Recently I drew attention to a post rubbishing Clint Eastwood HERE
Well me and the author of the piece are battling it out as I defend Clint's honour: Here's the current debate in the comments section.
Friday, 8 January 2010
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Charles Gramlich said...
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speculating about celeberities is a thriving phenomenon but it probably doesn't tell us much about them. It may tell us more about ourselves.
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8 January 2010 at 06:23
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January 7th, 2010 at 4:07 am
Clint’s personal life is his own business and doesn’t reflect on his work as an artist. I would agree that the acting in Gran Torino was naff but this added an air or realism, given the film a semi documentary feel. I think you’re just jealous that Clint gets all the birds.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
The Egomania Case Studies at Doug’s Republic are about people I consider egomaniacs, whatever their occupations. The last one was done on Saddam Hussein, whom no one would consider an artist but a butcher. One’s personal life and one’s business cannot be separated. Each has an impact on the other. Clint made for a fascinating Egomania Case Study because his behavior doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. There are plenty of celebrities who get all the birds. Why then get married at 23, like Clint did? Go rack up the totals and be a serial womanizer into old age like Warren Beatty. From what I’ve gathered, however, it seems Clint probably married his first wife Maggie because she was in a position to pay the bills before Clint was making a real living. I can’t think of any other reason he would’ve married her so young, given his behavior, unless it provided a clear benefit to him, a pattern of personal (not mutual) gain he’s pursued throughout his life. What surprised me about Clint was the sheer number of people — males and females — he burned along the way, after he became famous: cutting people out of business profits when the Clintster was already set financially, breaking his word on movie deals, manipulating directors. Clint may be your hero and make your day, but he’s an egomaniac all the same . . . and Gran Torino did suck, whether you consider a drama, comedy, or a documentary.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Man, I respect your opinion but you are just plain wrong. And besides Clint may be no angel but I kinda’ like him like that. And think on this No Clint = No Good, bad, Ugly, No Unforgiven,no Outlaw Wales,no Play Misty for me, No Dirty Harry, no Gran Torino (BRILLIANT FILM), no In The Line of Fire, no Beguiled, No Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and no The Rookie. Okay we could do without that last one but the rest enhance my life.