Glenn Beck: The liberal media hates "Spider-Man"- Page 2

[wendilin622]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 8:36am

Well...at least a right wing nut job is supporting the arts??

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 8:41am

^ Yeah except the nut job is Glenn Beck.

[HistoryBoy2]

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.

[broadwayjim42]

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.

[HistoryBoy2]

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.
Updated On: 1/13/11 at 09:42 AM

[groucho797]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:43am

Glenn Beck is to theatre what Jonestown was to Kool-Aid.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 9:44am

^ probably. He loves to make himself seen and heard whenever he can.

[Gothampc]

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.

[broadwayjim42]

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?

[Gothampc]

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?

[broadwayjim42]

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.

[Edna Turnblad]

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.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 10:48am

[ErikJ972]

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!

[Gothampc]

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?

[broadwayjim42]

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.

[groucho797]

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.

[groucho797]

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? Updated On: 1/13/11 at 12:05 PM

[CandiceElyse]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:07pm

AMEN groucho!

[Gothampc]

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.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:28pm

And at the moment, you're the one with a very big spoon.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 1/13/11 at 12:31pm

(sorry Theater - only Frenchies and liberals spell it -re)

Um...no

[ErikJ972]

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.

[RuprechtJr.]

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.

[madbrian]

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?