Comments on: Human Decency and Hollywood: The Voice of America http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:34:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: garment news daily http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-3657780 garment news daily Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:46:01 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-3657780 <strong>Great website...</strong> [...]we like to honor many other internet sites on the web, even if they aren’t linked to us, by linking to them. Under are some webpages worth checking out[...]…... Great website…

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]]> By: In Praise of Capital and Connections. | Little Miss Attila http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-903922 In Praise of Capital and Connections. | Little Miss Attila Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:19:36 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-903922 [...] they expand, along with our entertainment options. [T]ake a long and hard look at the people who are standing up for Roman Polanski. The stars. The [...] [...] they expand, along with our entertainment options. [T]ake a long and hard look at the people who are standing up for Roman Polanski. The stars. The [...]

]]> By: Woody http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-902814 Woody Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:41:04 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-902814 if only roman would have hugged g w bush at the 2000 convention a la sammy davis jr. in miami 1972...guess then it would have been rape rape... if only roman would have hugged g w bush at the 2000 convention a la sammy davis jr. in miami 1972…guess then it would have been rape rape…

]]> By: TSS1 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-900238 TSS1 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:28:34 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-900238 The fact is, the American people are like Dorothy with the ruby slippers: we can get home to Kansas. The operative word is FOCUS. Instead of venting on "Hollywood" as a whole and intermittently boycotting on person or another, how about everyone FOCUSING on one target at a time. Take the Weinstein Company. Here is a pig Harvey who deserves to be out of business. How about we all take a silent vow to put ol Harvey out of business? NO movies, NO DVD's, NO nothing. I guarantee that if the American people were able to pull that off, the BS would end from the left coast. The shotgun aproach will never work. ONE company at a time. Are you listening Harvey? FOCUS. The fact is, the American people are like Dorothy with the ruby slippers: we can get home to Kansas. The operative word is FOCUS. Instead of venting on "Hollywood" as a whole and intermittently boycotting on person or another, how about everyone FOCUSING on one target at a time. Take the Weinstein Company. Here is a pig Harvey who deserves to be out of business. How about we all take a silent vow to put ol Harvey out of business? NO movies, NO DVD's, NO nothing. I guarantee that if the American people were able to pull that off, the BS would end from the left coast. The shotgun aproach will never work. ONE company at a time. Are you listening Harvey? FOCUS.

]]> By: Darkwolf http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-899714 Darkwolf Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:18:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-899714 Nekkid Food Fights! (on Spike) Nekkid Food Fights! (on Spike)

]]> By: Bugs http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-899610 Bugs Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:49:24 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-899610 Wow - that's just like William Hickey did with Dustin Hoffman in "Little Big Man!" (Sorry, I couldn't resist...) I think this is actually a very noble idea. I'm always surprised at the things my parents and parents-in-law tell me about their younger days - things you never read about in history books and definitely don't get from Hollywood treatments. Just like life today, life in their day was complicated, not something that can be conveniently packaged, wrapped up in the appropriate conclusions. I hope you succeed. Wow – that's just like William Hickey did with Dustin Hoffman in "Little Big Man!"

(Sorry, I couldn't resist…) I think this is actually a very noble idea. I'm always surprised at the things my parents and parents-in-law tell me about their younger days – things you never read about in history books and definitely don't get from Hollywood treatments. Just like life today, life in their day was complicated, not something that can be conveniently packaged, wrapped up in the appropriate conclusions. I hope you succeed.

]]> By: Bugs http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-899582 Bugs Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:43:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-899582 Sorry, my previous reply was supposed to be for Sarah Nichole's post above - not this one. There was a connection error or something... Anyway, in reply to Par10's comment I was going to point out that there's a song by Steely Dan that says "Show business kids makin' movies of themselves, you know they don't give a f**k about anybody else..." Apropos, I thought. Sorry, my previous reply was supposed to be for Sarah Nichole's post above – not this one. There was a connection error or something…

Anyway, in reply to Par10's comment I was going to point out that there's a song by Steely Dan that says "Show business kids makin' movies of themselves, you know they don't give a f**k about anybody else…" Apropos, I thought.

]]> By: Bugs http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-899566 Bugs Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:40:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-899566 Like other people have pointed out - Polanski and his supporters are big shots who could seriously damage careers. Kanye West's? Not so much. I mean, he postures like Mr. Badass Rapper, but from what I hear he's a bit of a joke in the industry and among hip-hop fans. He does stupid shit all the time, so he's an easy target. And he did what he did on live TV - everybody saw it, nobody can deny he did it or try to explain how it wasn't as bad as some people make it sound. So Kanye was a very easy target. He was blatantly, publicly rude, he's not an iconic figure in the music world, and he doesn't have the clout to mess up anybody's career. Easy pickins... Like other people have pointed out – Polanski and his supporters are big shots who could seriously damage careers. Kanye West's? Not so much. I mean, he postures like Mr. Badass Rapper, but from what I hear he's a bit of a joke in the industry and among hip-hop fans. He does stupid shit all the time, so he's an easy target. And he did what he did on live TV – everybody saw it, nobody can deny he did it or try to explain how it wasn't as bad as some people make it sound. So Kanye was a very easy target. He was blatantly, publicly rude, he's not an iconic figure in the music world, and he doesn't have the clout to mess up anybody's career. Easy pickins…

]]> By: Bugs http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-899510 Bugs Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:23:31 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-899510 I knew a guy exactly like this. He had what I call the Actor's Total Insight Into the Human Condition and Everything Else. Either his training as an actor gave him superior insight into everything, or his superior insight into everything is what made him a great actor. I never quite figured out which. I knew a guy exactly like this. He had what I call the Actor's Total Insight Into the Human Condition and Everything Else. Either his training as an actor gave him superior insight into everything, or his superior insight into everything is what made him a great actor. I never quite figured out which.

]]> By: Bugs http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/08/human-decency-and-hollywood-the-voice-of-america/comment-page-1/#comment-899498 Bugs Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:20:49 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=239686#comment-899498 I don't think your questions are hard to answer. It's just ego. Certain artists and their enablers consider themselves different - set apart by virtue of superior intelligence, sensitivity, moral sense, and technical ability. I don't know if this is a relic of the Romantic era or if some artists have always been this way. But if one of these artists has a political opinion, you can bet he feels it's as special as all his other feelings - deeper, more profound, more TRUE than yours and mine. Other peoples' opinions are like assholes - his are like precious gems. This is basically why Hollywood types feel themselves immune to criticism, no matter how repugnant, wacky, or just objectively incorrect their ideas are. They believe those ideas arose a higher source, and consequently must have value - and must BE valued by us, the less-privileged. I don't think your questions are hard to answer. It's just ego. Certain artists and their enablers consider themselves different – set apart by virtue of superior intelligence, sensitivity, moral sense, and technical ability. I don't know if this is a relic of the Romantic era or if some artists have always been this way. But if one of these artists has a political opinion, you can bet he feels it's as special as all his other feelings – deeper, more profound, more TRUE than yours and mine. Other peoples' opinions are like assholes – his are like precious gems. This is basically why Hollywood types feel themselves immune to criticism, no matter how repugnant, wacky, or just objectively incorrect their ideas are. They believe those ideas arose a higher source, and consequently must have value – and must BE valued by us, the less-privileged.

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