Posted on 05/23/2017 6:45:25 AM PDT by Kaslin
Conservative Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood has no problem voicing his political opinions, something we learned from his infamous empty chair skit during the 2012 Republican National Convention.
He is still boldly speaking his mind as of this week, this time at France’s prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
“It was far-out at that time, so I brought it to [director] Don [Siegel], and he liked it,” Eastwood recalled Sunday during a visit to the Cannes Film Festival. “A lot of people thought it was politically incorrect. That was at the beginning of the era that we’re in now with political correctness. We are killing ourselves, we’ve lost our sense of humor. But I thought it was interesting and it was daring.”
If critics thought "Dirty Harry" was politically incorrect, I'd love to know what they thought of his 2008 film "Gran Torino." The feature, which Eastwood both directed and starred in, was filled with non-PC digs at just about every demographic you can name. The "snowflakes" of today with no sense of humor would find it horribly offensive from beginning to end.
Eastwood's latest project is directing “The 15:17 to Paris,” which will tell the story of the three American heroes who stopped a terror attack on a train in Paris in 2015.
I wonder how many campuses will ban it.
Thank-you for posting this article.
Clint is one of the greatest living Americans. We should have a year of mourning once he goes.
I watched the final episode of Miami Vice last night on Cozi TV; Sonny Crockett is my favorite TV character. Clint Eastwood is my top actor for his many roles. But remarks like this extend that sentiment to his character as a man.
What a fine American, Clint Eastwood. May he live long and prosper.
I thought it was so cute when Marty in one of the Back to the Future movies called himself Clint Eastwood!!
IMHO, Gran Torino had a lot of political correctness in it.
“Infamous” empty chair speech?
. Famous empty chair speech!
Clint’s been one of my favorites since he was “Rowdy Yates” so long ago. A truly admirable man. I enjoy that he always speaks his mind without caring what the lefties think!
Greatest trilogy of all time:The Good, the Bad,and the Ugly, A Fistfull of Dollars, For Few Dollars More.
Bigotry, stereotypes, and political incorrectness rampant, but that was the point of the story! Eastwood played a Korean War vet who learns to respect, appreciate, and ultimately defend the Koreans who move in next door. Yes, he's bigoted, crotchety, and says wildly inappropriate things - that's who he is. At the end of the story, that's NOT who he is.
Much like Mark Twain's views on slavery in Huck Finn, he's teaching us a lesson. Sadly, some of us don't get it.
If reruns of All in the Family were to begin, what would the left demand of the producer and creator, that guy Norman Lear
Not Koreans, Hmong.
What you’re alluding to wasn’t Lears intent trust me
Lear is a leftist of the first order
He was dismayed folks cheered for Archie and hated Meathead
Yes, there was political incorrectness. There was also plenty of political correctness.
The gang members had a full auto gun. They are almost never used in crime, yet here these low level gang members are using one.
The white grandkids are smarmy, and lacking manners, while the Hmong (not Korean) immigrants are respectful. Could be, but displaying white people as shallow and uncaring in contrast to immigrants who have deeper character and are caring, is a pretty cheap shot.
I liked Gran Torino. It was an excellent performance by Clint Eastwood, but it still had a fair amount of political correctness.
No mention of the corruption rampant in Detroit at the time, for example.
It has been a while since I saw the movie, so forgive errors of memory.
“I thought it was so cute when Marty in one of the Back to the Future movies called himself Clint Eastwood!!”
And hilarious when he was in the bar contemplating not fighting Biff Tannon. The old timer says something along the lines of “If you don’t fight, the name of Clint Eastwood will forever be known as a coward”.
Yeah he was great as Rowdy Yates.
Another fav from that era is when Clint made a guest appearance on James Garner’s “Maverick”. I remember he would pronounce Maverick’s name as Mr. Mav-a-rack.
And beautiful my goodness - the two of them in the same scene was “be still my heart” for sure.
I thought I’d seen all the Maverick shows, but don’t recall that particular episode. I’ll try to find it and watch it.
How about Mr Ed giving Clint Eastwood crank phone calls?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BcXgim5Ws8
Yeah his grandkids were shallow, lazy, and uncaring, and the Hmong (not Korean? I didn't catch that) kids had respect. That was part of his lesson, I thought - that character trumps ethnicity, even trumps family (he gave his prize possession to the Hmong and left his grandkids nothing).
It has been a while since I saw the movie, so forgive errors of memory. (me too)
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