daveed Diggs, who won a Tony Award for his role in the phenomenon \u201cHamilton,\u201d also was among those who received honorary degrees. Diggs told the graduates that the country needs their new ideas \u201cbecause the old ones have made a mess of things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I.\u2014Robert De Niro says that \u201cin movie terms,\u201d the country was once \u201can inspiring uplifting drama\u201d but now has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":104564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[18228],"class_list":["post-104563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","tag-robert-de-niro","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}