Posted on 09/02/2004 12:48:28 PM PDT by Kaslin
NEW YORK - Veteran recording and movie star Pat Boone advises politically conservative and religious young people seeking a career in show business not to hide their worldview.
At the same time, the 70-year-old crooner charges that there is an unwritten Hollywood blacklist against conservatives.
"Definitely, I've been a victim of it for years," he told NewsMax.com in an interview. "There have been many roles, movie roles and TV things that I was really ripe for. And if I was considered at all, I was immediately shut out because of the liberal mind-set of the guys who hire and fire."
However, Boone still advises young would-be actors and recording artists to "make God your agent, which is what I did. That is put Him in charge. You know He gave you your ability. He knows how to open doors as no other agent can. And he knows what's going to make you happy and what's going to fulfill you."
He says it is a mistake for a conservative entertainer to hide his views under a bushel. "Oh, please no," he answered NewsMax. "One of the things that makes any entertainer successful is being distinctive. So if you have strong views and faith or political ideas, make them known, and that will let you come out of the crowd."
Boone would first advise any young person not to pursue a career in show business at all because the industry is "capricious, unfair and a long shot of being at the right place at the right time." But if you're conservative and take the risk, he says, be yourself.
The singer, who is noting his 50th year in show business, did not back away from his earlier charge in a TV interview that he thought CBS had committed an act of treason in releasing the photos of the prisoner scandal in Iraq.
"That information was used to kill our people in a time of war," he charged. "You can't call it anything but treason. But they call it freedom of the press."
Boone talked to NewsMax after a breakfast speech to delegates and guests attending the Republican National Convention. The event was sponsored by the seniors advocacy group 60 Plus.
Open the Book son!
God takes His right off the top:
I don't believe most of them. The others are either RINOs or the few real conservatives.
The one positive thing I can say about Marilyn is that he did "Sweet Dreams Are made Of This" the way it should've been done.
I loved the Eurythmics version but Manson really did it sinister justice....:)
[Alice Cooper's still the one and only]...LOL!
A lot of the links for the explanations are dead.
There will never be another Bob Hope....:-\
Posted by PatrioticAmerican on this thread:
Who are the Hollywood Conservatives?
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a6ed62868c8.htm
2000 Presidential Race
Selected Entertainment Industry Contributions
to George W. Bush, 1999-00*
Name
Occupation
Total
Joe Bonsall Oak Ridge Boys $1,000
Pat Boone Musician $1,000
Edgar Bronfman Joseph E Seagram & Sons $1,000
James Burrows TV Director $1,000
Gary Chapman Musician $2,000
Lionel Chetwynd Screenwriter/Director $1,000
Gloria Carlin Chetwynd Actress $1,000
Van Cliburn Musician $1,000
Mike Curb Curb Records $1,000
Shera Danese Actress $2,000
Michael Eisner Walt Disney Co $1,000
Bob Gale Screenwriter $500
Larry Gatlin Musician $1,000
Morris Goldman Actor $1,000
Eric Gustavson Actor $1,000
Tom Joyner Radio Host $500
Edward Kerr Actor $1,000
Loretta Lynn Musician $2,000
Joe McSpadden Producer $1,000
Jim Nantz Sportscaster/CBS Sports $1,000
Chuck Norris Actor $2,000
Charles Perez Actor $1,000
Russell "Red" Steagall Musician/Producer $1,000
Craig Titley Screenwriter $1,000
Alessandro Uzielli Producer $2,000
Jack Valenti Motion Picture Assn of America $1,000
Kenneth Waissman Producer $250
Joanna Heimbold Welliver Actress $1,000
Donald Wrye Director $1,000
Warren Zide Producer $1,000
Having seen him in concert in person, I can tell you that man knows how to "work a crowd" and puts on a pretty good show. Now, be nice. We probably wouldn't like everything YOU like.
What he's specifically complaining about is his acting career, about roles that he says he was perfect for, but which he didn't get. And he's blaming his politics for that. What I'm saying is that Boone has a very certain public persona, "Mr. Goody Two Shoes." You can cast him straight, as Mr.G2S, or you can cast him ironically, but that's about the limit. Either way, you're playing the Pat Boone card. He's not a good enough actor (that I've ever seen) to transcend his public persona. In short, he's always Pat Boone, not the character.
But you have to admit, his version of "Tutti Frutti" is pretty pale compared to the original.
I never knew.
The only good thing I can say about the Abu Ghraid exploitation by the leftist media is that they stole Michael Moore's thunder. He had acquired similar footage and the "shock of the new" just wasn't there. I would call Mr. Moore an accomplice to the crimes for obtaining such footage; did he offer it to the government to make a case in the prosecution of the men? Did the men in the footage provide it to him (as the man did who leaked the Abu Grhaib images)? Was it illegally copied from government evidence?
I don't know which way they [Fleetwood Mac) swing politically but I saw them in concert recently and I was so thankful that not a word was said about politics...was good enough for me...I don't care who they vote for...just don't talk about it--entertain me--that's what I pay for.
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