As I've been writing lately, the cultural landscape has been changing since Donald Trump's election. I would say it was beginning to morph even before that, but the election certainly sent that change into overdrive. 

America had sent a clear signal to the leftist elite that we weren't buying it anymore. In fact, we're sick of it. The self-importance, the ideological rigidity. It was expired milk at this point, and we were tired of the left trying to convince us to drink it. 

This is especially clear in the realm of entertainment, where wokeness had driven away moviegoers from theaters, and fans from franchises. Stories had become to propagandistic, and as a result, a labor to watch. Instead of escapism, we got heavy-handed preaching, and self-inserts from angry feminists looking to force their ideas on everyone else. 

But this time seems to be passing. The Law of Undulation is absolute. As the pendulum swings back, we're entering a time where studios are learning their lessons, albeit slowly. Moreover, the internet and developing tech is allowing for regular people to create fantastic works of entertainment. As I've written before, Hollywood is probably not long for this world thanks to the advancements in AI video creation alone. 

(READ: I Spent Some Time With OpenAI's 'Sora' and I Don't See How Hollywood Survives In the Long Term)

But as this new age continues to develop, a trend is also developing alongside it of celebrities not being as scared to open up about their pro-American attitudes or even speak out against certain subjects that the left finds holy. Actors are flatly refusing to live in L.A. because of the bubbled nature of it, and at the same time, fewer are willing to come out and make overt political statements. 

I sense a change in the air, on this and many subjects. 

I think we're headed back to a time when comedians could be comedians and people could just have fun. The constant severity of the woke age has people exhausted. They want to laugh again, and make jokes at everyone's expense. We had that before, and we can have it again. I think we will. 

And it will look something like this...

On April 3, 1995, Newt Gingrich was the new House Speaker and Republicans had gathered for the House Republican Conference. After some announcements, John Boehner introduced the new Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, and as Speaker Gingrich made his way to the podium, "Newt Gingrich" came into the room. 

The place erupted with laughter and cheers as "Saturday Night Live" legend Chris Farley made his way into the room dressed as Newt Gingrich. Farley took over the proceedings and, as Gingrich, passed some joke Republican agenda items such as officially declaring Democrats are "weird," and moving the nation's capitol to Atlanta, Georgia. 

Farley then had the real Gingrich swear on a Diet Coke to be a good Speaker of the House, and to promise to make his book less boring than Al Gore's. It was a fantastic moment, and a great reminder that we once lived in a time when we could all laugh together. You should definitely watch it yourself. It's a fantastic feel-good clip. 

This is ultimately what we want; to laugh together and be able to poke fun at each other without venom. 

Partisan politics will always be around, and everyone will have corners they back into, but ultimately those corners are only as severe as the people inside them. Republicans are far more welcoming of others who stand outside their ideological boundaries than Democrats are, but I think with the new change in the culture, we may start seeing more scenes like this... or at least, I hope we do. 

I miss these kinds of moments, because it's these kinds of moments that indicate a health in our social structure. 

Let's pray we get a moment like this again. 

[Editor's Note: This article was edited for clarity after publication.]