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Robert Redford: ‘I Feel Out of Place in the Country I Was Born Into’
indiewire.com ^ | 10/6/18 | Michael Nordine

Posted on 10/09/2018 3:09:27 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

"Our civil servants have failed us," he said in a statement.

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Robert Redford may be done acting, but he’s not riding off into the sunset anytime soon. The actor, filmmaker, and Sundance Film Festival founder published “A Brief Statement About Big Things” on the Sundance Institute’s website yesterday, writing that he feels “out of place in the country I was born into” for the first time he can remember and that he has “watched with sadness as our civil servants have failed us.”

The overtly political speech was published the same day that Brett Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court following a nasty confirmation process that once again emphasized how bitterly divided the country has become. Neither Kavanaugh nor anyone else is mentioned by name, but Redford citing “bigotry, mean-spiritedness, and mockery as the now-normal tools of the trade” suggests his anger probably isn’t directed at Amy Klobuchar.

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To: Jeff Chandler
"I remember Robert Redford."

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LOL

121 posted on 10/09/2018 12:18:58 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (duct tape and cable ties hold more worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
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To: a little elbow grease

Not following you Bobby.


122 posted on 10/09/2018 12:23:45 PM PDT by jetson (TOTAL)
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To: a little elbow grease

Glad you’re feeling out of place, wrinkly old Bobby! Now get the hell out!


123 posted on 10/09/2018 12:26:12 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: a little elbow grease

Robert Redford: HYDRA operative in the movies and in real life.


124 posted on 10/09/2018 4:09:22 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: a little elbow grease
It's all that money, Bobby.

Any time you want to take some off your hands, call me.

125 posted on 10/09/2018 4:11:13 PM PDT by x
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