No, that would be The Facts of Life
Posted on 01/15/2015 12:43:27 PM PST by Kaslin
Social media is agog over George Clooney's tribute to his wife, Amal, at last weekend's Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood. Women, especially, are swooning in their tweets and Facebook postings.
Said Clooney, "Listen, it's humbling to find somebody to love, especially when you've been waiting your whole life, especially when your whole life is 53 years ... Amal, whatever alchemy brought us together, I couldn't be more proud to be your husband."
I admit the tribute was sweet and his wife is drop-dead gorgeous, but Clooney, twice named "The Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine and known for his numerous relationships with women, has only been married four months. Maybe in Hollywood four months is considered a long-term relationship, but let's see if they make it to their 49th anniversary, as my wife and I did today.
What produced such a mushy reaction from women to Clooney's remarks? I think part of it is that in our modern "relationship" era where people have "partners" not spouses, it is a rare thing to see a famous man publicly expressing love for his wife. As Phil Collins put it in a song, "Doesn't anybody stay together anymore; I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore?"
I think the answer to "why" is that our culture has redefined "love." In 1984, when Tina Turner sang "What's Love Got to Do with It," that song might have been the anthem for a generation.
What is "love"? If it isn't more than feelings, a superficial sugar rush that occurs when one is near someone special, what happens when the feelings subside? No marriage can be sustained at the level of teenage romance (cue the late Ricky Nelson): "A teenager's romance is fickle or true; a teenager's romance is red hot or blue; you're either in misery or high on a crest; a teenager's romance is like all the rest."
Uh, not exactly Ricky.
Some years ago I introduced my wife to a colleague at a Christmas party this way: "I want you to meet my first wife." Later he sought me out and asked with a serious expression, "Why did you bring your first wife to the party?" I replied, "It's the only one I've had." He looked at me surprised, as if I were a dinosaur at the Museum of Natural History.
Maybe I am, but it has worked for us. Has it always been perfect? Of course not. No marriage is and anyone who says so isn't telling the truth. When two imperfect people marry you double the imperfections. Someone recently asked me how we have managed to stay married. I answered, "forgiveness." If you admit you are far from a model man and husband and look for the good in the other person you will find it. Fault doesn't require a long search. It begins in the mirror.
So, happy anniversary, Charlotte Ray. I don't look like George Clooney, but I'm grateful you find me appealing. Besides, in a very short time, George and Amal won't look like they do today. I hope they stay married. I know we will. As the old Perry Como song goes:
"Till the end of time
Long as stars are in the blue
Long as there's a spring of birds
To sing I'll go on loving you."
Throw in the PC political activism, he’s their darling.
He’s foolish to think he can win. His wife is not in any way connected to the US, a foreign born wife will not be liked and second, he’ll be eaten alive by the other candidates who are better trained and credentialed.
Even George Clooney realizes that he can’t go straight to the top. Probably start with Congress and try to move up from there. Guys like him aren’t automatic losers in California politics, however hard it might be for him to win nationally.
I’m sure most women found Clooney extremely good looking and started flocking to his movies. Critics and reporters had to have based their ‘consensus’ on that.
If he were a ‘dud’ of an actor he would have dropped in popularity. We know a lot of actors aren’t all that informed or intelligent, after all - they live their lives portraying others in film. It’s always disappointing when they open their mouths and spout nonsense.
Followers of Clooney are much smarter, cleaner, educated nad functional than Olsteen followers...but then thats not saying much lol
My 2 cents:
He was good in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, but only marginally because the music carried the movie. He really should never have been cast as Batman. He has that stupid grin on his face on the time, and Batman is a serious guy, even though he wears a mask and a cape and goes around in tights. Other than that, I can’t think of any movie that he was in that I liked enough to remember.
I dunno; his delusions of grandeur and boot-licking Obama (along with his frequent invites to White House meetings) has likely fed his delusions of being able to run and win office. It was read that Clooney felt that Amal would give him political credibility.
I swear I don’t get the appeal. Clooney is okay-looking to me, but that’s about it...nothing special at all. Different strokes, I guess.
You and me both. I guess he isn’t butt-ugly, but I don’t find him attractive at all.
Yep, just sort of...meh.
Two words Al Franken.......if he can be elected anyone can.
Ditto.
Isn’t what the public sees of George Clooney really just a phony representation?
I can’t see that...I only see a square...but is it Clooney in his mullet days, LOL?
I can think of better...
Rhymes with loony ...
On the cover of some magazine at the grocery store this week the headline read “ITS OVER” next to a pic of Clooney and another of his wife.
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