Chief Jim Hopper isn't fucking with the latest swath of Trump inhumanity. While accepting the award for Outstanding Performance in an Ensemble in a Drama Series at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild ceremony, David Harbour brought the damn house down with a hyped AF speech that was exactly the rallying cry we all needed before diving into this surely exhausting week.
"In light of all that's going on in the world today, it's difficult to celebrate the already celebrated Stranger Things," Harbour said when accepting the award alongside his Stranger Things co-stars. "But this award from you, who take your craft seriously and earnestly believe like me that great acting can change the world, is a call to arms from our fellow craftsmen and women to go deeper, and through our art to battle against fear, self-centeredness, and exclusivity of our predominantly narcissistic culture."
Then, Harbour kicked it up a notch. "And through our craft, to cultivate a more empathetic and understanding society by revealing intimate truths that serve as a forceful reminder to folks that when they feel broken, afraid, and tired, they are not alone," he said. "We are united in that we are all human beings and we are all together on this horrible, painful, joyous, exciting and mysterious ride that is being alive."
Bringing it home, Harbour offered some wisdom that could prove useful in the ongoing Nazi punch debate. "We will, per chief Jim Hopper, punch some people in the face when they seek to destroy the weak, the disenfranchised, and the marginalized," he suggested.
