In Reply to: What the heck difference does their politics make??? Are you... posted by Audiophilander on September 7, 2006 at 11:10:00:
By your reasoning, if Hussein was a good actor, you could sit through one of his recent films. Martin Sheen and Sean Penn are two of the finest actors today, bar none, but I have difficulty watching them now. It's easy to say you'd watch conservative actors in a movie even if they were "Rush Limburger's Vicodin poppin' ditto-heads or a Bush pro-war groupy" because there are very few from the right who are so outspoken they turn your stomach. It's easy to look past a Gary Sinise or a Tom Selleck. Unfortunately, a majority of the big names now have put themselves up front with their views and are happy to do so. If they have the right to splash themselves around, I have the right to respond in my own way. There is no law saying I need to like a person's acting because they don't take their views into films(which they HAVE been doing lately). Personal views and behavior DO affect a large portion of our lives and how others see us and deal with us on a daily basis, at least that's how it is for us non-hollywood schlubs. Some actors have the attitude like yours I guess...."I can say whatever I want! And you must continue to enjoy my movies regardless, otherwise YOU'RE vapid!". Can I at least avoid POLITICAL movies? I haven't seen one from either side I can admit and I don't really want to.
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Follow Ups
- yes, for a select few, i have avoided their recent work. - NuWave 13:48:01 09/07/06 (8)
- "Can I at least avoid POLITICAL movies?" - Sure, but The Illusionist isn't a political movie by any stretch. - Audiophilander 00:27:43 09/08/06 (7)
- Re: "Can I at least avoid POLITICAL movies?" - Sure, but The Illusionist isn't a political movie by any stretch. - NuWave 09:55:23 09/08/06 (6)
- I think you may be missing the point. - Audiophilander 11:18:49 09/08/06 (5)
- mess we're in? - NuWave 06:55:10 09/12/06 (4)
- This isn't a political forum, but since we're discussing a political film allow me to educate you... - Audiophilander 10:34:26 09/12/06 (3)
- Nuwave used to post "Outside"; guess he couldn't stand the heat. - oscar 13:50:28 09/12/06 (0)
- i'm sorry but you contradicted yourself within all of your own responses - NuWave 13:43:09 09/12/06 (1)
- No contradiction. You just have trouble with complex responses dealing with complicated subjects. - Audiophilander 00:04:58 09/13/06 (0)