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"Can I at least avoid POLITICAL movies?" - Sure, but The Illusionist isn't a political movie by any stretch.

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on September 8, 2006 at 00:27:43

In Reply to: yes, for a select few, i have avoided their recent work. posted by NuWave on September 7, 2006 at 13:48:01:

For you to condemn a movie simply because you dislike certain actors political views and boycott their films to deny their right as citizens to speak their views in public as you yourself have done is bigotry in the extreme. The reason it's bigotry is that you are pointing to his politics in a critical manner to denigrate the actor in a public forum for something other than his performance. If you wish to avoid his movies or critisize his acting, you are certainly entitled, but to condemn his work across the board publicly and then to say it's because of his politics is offensive.

Here is a prime example of over-the-top extremism:

>>> "By your reasoning, if Hussein was a good actor, you could sit through one of his recent films." <<<

Where that comes from I'll never know! If you'd used Ojay Simpson, Robert Blake or Michael Jackson as examples that might've made a better case, because they've done things or are perceived as having done things that are unacceptable in society.

What has Martin Sean, Sean Penn or Edward Norton done that is so dispicable as to deserve public consternation of their craft? The Hussein analogy is really beyond the pale.

If you're comparing these fine actors to Saddam Hussein then you're apparently off your trolly (even if you aren't off the wagon). Is your political zeal so extreme that you're missing a synaptic connection whenever it comes to Liberal actors expressing their Constitutionally protected opinions? Do you want Studios to impose YOUR views on them so that they're forced to keep their opinions private? No offense, but if that's how you feel, then the freedom train left the station without you. :o(

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