--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" > > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" > > > > <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Louis McKenzie <ltm457@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't been following this whole tempest in a > > > > pisspot because I'm...uh...not into celebrity > > > > gossip the way you guys are. :-) > > > > > > I know, I hate wasting time even thinking about it, but it's > > > everywhere nowadays. I wish I could live in cave away from it all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But I had CNN on in the background this > > > > morning as I was cleaning house and Larry King > > > > was doing a segment on celebrity bashing that > > > > featured Rush Limbaugh's recent hit on Michael > > > > J. Fox and the Madonna furor. Madonna was shown > > > > in one segment describing her meeting with the > > > > father, before the adoption had taken place. So > > > > it's possible that all this "She never talked > > > > to him" stuff is just media invention. > > > > > > Trust me she's not stupid and easily capable of twisting the > > worlds > > > media around her little, she's been doing it for twenty years. > > > > > > > > > > > Interestingly, one fairly high-placed Republican > > > > panelist on the program completely blasted > > > > Limbaugh for his remarks, and did her best to > > > > put as much distance between him and her party > > > > as possible. > > > > > > > > > > The MJ Fox remark is something I would have kept to myself no > > matter > > > how convinced I was. And obviously not just because "Back to the > > > future" is one of my favourite movies. > > > > > > > I can't understand why it was wrong for Fox to do what he did. > > > > He was there to show the effects of Parkinson's...what's he supposed > > to do, take his meds right BEFORE shooting the ad? > > > > Of course he should be filmed showing the debilitating effects of it! > > > > In fact, it is entirely possible that his meds were working just fine. From what I understand > you can have good days and bad days.
That's what I've heard Doctors say about it; I've heard Fox himself say quite the opposite: that he controls his shaking with the meds. But that's all moot, to me. I think it's a GOOD thing that he purposely doesn't take his meds to show the world how bad it is. > He had nothing but good days for many years while > he was working and then the disease progressed to the point that he couldn't incorporate > his twitching into his acting. At least, that is my impression watching reruns of his later > shows on TV. It was clear he had the disease back then if you look carefully--he just made > the involuntary movements look like mannerisms and incorporated them into his > characters. A very brillian actor. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
