Ben Shapiro blames Philip Seymour Hoffman's death on 'broken leftist culture'

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro penned a blog post on the National Reviews website where he blamed the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman on the broken leftist culture that dominates Hollywood.

Hoffman was found dead on Sunday in his Manhattan apartment from an apparent heroin overdose.

Shapiro was complimentary of Hoffmans skills, calling him one of the most talented actors of his generation, a leading man without leading-man looks, an actor whose magnetism onscreen sprang from intelligence and fervor rather than appearance.

He then quickly changed gears to rip the culture in Hollywood.

Libertarianism becomes libertinism without a cultural force pushing back against the penchant for sin; Hollywood has no such cultural force, Shapiro wrote. In fact, the Hollywood demand is for more self-abasement, less spirituality, less principle, less standards.

The 46-year-old actor starred in films including Capote, Almost Famous and Boogie Nights.

The post concluded:

No one knows what sort of demons plagued Seymour Hoffman. But without a sound moral structure around those in Hollywood who have every financial and talent advantage, the path to destruction is far too easy.

[National Review]

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Ben Shapiro blames Philip Seymour Hoffman's death on 'broken leftist culture'