[Deb]

And that goes double for french crap.

[Pearls Before Swine]

And that goes double for french crap.

It just doesn't taste (wine, cheese) or smell as good (perfume) as it used to.

[Right Wing Professor]

Great piece, Deb.

[newgeezer]

Cute.

:-)

[RooRoobird14]

Ed Harris was at 10+ on the hunky scale in "The Right Stuff." But alas, he's proven in real life to be as big a panty waist as Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon.

Harris is on my boycott list from now on for his vicious rants against President Bush. He's a disgrace to the marine uniforn he wore, even if it was just for a movie role. I'll bet the real U.S. Marines wouldn't give Harris the time of day if they heard the nasty things Harris has said about President Bush.

[Bahbah]

"his swoon-inducing jaw of desire...."
LOL. I especially loved this.

[joesnuffy]

Selleck is a patriot, a conservative and a Republican who, though gorgeous and hugely popular, has seen his career fade while nothing Robert Downey Jr. does renders him unemployable.

Yep and if we as "conservatives" threw our tv sets on the lawns of every tv station in america along with all our cds dvds vcrs and home theater equipment... We would probably do what.....go nuts..... READ BOOKS....spend more time talking to our friends family....Our Kids... yet we devote all our precious time on earth to the financial support and king making of these freakin losers no these traitorous haters of our souls... in Hollywood, Music Sports News & Politics... The cult of the personality ......is killin us

[Mamzelle]

Palimino-haired?

He's *bald*.

[BunnySlippers]

I have never seen a West Wing. But do they ever have elections?

[Petronski]

I know how you feel, Deb. Oh how I have looked forward to visiting Normandy this spring...and even now I'd still like to see it again. But I know I could not enjoy it, because as good as the people of Normandy are, I would not be able to put out of my mind how my visit was also enriching all of France, even by my modest hospitality budget. I'd like to go to visit the France of 1999 (the last time I visited), when the American administration was just as putridly, perfidiously socialist as the French, and the sting was not nearly as bad in contrast.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Love the essay! But you could improve it by avoiding the smattering of (dare I say "french"?) words throughout. After all, if we are going to boycott, it must be complete! No more "eff" phrases! They no longer sound intellectual.

BTW, I noticed that cases and cases of "eff" wine in my supermarket were marked at $5.77/bottle, while the California varieties have held their prices at $10 - $15.00/bottle! Living well is the best revenge!

[onedoug]

How much are studios paying audiences to go see their films these days?

[mabelkitty]

I heard he had a very serious affair with Melanie Griffith. Is that true?

[Charlesj]

There was something about Harris' and Nolte's refusal to applaud Elia Kazan that bothered me a lot more than their and others' political ranting. Perhaps because Kazan was about 90. Perhaps because his talent was SO much larger than theirs. But I now avoid films with Harris, like Pollack or whatever it's called. I do think Alec Baldwin is a good character actor. The rest are all wimps (except Nolte, who's just nuts).

[nothingnew]

Do you write for some romance magazine?....Crikees!

FMCDH

[Fred Mertz]

I really liked the character Andy Dufresne in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.

[Rummyfan]

Sigh.... Jessica Lange in TOOTSIE and MEN DON'T LEAVE...... now I can't watch her any more.

Cheryl Crow - THE GLOBE SESSSIONS one of my fav CDs .... not anymore.

Actually thought BULL DURHAM was a pretty funny slice-of-life in the minor leagues and the Costner character Crash Davis was a closet conservative (evidence: his speech to the Sarandon character about what he believes in). And Nuke Laloosh - I think that IS Tim Robbins!

These people are entertainers - when they open their mouths in the real world to opine on real subjects and reveal themselves to be a couple bricks shy of a load, it disappoints us.

One last note - I have never watched nor ever will watch THE WEST WING!

[Frohickey]

Americans just might demand that Tom Selleck be elected to "The West Wing". They may find themselves immune to its current star.

Hmm... Tom Selleck as President in "The West Wing". He did make a TV movie, 'Running Mates'.

[lonevoice]

Deb, very well done! It's ironic that the media doesn't obsessively report the political opinions of high fashion super models. Somehow we (the consumers) don't confuse intellectual capacity and looking pretty. So, I've never understood why we assign any importance at all to the political opinions of those who play dress-up while reciting words written by others. We (generic we) are the eager audience that attends to the media's breathless reporting of Sarandon's et al brainless blather. If we didn't care what actors think, the media wouldn't be able to sell magazines that inform us of it.

The cognitive dissonance of the cult of celebrity troubles me enough that I chide those who find it relevant what any entertainer thinks, be it Charlton Heston or Barbara Streisand. If we quit listening to or repeating what they think, maybe they'd all just shut up and do what they're paid such obscene amounts of money to do...entertain us. As it is, we've been willing accomplices to the death of our simple pleasure of enjoying talent.

[DeFault User]

You seem to have had one of these---

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: an·ag·no·ri·sis
Pronunciation: "a-"nag-'nor-&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural an·ag·no·ri·ses /-"sEz/
Etymology: Greek anagnOrisis, from anagnOrizein to recognize, from ana- + gnOrizein to make known; akin to Greek gnOrimos well-known, gignOskein to come to know -- more at KNOW
Date: circa 1800
: the point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character's true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation

[habs4ever]

Does JRD know about this obsession you have? lol