Eastwood vs. the empty chair

[Minimalist]

I've never understood why Americans revere actors who can not act their way out of a paper bag.

[A Theist]

Freddie Vs Jason was the most disappointing movie, ever. It should have been epic, but they fucked it up. Dr Strangelove, however, is a true classic.

Dr, Strangelove is definitely a classic....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPnnPHkI...=endscreen

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I've never understood why Americans revere actors who can not act their way out of a paper bag.

Pretty good director though. Also,Walt Kowalski is my hero. Of course that was just Eastwood being Eastwood,no acting required.

My question is "why should I care about what some actor says about anything outside his craft?"

There seems be this common but idiotic notion that celebrity bestows knowledge, intelligence, common sense and wisdom.

[DeistPaladin]

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.

[Anomalocaris]

I've never understood why Americans revere actors who can not act their way out of a paper bag.

Because it feeds the fantasy that common incompetence and insincerity, applied with cynically opportunistic will, will get us far?

This is the essence of republican anti-intellectualism, isn't it?