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Eastwood vs. the empty chair
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RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair
September 1, 2012 at 7:42 pm
(September 1, 2012 at 7:19 pm)padraic Wrote: There seems be this common but idiotic notion that celebrity bestows knowledge, intelligence, common sense and wisdom.

I suspect this is an outgrowth of those who fail to suspend disbelief when watching a drama (necessary to enjoy it) and then reform that disbelief when the curtain fails or the screen fades to black (necessary to avoid being an idiot).

Those who fail to reform disbelief end up being the idiots who confuse the actor or actress with the role played on stage or on the silver screen. Such people do exist and apparently in great numbers, as evident by how many actors or actresses are confronted with fans who think they are the role or what they witnessed in the theater actually happened.

So apparently the hope was Clint Eastwood would bring to the stage the kind of sentiment that Republicans get off on, the Wild West myth and the rugged individualist who triumphs over the bad guys by shooting them all. I shouldn't have to point out that old Clint may be, he isn't old enough to have been a real gun slinger in the Wild West. But that doesn't seem to matter to simpletons where image is more important than reality.

The line between fiction and reality is embarrassingly fuzzy for some members of the human race. This is why religion has held on for so long.
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Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by TaraJo - August 31, 2012 at 1:24 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Anomalocaris - August 31, 2012 at 1:51 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Justtristo - August 31, 2012 at 5:00 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by SleepingDemon - August 31, 2012 at 10:54 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Gambit - August 31, 2012 at 10:56 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by TaraJo - August 31, 2012 at 12:00 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by DeistPaladin - August 31, 2012 at 11:00 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Haydn - August 31, 2012 at 11:27 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Rev. Rye - August 31, 2012 at 12:12 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Anomalocaris - August 31, 2012 at 12:29 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Reforged - August 31, 2012 at 12:19 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by A Theist - August 31, 2012 at 12:31 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Reforged - August 31, 2012 at 12:40 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by A Theist - August 31, 2012 at 12:49 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Reforged - August 31, 2012 at 1:13 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by A Theist - August 31, 2012 at 1:44 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by frankiej - August 31, 2012 at 12:43 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Gambit - August 31, 2012 at 1:22 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Gambit - August 31, 2012 at 2:21 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Anomalocaris - August 31, 2012 at 4:22 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Gambit - August 31, 2012 at 4:29 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Reforged - August 31, 2012 at 4:50 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by A Theist - September 1, 2012 at 3:40 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Faith No More - August 31, 2012 at 4:15 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Faith No More - August 31, 2012 at 4:24 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Red Celt - August 31, 2012 at 5:02 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Faith No More - August 31, 2012 at 5:03 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Tiberius - August 31, 2012 at 5:13 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2012 at 1:56 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Jaysyn - August 31, 2012 at 7:40 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by padraic - September 1, 2012 at 1:42 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Minimalist - September 1, 2012 at 2:11 am
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by padraic - September 1, 2012 at 7:19 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by DeistPaladin - September 1, 2012 at 7:42 pm
RE: Eastwood vs. the empty chair - by Anomalocaris - September 1, 2012 at 8:06 pm

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