Susan Sarandon: I thought Hillary was very dangerous. If she'd won, we'd be at war
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Source: The Guardian
Susan Sarandon at 71 is bright-eyed and airy, and perhaps shyer than she can publicly seem. When I walk into the room a private members club in downtown New York, where she sits with a small dog at her feet she doesnt say hello or make eye-contact, giving what I suspect is a false impression of rudeness. It may also be that she is uncertain of her reception. For a long time Sarandon was despised by the right, her protests against the Vietnam war and US aggression in Nicaragua and Iraq making her the kind of target that, for progressives, is an affirmation of sorts. Her latest unpopularity, by contrast, comes exclusively from the left and is much tougher on Sarandon. Im not attacked from the right at all, she will tell me. Instead, she is accused of not checking her white privilege, of throwing away her vote on a third-party candidate (the independent Jill Stein) during the US presidential election, and of recklessly espousing a political cause that let Trump in through the backdoor. Liberals in the US, it seems, can summon more hatred for Sarandon right now than they can for Paul Ryan.
Most infuriating of all, to her critics, is that she wont admit her error. Sarandons very physiognomy suggests defiance; she looks indignant even at rest. She also looks a lot like Bette Davis, so much so that Davis herself, in her dotage, approached Sarandon to play her. That project never happened, but in the new eight-part Ryan Murphy series Feud: Bette and Joan, about the battle for Hollywood supremacy between Davis and Joan Crawford, Sarandon gets her chance. The two leads are terrific: Jessica Lange, by turns monstrous and pathetic as Crawford; Sarandon steelier, smarter, less obviously vulnerable. She sees a lot of similarities between herself and Davis. Were both east coast, she says. I didnt consider myself a star; I was a character actor from the very beginning and not really sold as pretty, which is probably whats allowed me to survive as long as I have. I have this broader phase.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/26/susan-sarandon-i-thought-hillary-was-very-dangerous-if-shed-won-wed-be-at-war
We are at war in Afghanistan. I don't know what "war" Sarandon thought Hillary would start.
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Mrs. Overall
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Me.
(35,454 posts)cause she has so many fooled especially by her little shy act.
marble falls
(71,936 posts)Response to Panho (Original post)
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Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)mountain grammy
(29,035 posts)because commenting is more effort than I want to expend here, but.....
The Velveteen Ocelot
(130,538 posts)Sarandon is a talented actress but she's stupid.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)She wears that as if it's a badge of honor.
msongs
(73,754 posts)Javaman
(65,714 posts)And to remind her, tRump isn't out of office yet. There is still time to fuck up the world.
and to remind her we currently still at war in Afghanistan (seems that's always conveniently forgotten) and involved in number other wars around the world.
dalton99a
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n2doc
(47,953 posts)We just don't talk about it. More bombs and drones, less shock and awe. But the forever war continues unabated under Drumph.
And since no one has access to an alternative timeline where HRC won, no one can know what decisions she would have made. To think otherwise is delusional.
eezapata
(37 posts)sometimes we assume actors are smart because they play smart people on tv.
Paladin
(32,354 posts)Go back to your mansion and await the coming of The Revolution. And thanks for absolutely nothing.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)but just stick with your acting.
deminks
(11,526 posts)paybacks are hell, they say.
Mike Nelson
(10,943 posts)...Hillary was always a progressive - she and Bill and Obama governed from the middle - that's government. By the way, Susan, darling... sweetheart Susan - WE ARE ALREADY AT WAR!
marieo1
(1,402 posts)and, Mike.........in this country and the likes of Sarandon helped the present admin to keep us at war!!
LenaBaby61
(6,991 posts)AGREE with Sarandon and like her, ALSO think that Hillary was WAY worse than tRumputin and IS a war criminal?
The world has gone mad hasn't it? Especially with crazy, purity fools in it like Sarandon whose quite rich and who can insulate herself and her family from poverty--the only thing she can't insulate herself against is a war that her buddy tRumputin might start.
marieo1
(1,402 posts)I have totally lost respect for Susan Sarandon. She is an idiot and obviously a Fox news watcher and believer!!
chowder66
(12,246 posts)Even if Sarandon's view of her was even remotely true we still would have had a remarkably better President. One who would at the very least have the knowledge and know-how to responsibly run things. She wouldn't be dismantling our government, flirting with fascism and hurting our position around the world.
My guess is Sarandon somewhere along the way bought into the Hillary hatred and she is likely not going to go back to reassess why or where that happened. She should know that we have to have tough, responsible and tested women - even those we disagree with - in the government in order to make a difference in the historically male dominated world.
I think she has lost her way... which is sad because she could do more good if she would only let go of her misconceptions and get back to her roots. She isn't hearing herself.
Zambero
(9,990 posts)It's reassuring having an unstable and volatile ignoramus with access to nukes, eh Susan???
paleotn
(22,218 posts)She doesn't know her fucking arse for a hole in the ground. She's no better than the hard line, right wingers.
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