In Reply to: Did you really need to turn your critique... posted by Audiophilander on February 1, 2002 at 06:52:24:
I didn't see the show (we don't get Bravo since we moved :<),
but my read on it was that Alda appeared to be an:"Intelligent Guy, Gifted Actor,"
Then:
"So impressed with self and own idealism that he imagines that most who
like iconoclastic Hawkeye would automatically share Alda's utopian
ideals - this seems to be a common Lefty viewpoint, and
therefore 'Left Coast' is apt."However, the real thrust here is self-absorbed actors.
If Heston had been asked why people identified strongly with Ben Hur, and he
had said "because of my support for 2nd Amendment Rights", the same
criticism would apply - except the label woudn't be Left Coast.Perhaps Right Wing or Arch Conservative,
or Fascist (in the 60's anarcho-appropriation).
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Follow Ups
- Self-Absorbed Actors and their Worldviews - Jim Susky 22:23:46 02/04/02 (8)
- Re: Self-Absorbed Actors and their Worldviews - Victor Khomenko 04:44:45 02/05/02 (0)
- I didn't "mandate" anything, I just pointed out the disingenuousness... - AuPh 10:00:08 02/06/02 (1)
- Re: I didn't "mandate" anything, I just pointed out the disingenuousness... - Victor Khomenko 11:35:10 02/06/02 (0)
- Thanks Jim, you presented your opinion in a reasonable fashion, ... - AuPh 00:04:10 02/05/02 (4)
- Re: Thanks Jim, you presented your opinion in a reasonable fashion, ... - Victor Khomenko 04:56:29 02/05/02 (0)
- Well Victor, no offense, but you seem to be one of the worst offenders at politicizing this forum. - AuPh 14:21:26 02/05/02 (2)
- Put that H word where it sticks - Victor Khomenko 14:37:21 02/05/02 (1)
- Can't do that, you're already sitting on it & spinning. - AuPh 12:28:04 02/06/02 (0)