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Post by PeterPost by PeterThere is more than one actor who appears in the kinds of film that I
don't like, who I therefore, but maybe unjustly, have a poor opinion
of. But I am alert to the possibility (!) that they may be good
actors. Clint O'Eastwood, John Wayne and
Let me guess - you're not too keen on westerns or war films, or more
generally macho ones.
(I quite like Clint, though I'm not that keen on westerns either; I
don't _dis_like Wayne as an actor, though his views as a person are a
long way to the right of even my own.)
Post by PeterArnold Schwarzenegger (who I think of as a comedic actor)
I think of him such too - True Lies is IMO great fun; he's not above
gently sending up his own persona. (Again, a bit right of me - "The
Governator" - though I'm not sure how much of that is doing what he's
expected to do rather than himself.)
Post by PeterPost by Peterum... someone whose name I've forgotten, are on the list.
You've made me think, to see if there's someone I've dismissed (decided
I don't like) mainly because of the type of films they appear in. I
can't _think_ of anyone - probably because some of those I _do_ dislike
for that sort of reason, I've not seen them in anything else, but I
can't actually name anyone anyway. I suppose Bruce Willis is a name that
wouldn't bring me _to_ a film, but I don't think I've actually seen any
of his films, even the action ones.
It's an interesting question, do we dismiss the work of an artist
because of the lifestyle of the artist - and I don't know the answer for
sure. I _think_ I _don't_ want to do that: dismissing good art because
of a bad (meaning evil, not incompetent) seems to be depriving ourselves
unnecessarily, especially after the death of the creator. (Wagner's
music, the films of ... [actors _or_ producers/directors], the statuary
of ..., and so on - even Hitler's paintings, except I don't think they
were anything special.)
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove
that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are
right. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)