#26
Posted: 1/13/11 at 8:36am
Well...at least a right wing nut job is supporting the arts??
Glenn Beck: The liberal media hates "Spider-Man" — Page 2
#27
Posted: 1/13/11 at 8:41am
^ Yeah except the nut job is Glenn Beck.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#28
Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:05am
BETTER THAN WICKED?! Well if the Glenn Goblin thinks so, it must be fudging incredible.
I notice he didn't go so far as to say it's better than STARMITES. Because then it would just sound like hyperbole.
I notice he didn't go so far as to say it's better than STARMITES. Because then it would just sound like hyperbole.
#29
Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:31am
Methinks he overstates his love of the theatuh. I'd love to see a list of everything's he's seen and what he thought of them. Doubt there'd even be one non-traditional, non-tourist favorite show on there.
Otherwise, he's a broken record. Everything is the fault of the liberal boogeyman. Must be nice to live in your own blameless little cocoon.
Otherwise, he's a broken record. Everything is the fault of the liberal boogeyman. Must be nice to live in your own blameless little cocoon.
#30
Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:42am
I am thinking he is either a huge theater queen, which wouldn't surprise me or he is throwing his weight into theatre so that way he can denounce The Book of Mormon, and seem like an authority on theatre to his followers, when it premieres.
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#31
Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:43am
Glenn Beck is to theatre what Jonestown was to Kool-Aid.
#32
Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:44am
^ probably. He loves to make himself seen and heard whenever he can.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#33
Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:50am
Wow, some of you are so hateful. Here is a public figure championing the theater, and you are bashing him. If Rosie O'Donnel said the exact same things, you'd all be falling over yourselves in delight.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#34
Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:54am
He can "champion" the theatre all he wants.
Why does he have to put a political spin on it?
Why does he have to put a political spin on it?
#35
Posted: 1/13/11 at 10:21am
"Why does he have to put a political spin on it?"
Why does anyone? Are you telling me that Rosie O'Donnell never put a political spin on any theater or movie she was talking about?
Why does anyone? Are you telling me that Rosie O'Donnell never put a political spin on any theater or movie she was talking about?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#36
Posted: 1/13/11 at 10:36am
If you're referring to projects that she's been intimately involved with, as in "Taboo" and her HBO documentaries, yes. She definitely has an agenda.
But her passionate love of Broadway and theatre has been public knowledge for a solid 15 to 20 years and the vast majority of it comes from the angle of simply being a fan.
Beck's sudden pronouncements are a head-scratcher because he's never made any public statements (that I know of) about liking theatre and the first time he does, he puts a liberal/conservative spin on it rather than just saying whether the show was good, bad or indifferent.
But her passionate love of Broadway and theatre has been public knowledge for a solid 15 to 20 years and the vast majority of it comes from the angle of simply being a fan.
Beck's sudden pronouncements are a head-scratcher because he's never made any public statements (that I know of) about liking theatre and the first time he does, he puts a liberal/conservative spin on it rather than just saying whether the show was good, bad or indifferent.
#37
Posted: 1/13/11 at 10:40am
Why is his Snooty Theater Lover a Frenchman? That's what I want to know. His other "theater people" voices are stupid, too.
Is that Glenn Beck TV logo in the corner the real thing? I mean, seriously, it looks like a bad 1990s logo. Ew.
Is that Glenn Beck TV logo in the corner the real thing? I mean, seriously, it looks like a bad 1990s logo. Ew.
#38
Posted: 1/13/11 at 10:48am
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#39
Posted: 1/13/11 at 10:54am
I wonder is Spiderman will release a statement "rejecting" his praise like the band Muse did when he gave them a good review. No one wants to be endorsed by Beck!
#40
Posted: 1/13/11 at 11:16am
"Beck's sudden pronouncements are a head-scratcher because he's never made any public statements (that I know of) about liking theatre"
So what? If this was his very first theater experience ever, he can't talk about it? He can't make parallels between what he saw and his world view? He can't talk about what it meant to him?
What's the purpose of any art form if people can't talk about what it made them think or feel?
So what? If this was his very first theater experience ever, he can't talk about it? He can't make parallels between what he saw and his world view? He can't talk about what it meant to him?
What's the purpose of any art form if people can't talk about what it made them think or feel?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#41
Posted: 1/13/11 at 11:43am
Maybe I'm the odd one, but I saw four shows last weekend and didn't look at any of them through the prism of my world view.
I just enjoyed the hell out of them.
It's Beck's job to talk. I just found it weird that even a night out at a show can't escape the liberal/conservative sturm and drang.
I just enjoyed the hell out of them.
It's Beck's job to talk. I just found it weird that even a night out at a show can't escape the liberal/conservative sturm and drang.
#42
Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:05pm
The point is that we're conditioned now to assign "liberal" or "conservative" (and all its associated venom) to EVERYTHING nowadays, which is pointless, irresponsible, and stupid. Therefore, his comments were pointless, irresponsible, and stupid. I'd say the same thing if Rachel Maddow had made a similar comment. It's almost as if you're not allowed to indulge in entertainment for its own sake anymore.
Politics sucks now more than ever - it should stay in the sewers where it belongs, and attempts to cram political polarization into everything from Broadway to peanut butter should be rejected. I'm just saying.
Politics sucks now more than ever - it should stay in the sewers where it belongs, and attempts to cram political polarization into everything from Broadway to peanut butter should be rejected. I'm just saying.
#43
Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:05pm
So can we leave the political rhetoric to those that profit from it and discuss theatre without projecting our political prejudices onto it?
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#44
Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:07pm
AMEN groucho!
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly <3
#45
Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:23pm
groucho what's pointless, irresponsible and stupid is the liberal media. I can bet that the majority of people on this board don't even listen to Glenn Beck. The comments would have gone unnoticed if the liberal media didn't try to stir up crap. Glenn Beck's radio program has been booted from NYC's radio station because of low ratings. All of this crap stirring is a result of a liberal media that wants to bash conservatives at every turn.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#46
Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:28pm
And at the moment, you're the one with a very big spoon.
#47
Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:31pm
(sorry Theater - only Frenchies and liberals spell it -re)
Um...no
Um...no
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#48
Posted: 1/13/11 at 1:01pm
I actually make a point to listen to Glen Beck. I guess it's the whole know your enemy mentality. He's an idiotic buffoon who will say whatever he can for ratings. Of course this isn't news to most people, including level headed conservatives.
#49
Posted: 1/13/11 at 1:03pm
Gothampc, you are the very reason I rarely post on this board. I'm afraid to sound as stupid as you, so I think very carefully about what I'm saying before posting. Please do the same.
#50
Posted: 1/13/11 at 1:12pm
I know Goth is notorious for not responding to direct questions, but I'll try one anyway:
Goth, do agree with Beck's premise that the liberal media is out to get Spider-Man because of its right-wing agenda?
Goth, do agree with Beck's premise that the liberal media is out to get Spider-Man because of its right-wing agenda?
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
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