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Ron X (not verified) says:
I have a question: Is it ever appropriate to tell the truth about people who have just died, or must we all skirt the truth en route to spouting some hagiographic twaddle about them?
Wherever I look, I see people talking about how "sad" this situation is. Sad, my ass. This group of Hollywood clowns has been handed life on a silver platter. They work 3-4 months a year for more money than 99 percent of people will make in a lifetime, but instead of appreciating the gift horse that they've been given, they take affirmative measures to fuck it up with drugs, booze, etc.
And really, what substance do these people have? Despite what we've been led to believe, the vast majority of them have no discernible talent. In truth, the talent MYTH is a self-serving sham created by Hollywood to rationalize the absurd salaries in the movie industry. After all, if they ever admitted that 2/3 of the American population could do the same thing these people are doing, why the hell would anyone pony up $50 to take a family to see the tripe they turn out?
Look at the people who win Oscars. Robin Williams? Whoopi Goldberg? For Christ's sake, they're fucking comedians, and they have more Oscars than Peter O'Toole and Cary Grant. Cher has an Oscar. Cher!!! Oprah Winfrey, a talk show host, was nominated for an Oscar. Last year, they gave an Oscar to Jennifer Hudson, whom they plucked off American Idol. Can it get any more embarrassing? Exactly how many of the Hollywood stars have spent time STUDYING acting? Imagine having your bypass surgery performed by someone who never studied medicine or having your lawsuit handled by someone who never studied law. It's absurd. Even geniuses like Aristotle and Einstein spent years studying their craft before they were qualified to do anything. The truth is that success in Hollywood is 30 percent what you look like; 30 percent whom you know; 30 percent dumb luck; and 10 percent talent.
I don't feel the least bit sorry for people like Heath Ledger or Owen Wilson. I feel sorry for people working 60 hours a week at Burger King and Wal-Mart, cleaning vomit and excrement just so their kids can have breakfast next week. I feel sorry for the poor bastards in Iraq, taking bullets so that Exxon can report a good fiscal quarter. Those people have NOTHING but still manage to find a reason to live. And then you have losers like Ledger who get it all handed to them but still aren’t happy.
I have a question: Is it ever appropriate to tell the truth about people who have just died, or must we all skirt the truth en route to spouting some hagiographic twaddle about them?
Wherever I look, I see people talking about how "sad" this situation is. Sad, my ass. This group of Hollywood clowns has been handed life on a silver platter. They work 3-4 months a year for more money than 99 percent of people will make in a lifetime, but instead of appreciating the gift horse that they've been given, they take affirmative measures to fuck it up with drugs, booze, etc.
And really, what substance do these people have? Despite what we've been led to believe, the vast majority of them have no discernible talent. In truth, the talent MYTH is a self-serving sham created by Hollywood to rationalize the absurd salaries in the movie industry. After all, if they ever admitted that 2/3 of the American population could do the same thing these people are doing, why the hell would anyone pony up $50 to take a family to see the tripe they turn out?
Look at the people who win Oscars. Robin Williams? Whoopi Goldberg? For Christ's sake, they're fucking comedians, and they have more Oscars than Peter O'Toole and Cary Grant. Cher has an Oscar. Cher!!! Oprah Winfrey, a talk show host, was nominated for an Oscar. Last year, they gave an Oscar to Jennifer Hudson, whom they plucked off American Idol. Can it get any more embarrassing? Exactly how many of the Hollywood stars have spent time STUDYING acting? Imagine having your bypass surgery performed by someone who never studied medicine or having your lawsuit handled by someone who never studied law. It's absurd. Even geniuses like Aristotle and Einstein spent years studying their craft before they were qualified to do anything. The truth is that success in Hollywood is 30 percent what you look like; 30 percent whom you know; 30 percent dumb luck; and 10 percent talent.
I don't feel the least bit sorry for people like Heath Ledger or Owen Wilson. I feel sorry for people working 60 hours a week at Burger King and Wal-Mart, cleaning vomit and excrement just so their kids can have breakfast next week. I feel sorry for the poor bastards in Iraq, taking bullets so that Exxon can report a good fiscal quarter. Those people have NOTHING but still manage to find a reason to live. And then you have losers like Ledger who get it all handed to them but still aren’t happy.