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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)That said, I refuse to allow his stupid personal views to detract from my enjoyment of the occasional old episode of Cheers or Frasier.
I'm sure if we started digging up the political views of people, we'd have to shorten our lists of acceptable artists and entertainers considerably; many people just keep their mouths shut, and that's probably a smart idea if you want a long career. And if people don't get TOO obnoxious and in-your-face, they can get away with being a wingnut. Jon Voight, for example, is a frigging whack-a-doodle, but he is bringing the performance on Ray Donovan. I suppose the fact that he's playing a mendacious jerk is helpful, too! Clint Eastwood, OTOH, took a hit for talking to that chair. He's famous enough that he'll recover, but that was a real blow to his reputation.
As for James Woods, he's a character on Family Guy, so I'm not going to boycott them to "show" him, either! He plays a jerk (himself) on that show, too, so that makes the whole process easier!