Friday, February 17, 2006

Celluloid Subversives: Is Clooney Our Brando?

By Mickey Z.

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  1. George Clooney is an idiot and if you follow him, admire him, praise him, or want to be like him, then you really need to get a life.

    Don’t let Hollywood tell you what to think, you will only get a distorted out of context picture from them. 

    Think for yourselves you sheep!

    Posted by Al Kilya from Hell  on  02/17  at  06:21 PM

  2. I’m afraid Al Kilya’s touched upon a synapse here. Yes, it’s like posing the question: “Is the dead Mickey Rooney Our Next Rambo?”.

    Posted by Richard Oxman from Los Gatos, CA  on  02/17  at  07:49 PM

  3. Umm… Richard, I am unsure if I actually understand Al Kilya’s comment. Does it mean that if one has anything nice to say about Clooney, one’s mind is being molded by Hollywood?

    I don’t get it.

    I recently saw ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’. I thought it was brillant how that film incorporated old footage with the performance.

    According to Mr. Kilya, I need a life and people like George Clooney are telling me what to think.

    Come again?

    Anyway, Mickey wonders if Clooney is a tell-it-like-is kind of celebrity. Maybe he is. That was a pretty good soundbite.

    Posted by Theo from Greece  on  02/19  at  07:04 AM

  4. The soundbite --if accurately quoted, which I assume it was-- is atypical of Clooney. That’s the most important point to take in here. And...liking or adoring a given film produced (or participated in) by a given celebrity says zero about what their regular, ongoing track record is vis-a-vis politics, etc. There’s been enough undeserved applause directed Clooney’s way. I believe that’s part of the point here. I won’t even go into the “stretch” made respecting what Brando did in his hey-day. I mean, can anyone who knows much about Clooney’s record suggest that a Clooney-inspired S. Littlefeather would appear in his place to turn down an award? Please, please. This has zero to do with telling you what you should enjoy in the balcony.

    Posted by Richard Oxman from Los Gatos, CA  on  02/19  at  12:03 PM

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