Sean Penn has a new fan: Hugo Chavez. Apparently the two spoke on the phone recently, as Penn traveled through Venezuela. "I didn't recognize him at first," the actor said. "Somebody handed me the phone, then I heard this voice say, 'Spicoli, this is Mr. Hand.'"
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Chavez praised Penn for opposing the war in Iraq, as well as calling for the impeachment of President Bush. "It's a fairly rare thing for me to pick up the phone," Chavez said. "Usually I just leave comments on blogs."
According to the state news service, Chavez goes by "Anonymous." So, flame with caution.
Chavez called Penn "one of the greatest opponents to the Iraq invasion." To the degree that's true, it's incredibly depressing. It's like saying, "Our only hope to fight global warming is 'Arctic Tale.'"
Over my lifetime I've watched this weird transformation: all our actors are frustrated politicians, and all our politicians are frustrated movie stars. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just frustrated.
I loooove how Hollywood's elite are hobnobbing with guys like Chavez. And what a great guy to buddy up to! Maybe after they rail off some anti-Semitic barbs they can take the red eye to Iran and discuss how they peacefully govern.
The best part about the link I posted is how the HuffPo Drones go out of their way to praise Chavez. Seriously, Hugo Chavez?
Penn was in Venezuela and Chavez called him. If that's the way it happened, it sounds like Chavez was buddying up to Penn and not the other way around.
Here's an idea for a reality TV show: Hire former members of FEMA, the White House, Congress, and writers to all get together and make up various crisis scenarios for the United States. Put Hollywood actors in a simulation as the President in these situations and see how they succeed/fail miserably. I would watch if I got to see people like Sean Penn put the world in an economic crisis and get half of the world to erupt in nuclear war.
You guys are getting your panties in a bunch over nothing. Sean Penn matters for jack in the world politically speaking until he holds an elected office and has never changed anyone's mind about anything. And even if he has, what's it to you? Celebrities often happen to have annoying ways of expressing their political views, but they still have the right to have them.
G. Keenan wrote:You guys are getting your panties in a bunch over nothing. Sean Penn matters for jack in the world politically speaking until he holds an elected office and has never changed anyone's mind about anything. And even if he has, what's it to you? Celebrities often happen to have annoying ways of expressing their political views, but they still have the right to have them.
I didn't view this as anyone getting their panties in a bunch....simply making fun of yet another "celebrity" (and I use that term losely with some of these people!) with pseudo-political aspirations. Not a big deal.
G. Keenan wrote:You guys are getting your panties in a bunch over nothing. Sean Penn matters for jack in the world politically speaking until he holds an elected office and has never changed anyone's mind about anything. And even if he has, what's it to you? Celebrities often happen to have annoying ways of expressing their political views, but they still have the right to have them.
I didn't view this as anyone getting their panties in a bunch....simply making fun of yet another "celebrity" (and I use that term losely with some of these people!) with pseudo-political aspirations. Not a big deal.
I think it is kind of a big deal. These are meaningless targets that distract people from real problems - it wouldn't be such a big deal if certain political parties didn't run entire campaigns based on rallying against the supposed "Hollywood threat". And a large percentage of people buy into that hoopla.
