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United States Attacked [by Val Kilmer]: 'Batman' Says American Audiences Ignorant & Illiterate
NY Post ^ | 5/2/5 | Richard Johnson

Posted on 05/02/2005 7:27:03 AM PDT by gopwinsin04

United States Attacked

Val Kilmer-in London to star onstage in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'--has been trashing Americans, saying they are ignorant and illiterate.

Asked how British audiences compare to American ones, Kilmer told the London Sun Newspaper, 'They are smarter. They read books.'

Kilmer then berated Broadway for becoming too 'Vegas like.'

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; hollywoodleft
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To: tumblindice

If Kilmer is referring to those Americans who watch "reality shows" and Oprah, I could understand where he's coming from. And (c)rap music isn't exactly our finest export to the world, either. But I suspect that isn't where he's coming from.


61 posted on 05/02/2005 7:48:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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To: WoofDog123

True, I once bet my history teacher, who I was aiding in my last semester as a senior in HS, $5 that somebody would miss Louisiana, the state I live in, on the map test. I picked up the fiver.

There are ignorant people in this country, as there are in any. But for him to go to Europe and disparage us just to sell tickets reminds me of what Natalie Maines did a few years ago with the Dixie Chicks. Their record sales have gone into the toilet.

I've always like Val Kilmer because he was funny in "Real Genius" and stole the show as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone". But bashing America is not a good idea for selling tickets. Just ask the Dixie Chicks...


62 posted on 05/02/2005 7:49:16 AM PDT by ABG(anybody but Gore) (From Roe v Wade to Terri Schiavo, the RATS have become a death cult...)
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To: gopwinsin04
VAL KILMER? The washed up, certifiable moron Val Kilmer? Did anyone EVER listen to this fool talk? Absolutely insufferable.

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63 posted on 05/02/2005 7:49:55 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
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To: gopwinsin04

consider how far he has fallen.

He seems to never get the nodd for any sequel.

perhaps what he is saying is that he only attracts stupid people and the smart people avoid him.

I also think it is ironic he is talking about NY stage audiences.


64 posted on 05/02/2005 7:50:07 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: gopwinsin04
Val Kilmer....has been trashing American [audiences], saying they are ignorant and illiterate.

He may be right -- I saw Michael Kinsley once at the intermission between acts at the Kennedy Center.

65 posted on 05/02/2005 7:50:42 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: gopwinsin04
Channel surfing the other day lead to my discovery of Val Kilmer reading "scripture" on TV. I think it was Scientology.
66 posted on 05/02/2005 7:51:10 AM PDT by Texas_Jarhead (To hell with Mexico, its policies, and its leaders)
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To: Paradox
if one country is reading books like "Bush the Nazi" and the other is watching "South Park", who is the more educated?

Depends if they 'get' SouthPark. ;-)

67 posted on 05/02/2005 7:51:33 AM PDT by eyespysomething (hmmm....)
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To: r9etb

Yeah, Americans have no foundation. Except for that Freedom thing. Oh, and the silly free-capitalistic society that has raised the quality of life and financial means of most countries on the planet.

But we're just a bunch of rubes like you and Val say, I guess.


68 posted on 05/02/2005 7:52:18 AM PDT by subterfuge (*John F. Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil Rights Law*)
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To: WoofDog123; All
Not this crap again.

It is obvious that the majority of Americans aren't brilliant but what would you all expect?

The majority of Europeans think we run around the streets gunning each other down wearing our cowboy hats as well. What does that tell you about how "well-educated" the Europeans are?

All of our dumbest, most banal pop culture turns more of a profit over there then it does here. Something like, I don't know... the movie Alexander perhaps?

The Europeans are very rich in culture. They all have a biased, distorted view of themselves and their countries place in history (Pick any European country you like.)

Now they are killing themselves and WE are the stupid ones? When Europe isn't fighting others, they are preening moralists who will kill themsleves just to prove a point. The ironic thing is they have fallen so far in so short a period of time, that they don't even fully realize it yet.

There are stupid people in the US. They are called Lefties and they want the US to be just like Europe. Now, THAT would be stupid.

Arioch7 out!

69 posted on 05/02/2005 7:52:24 AM PDT by Arioch7
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To: gopwinsin04

Let's see - I would say that both British and American audiencs are stupid if they go to see Val Kilmer in either a movie or a play.


70 posted on 05/02/2005 7:53:19 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - there are countless observable clues that God exists)
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To: gopwinsin04

FYI, Kilmer has a mega ranch very close to Don Imus's ranch in New Mexico. I wonder if he thinks the ranch hands who run his place are ignorant and illiterate as well.


71 posted on 05/02/2005 7:53:26 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: gopwinsin04
This is the end...

72 posted on 05/02/2005 7:53:28 AM PDT by evets (God bless President Bush and VP Cheney)
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To: dfwgator

But judging America by, say, The Jerry Springer show is like the blind man grabbing the elephant's tail and concluding that an elephant is like a snake.


73 posted on 05/02/2005 7:53:30 AM PDT by tumblindice (Stock Demo-argument #4: "Yer duhhhhhmb. And stoopid.")
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To: WoofDog123
That's because we are spending entirely too much money on education. If people poured money into a business and got a shitty product in the end they would hire and fire people. We spend a lot of our money on these schools and there is no one holding them accountable. Politicians talk like they are but that's just to calm the herd.
74 posted on 05/02/2005 7:54:11 AM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: Route101
Val!, Val!.... and your great literate statement in "Top Secret" was....????

It's totally bitchin', riding waves and blastin' pigeons.

75 posted on 05/02/2005 7:55:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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To: gopwinsin04

Wonder how he would feel if he suddenly couldn't get a job because no one would go to his movies?


76 posted on 05/02/2005 7:55:55 AM PDT by Americanexpat (A strong democracy through citizen oversight.)
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To: Texas_Jarhead

One more Santa Fe Foolish Film Facist.......too bad I liked his work in Tombstone and Heat.


77 posted on 05/02/2005 7:56:41 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: gopwinsin04

Oh, goodie. Another Hollywierd "I know more than everyone else about everything because I am a movie star." No wonder I don't go to movies anymore.


78 posted on 05/02/2005 7:59:02 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: Texas_Jarhead
According to this article, he is a Christian Scientist.
79 posted on 05/02/2005 7:59:07 AM PDT by sageb1
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To: gopwinsin04

I read books. I don't go to the movies, though.

Hmmm... Maybe Val has a point. That IS smarter.


80 posted on 05/02/2005 7:59:07 AM PDT by Brilliant
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