On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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? > (SNIP) > > 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. (SNIP) > I agree with Kevin's basic point here - it is a mistake to include Sheen in the Emmy ceremonies tonight. His behavior as a professional television performer has been reprehensible over the last year (he was unprofessional as a cast member, and a train wreck in public), so he obviously does not deserve to be honored for anything. Without diagnosing him from afar, it seems safe to say that he has a substance abuse problem, and behavior that is consistent with something like bi-polar disorder. Neither of these conditions are helped by being put on the how tonight, and at least the first one is potentially exacerbated. Perhaps the decision is motivated by some genuine attempt to reach out and support a colleague, but what it looks like is a crass attempt to pimp out a troubled and disturbed man, capitalizing on the notoriety his various dysfunctions have gained him to goose ratings. I don't like it. On the other hand, I do not expect him to be greeted with silence or with boos, and I disagree with Kevin that anything other than boos would be morally reprehensible. Given the immoral decision to invite him, I think it is entirely understandable and appropriate that he get a warm response from colleagues who, in spite of the pimping going on, may also genuinely wish him well (or, at least want to appear to the public as if they genuinely wish him well). -- 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
