William Powell with the lovely Jean Harlow...
Posted on 01/12/2017 11:48:26 AM PST by Kaslin
Meryl Streep has played many roles in her long career and holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations of any actor. Among her portrayals was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. At the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, Streep behaved as if she actually had been elected to high office, entitling her to mount a high horse.
In a six-minute, post-election diatribe, Streep slammed president-elect Donald Trump, urging journalists to hold him accountable. Given the media's poor job of holding the current president accountable, Streep's call to arms seems like an invitation to a one-way street. Accountability is one thing. Extreme bias is quite another and mainstream media has been nothing if not biased against Donald Trump, most of his cabinet nominees and family members.
I stopped going to movies years ago because I grew tired of their political agendas, the profanity, the sex scenes and blasphemies. As a member of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), I am sent DVDs of the Oscar-nominated films, which I can watch at home, if any interest me.
The first one I received this year was "Manchester by the Sea." After counting more than a dozen uses of the f-word in the first 15 minutes, I ejected it from my DVD player. Screenwriters actually think average people talk like this. I've been around enough entertainers to know this is mostly untrue. Filmmakers inhabit a fantasy world, and for many of them fantasy is reality.
The Golden Globes, like the Oscars, are full of the self-aware (no wonder they worship President Obama, perhaps the most self-aware president in history). They're happy to mock the values of "fly-over country," even as they hope people they condescendingly view as "hicks" and worse, Republicans, will buy tickets to see their films.
These elitists arrive at ceremonies at which people of like mind give each other awards for being like-minded. How can they identify with Americans who live paycheck to paycheck? Many hang out with left-wing politicians, who also live in their own fantasy world, as out of touch with real Americans as they are. These overrated actors, who are shadows compared to Hollywood's Golden Age, seemingly believe they set the agenda for the nation. Anyone who has a different view is regarded as trespassing on their territory.
These actors produce little of lasting value. The A-listers among them attend White House functions -- mostly during Democratic administrations -- and get so upset at the prospect of a Republican victory that they threaten to leave the country should the Republican win. Sadly, they never leave. Where else could so many who have contributed so little to better society be paid so much?
The arrogance, superiority and hypocrisy of these overrated people is astounding. Many campaign against guns while enjoying the protection of armed security guards. Others, like Leonardo DiCaprio, are apostles of "climate change," but fly on private jets and ride in SUVs, which pollute the air. Most favor abortion rights while clamoring for compassionate treatment of the weakest among us. They endorse same-sex marriage while marrying members of the opposite sex multiple times, mocking the practice (Streep is a notable exception).
There was one redeeming moment at the Golden Globes. It was the tribute to Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher, who died last month one day apart.
Something Carrie Fisher said in her book and on her HBO special "Wishful Drinking" should serve as a warning to these elitists, who ostentatiously sport expensive clothes and jewelry: "Celebrity is obscurity biding its time."
There is a difference between a celebrity and a star. If you're not old enough to know what real stars looked like, I again refer you to Hollywood's Golden Age, where actors kept their clothes on, didn't swear or have sex on screen and held the attention of audiences by the superior quality of their work.
Many old films are watchable today. Some are considered classics. I doubt most of today's films will be worth watching in 50 years. They aren't now.
Meryl Weep.
Psssst... Cal - in case you've not noticed, he's... black (well, half).
Pass!
There were many libs in that crowd who were better equipped to roast Trump. Streep is a boring hag.
Cal did a great job on this one. There are no stars in Hollywood, only role players, their acting skills buried in filth. I used to love movies, now I rarely go and look forward to those few that qualify as decent
When Meryl Streep’s in California or New York the majority of people agree with her.
When she’s in ANY OF THE OTHER STATES most of the people she’ll run into don’t agree with her - - and probably don’t like her either.
She’s clueless. a
Honest Americans need to quit watching this type propaganda. The folks that represent this muck are no better than Nazi AND khan Propagandist.
I feel the American represent ideas of the most corrupt kind and and may even be part of an American terrorist organization.
Honest Americans need to quit watching this type propaganda. The folks that represent this muck are no better than Nazi AND khan Propagandist.
I feel the American represent ideas of the most corrupt kind and and may even be part of an American terrorist organization.
They have old timey stars with actual talent and NO enhancements to their appearance.
It seems that newer films rely on special effects and shock value to take the place of talent and entertainment. NOT
I especially dislike newer films that purport to be historical accounts... then proceed to deviate widely from the facts. Since I have read so much history, it's always depressing to see what the ‘entertainment industry’ does with the historic record.
“Where else could so many who have contributed so little to better society be paid so much?”
Well, the NFL for one, but that’s a whole different post, LOL!
I like the comment someone made about her being able to open a can of peas with her nose!
Meryl was so greedy for publicity that she made her anti-Trump statement to grab ALL of the post show publicity. She had to know that everyone would be talking about HER and nothing else.
Hollywood publicity GREED on display
“I again refer you to Hollywood’s Golden Age, where actors kept their clothes on, didn’t swear or have sex on screen and held the attention of audiences by the superior quality of their work.
Many old films are watchable today. Some are considered classics. I doubt most of today’s films will be worth watching in 50 years. They aren’t now.”
Agreed - the ONLY films I watch are Film Noir, Westerns, and other films old films available on youtube.
Me, too. I love watching the old black and white movies from the 30’s and 40’s. I watched two with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne the same day as the Golden Globes was on. I thought, and my husband commented, that we were watching people with real talent.
We’ve tried to go to more recent movies this past year, and I’ve tried to watch some on Netflix and Amazon, but they just leave me “meh”. I’ve given up and gone back to my DVD/VHS collection.
My favorite actor of all time: William Powell.
How does a talented and intuitive actress like Streep not see the irony of her actions? The glittering elite crowd that promotes porn and violence and measures women by their...well, lets say “golden globes, were gagging with adoration and approval while mother Meryl lectures and scolds us. So many layers of irony, its like hands drawing hands.
The only “golden globes” there were actresses displaying their fake boobs. They are trained monkeys chained to an organ grinder for my entertainment. Amuse me and shut up.
William Powell with the lovely Jean Harlow...
Meryl Streep was in her I-think-I-may-be-the-Second-Coming-of-Christ mode.
Amen.
Great post!
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