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Denzel Washington Re:Moore 9-11,"I'm an Ex-slave"
Katie Couric interview Friday night tv | 7/23/04 | sunnsydie

Posted on 07/23/2004 5:53:33 PM PDT by SunnySide

Katie Couric asked Denzel Washington if he likes to keep his politics private, He said he's not one of those people. He does speak his mind.

Couric asked Denzel, Did you see Moores movie 9-11?

Denzel, "I didn't see it, I live in America, I grew up here, I'm an ex-slave"

Whaaaaa?! Really?! Denzel, do you even know what a slave is? Have you ever worked on a plantation, prepared meals for an entire household? Driven Miss Daisy? Ugh another dillentante entertainer posturing as a martyr to the masses who puts his silver foot in his obnoxioulsy opinionated mouth. He wouldn't even allow Meryl Streep to get her opinion in edge wise.

Mr.Denzel, YOU are nothing but an obnoxiously opinionated MALE CHAUVINISTIC PIG. How many women have you punked on the sly behind your wifes back? About the closet you probably ever came to being a slave was being asked to take out the kitchen trash by your own mother and I'm certain you did that with bitter contempt too. Lose the huge chip on your shoulder Denzel. Nobody likes a wealthy pouter. And YOU are a Hollywood person wether YOU like it or not. Yes YOU too are subject to labels. Slave my hiney. Indeed, your remark is a disgrace to every slave in the history of the world. Slaves still exist today in Africa held captive by other Africans. Get over yourself Denzel.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: denzelwashington; exlax; imanexlax
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To: FITZ

True. I don't know much about him, but I've never seen him bashing America, and that's a rarity for the Hollywood crowd.


181 posted on 07/31/2004 9:02:54 AM PDT by mugs99 (Restore the Constitution)
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To: SunnySide

Re: Denzel Washington

Your perspective on Denzel Washington is completely wrong. I should know, for I know him very well. I've known him since High School (Oakland Academy, New Windsor, NY, 1968-1971)

Denzel is looked upon as being a great actor. What few people know is that Denzel would probably have been successful at ANYTHING he tried. I always thought he would have been a good comedian because he was the funniest person in the school. His gift was that his humor was not vulgar or offensive in any way. He has conducted his life in the same manner. What a laugh that someone like you, obviously having nowhere near the success he enjoys, sits in judgement with a trash mouth and a sick mind. All you have done is proven once again, what a classy guy he is.


182 posted on 08/21/2004 6:52:05 AM PDT by btlrdidit (BWB, Oakland Academy Class of 1969 - Proud classmate of Denzel Washington)
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To: btlrdidit; SunnySide; utahagen; giotto; Crimson Elephant; marron; livius; Neenah; wildbill
I received the following email. Is this true? Were these things said? I just love to look at Denzel. If he really said these things, I have newfound respect for him.

Anyone see this segment?

>Did You See or Hear About This

>Did you see the Denzel Washington interview with Katie Couric on NBC last Friday morning (13 August 2004)?

Not many people are talking about it. They are wishing it would go away and are trying to sweep it under the rug. But it's not going to happen! It basically went like this.

Meryl Streep and Denzel were on the today show "live" with Katie Couric to >talk about the movie "Manchurian Candidate." >>At one point Katie asked Denzel, "have you seen Fahrenheit 9/11?" To >which Denzel replied, "No, and I have no intentions on seeing it." Katie >and Meryl were "so noticeably" taken aback! It was so cool!

>Then, a discourse (or more preferably, a fight!) began between all three >of them with Denzel being barraged with all kinds of anti-Bush, >anti-republican comments, but "the man stood his ground" and soon enraged >the women so much that they couldn't get a word in edgewise. Meryl Streep >turned blood red and she sat with her legs crossed and her one leg shaking >up and down, fuming! Then Katie uttered the words that put the final nail >in her coffin, she said to Denzel "you see, that's the problem I have with >"you people."

> >She of course did not get to finish her sentence because Denzel pounced on >her verbally by responding "YOU PEOPLE! YOU PEOPLE! Just what do you >mean you people! Do you mean "You People" as in me as a Christian, or do >you mean "You People" as in me as a REPUBLICAN? She then tap danced her way through the next minute of the show. But Denzel went out fighting and >declaring that Fahrenheit 9/11 is nothing but propaganda and lies distorted to support a cynical democratic film director's views.

183 posted on 08/24/2004 11:26:35 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

Denzel did very well during this interview, although I don't think he went so far as to refer to himself as a Republican. He pushed back hard against Katie Couric and wiped the floor with mealy-mouthed Meryl Streep.


184 posted on 08/25/2004 5:54:50 AM PDT by utahagen
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To: JediForce

>> Perhaps he meant that he was freed from the liberal left wing welfare plantation. And he is no longer a slave of those ideas anymore ?

That is the more likely interpretation. Denzel has been anything but a Kerry kool-aid drinker in recent interviews.


185 posted on 08/25/2004 6:01:08 AM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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To: Yaelle

I didn't see the interview. I know nothing more than what I have read here, that he had the opportunity to join Couric and Streep in an anti-war, anti-Bush rant, and he declined the opportunity. I'm not aware if he is a Republican, or even a conservative, but he has not insulted or attacked us, and he hasn't explicitly backed Kerry that I'm aware of.

Really, as a performer, you should let your art speak for you, the moment you get involved in partisan politics you've alienated half your audience. The magic of "art" is that you can deliver your message in a way that crosses partisan boundaries. Artists who give that up to make a partisan point have in most cases made a mistake.

Good art has a moral content, but you have to connect with your audience or you are just talking to yourself. Taking a partisan position risks damaging that connection. Sometimes you have to do it, sometimes the stakes are such that you have no choice. But the artists lately who have damaged their careers made a poor bargain. They had a chance to transcend political boundaries and they gave that up.


186 posted on 08/25/2004 8:23:30 AM PDT by marron
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To: dead
IN that case being that I am 1/2 English & 1/2 Italian, and the English side came to North America back around 1650, I too would be a former slave owner, but then again, being my Italian side came from the area of Rome, and we are Christians, I guess I am also a former slave? gee it's gets confusing, maybe all people born in the U.S. should just be Americans First?
187 posted on 08/26/2004 2:24:45 PM PDT by nwlocksmith (am I a former slave owner or slave?)
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To: Crimson Elephant

You saw it correctly. This thread has managed to only take a few things he stated rather than all of it.


189 posted on 08/27/2004 10:43:13 AM PDT by MoJo2001 (I got everything but the part after "Now listen closely...")
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To: utahagen
"I think the "ex-slave" remark may be a dig at Michael Moore"

Most likely, particularly when his comment is taken in context. Seems like we have a lot of jerking knees here today.

190 posted on 08/27/2004 10:45:07 AM PDT by MEGoody (Flush the Johns - vote Bush/Cheney 04)
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To: BossLady

Thank you for the clarification of what went on. Obviously, there are some folks jumping on Denzel without cause.


191 posted on 08/27/2004 10:47:23 AM PDT by MEGoody (Flush the Johns - vote Bush/Cheney 04)
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To: SunnySide

Maybe by ex-slave, he means an ex-slave from the Democratic Party plantation. (Or maybe not!)


192 posted on 08/27/2004 10:47:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: souldoubt
Member since 8/27/04?

LOL

193 posted on 08/27/2004 10:48:41 AM PDT by MEGoody (Flush the Johns - vote Bush/Cheney 04)
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To: rintense
Perhaps his 'ex-slave' comment is more along the lines of being an ex-democrat.

If so, he better apologize for starring in that two-hour-long DNC ad "John Q."

194 posted on 08/27/2004 10:49:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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