Oliver Has Spoken
Continuing our theme from yesterday, the ever-clear minded Oliver Stone has weighed in:
Movie-maker OLIVER STONE has blasted media groups who “slander” celebrities for their political comments – because intelligent stars have every right to question their leaders. The Vietnam veteran, who is a fierce opponent of the US leadership, is appalled every time a celebrity is rudely mocked for making his or her thoughts about PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH and the war in Iraq public, and he urges journalists to be more supportive. The NATURAL BORN KILLERS director says, “We’re Hollywood wackos and all that stuff, left-wing… (It’s) an easy and facile dismissal. “I’m still a citizen, I’ve served my country as a veteran, I’ve had many jobs before the film business. I know something of life, having lived to this age. “We have a right to speak and every time we speak: ‘You’re an actor, a showbusiness director,’ we’re making it up! “This is not a way of dealing with people. This is slander.”
And I for one am glad he has, as, moron that I am, I was not aware that the definition of “slander” is “to quote.”
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April 4, 2006 7:35 am
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I will say this, there seem to be a lot of people out there who literally want Hollywood to just shut up. I don’t advocate that. I mean, if you live here, you have a right to speak your mind. But, so do I 😉
Are you kidding? I love it when they talk out! I get more enjoyment from their magazine interviews than I do from movies.
I’m still looking for a link to Janene Garofalo complaining that the Repubs are crushing lefties by allowing them to be heard.
Sure, Oliver, you have a right to speak. Speak away, say what you like.
But you’ll excuse me if I speak myself? Speaking things like, “You’re a self-centered boob, not because you don’t like the Bush administraton, but because it’s pretty clear that you don’t understand what is happening in the real world”?
Thank you.
I agree Bing. Which is why the trainwrecks that are celebrity reality TV are so interesting.