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| − | '''Adam Sandler''' is a [[Jew]]ish actor and singer-songwriter famous for his [[comedy|comic]] [[film|movie]] roles and songs. Prior to his rise to stardom, he was a regular on [[Saturday Night Live]]. One of his most famous songs is the Chanukah Song.
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| − | ==Politics==
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| − | Adam Sandler is a registered [[Republican]]. In 2007 he donated $2100 to [[Rudy Giuliani]]'s presidential campaign.<ref>http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Adam_Sandler.php</ref>
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| − | However, Sandler has championed liberal causes such as [[gay marriage|homosexual "marriage"]]<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-28-sandler_N.htm</ref> and has publicly stated that he did not dislike kissing [[Kevin James]] in the film [[I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry]].<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-28-sandler_N.htm</ref>
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| − | ==Film themes==
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| − | Further, the majority of films that Sandler has co-written celebrate liberal themes such as [[alcohol]]ism and premarital sex, and are targeted at [[liberal]] college students. Popular bookseller [[Amazon.com]] at one point described his films ''[[Billy Madison]]'' and ''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' as ranking among the "Best Movies for Lazy, Beer Drinking College Students."<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Best-Movies-Drinking-College-Students/lm/B7LEQU4I4B34</ref>
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| − | [[Roger Ebert]] wrote:
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| − | :The Sandler characters are almost oppressively nice, like needy puppies, and yet they conceal a masked hostility to society, a [[passive-aggressive]] need to go against the flow, a gift for offending others while in the very process of being ingratiating. [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021018/REVIEWS/210180308/1023]
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| − | Christian press critics have described Sandler film ''[[The Longest Yard]]'' as containing "some 150 obscenities, countless sexual references (mostly homosexual) and two pornographic videos (one heterosexual, one homosexual)... it's obviously a sex comedy—and mostly a gay sex comedy" and as "the most foul, violent and perverted PG-13 film... ever."<ref>http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/2005/juneweb-only/050602.html</ref> Further, in his recent film ''[[You Don't Mess With the Zohan]]'', Sandler depicts [[Israel]]is and [[Palestine|Palestinians]] as "the same."<ref>http://www.cinematical.com/2008/06/03/fan-rant-adam-sandler-republican-actor/</ref>
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| − | For these reasons, Sandler has been widely accused of being a [[RINO]].
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| − | ==Filmography==
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| − | *''Pixels'' (2015)
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| − | *''Blended'' (2014)
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| − | *''Grown Ups 2'' (2013)
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| − | *''Grown Ups'' (2010)
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| − | *''[[Bedtime Stories]]'' (2008)
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| − | *''I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry'' (2007)
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| − | *''[[Reign Over Me]]'' (2007)
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| − | *''[[Click]]'' (2006)
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| − | *''The Longest Yard'' (2005)
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| − | *''[[Spanglish]]'' (2004)
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| − | *''[[50 first dates|50 First Dates]]'' (2004)
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| − | *''[[Anger Management]]'' (2003)
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| − | *''[[Mr. Deeds]]'' (2002)
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| − | *''Punch-Drunk Love'' (2002)
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| − | *''The Animal'' (2001)
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| − | *''Little Nicky'' (2000)
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| − | *''[[Big Daddy]]'' (1999)
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| − | *''[[The Waterboy]]'' (1998)
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| − | *''The Wedding Singer'' (1998)
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| − | *''Bulletproof'' (1996)
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| − | *''[[Happy Gilmore]]'' (1996)
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| − | *''Billy Madison'' (1995)
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| − | *''Mixed Nuts'' (1994)
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| − | *''Airheads'' (1994)
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| − | *''Coneheads'' (1993)
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| − | *''Shakes the Clown'' (1991)
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| − | *''Going Overboard'' (1989)
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | * [[List of Conservative or pro-Conservative Hollywood stars]]
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| − | * [[Conservative media#Hollywood Conservatives|Hollywood conservatives]]
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| − | * [[Essay:List of celebrities who support the Second Amendment]]
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| − | * [[List of celebrities against Second Amendment]]
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| − | == References ==
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