On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > So says Hollywood Reporter... > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/charlie-sheen-expected-present-at-236747 > > ... if the crowd cheers him... if the crowd doesn't boo him... if the > audience doesn't flatly reject his presence at the event... then they > are all soulless whores and they deserve to have Charlie back among > them. > > To forgive is devine, but for an industry to continually allow the > worst examples of humanity to retake center stage is just shameful. > This man has trashed the entire industry publicly, trashed friends and > family, told the entire planet to go to hell... and he has been doing > this for 20 years. What is next, Andy Dick named lead anchor of CNN? > > And, no, I won't be watching his roast, either. He is a sad man to be > pitied, not exalted.
The audience inside the theater is industry people and they will cheer him, because whatever else he did, he did not hurt the industry as a whole. The most possible damaging consequence of his manic episode would have been to cause the cancellation of his show, throwing 200 people out of work, and that has been averted so Charlie is the equivalent of a child who acted up. Just as a parent still loves that child, TV will still love Charlie. I agree about the roast. When I was a teenager I would always watch the Dean Martin Roasts. Contrived and insincere as they were, there was still a feeling of community about them, famous people gently ribbing each other. In the current roasts, the comics usually aren't close to the roastee, the feeling is detached, and the put downs are much more aggressive and nasty. Specifically about Sheen, comics will make jokes about his outburst, but nobody is going to flat out tell him the truth about what he did. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
