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Topic: Anna Nicole Smith dies in Florida
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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?"

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From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 02-13-2007 02:55 AM
quote: Randy Stankey For Jane Fonda or anybody else, I don't care what their opinions are so long as they don't try to use their celebrity status to advance their opinions over those of others.
That's probably not true. I think if you happen to agree with the "celebrity" in question, you don't mind when he/she uses his/her popularity to bring his/her opinion across. But those celebrities which happen to support an opinion other than your own make you angry because their voice is heard louder than yours.
Do you think German artists such as Marlene Dietrich or Ernst Lubitsch (who may not have been that "popular" as a person, but who directed the extremely popular and biting satire "To Be Or Not To Be") were "wrong" when they used their popular influence against the NS regime? I don't. I think they were great persons for protesting in the ways available to them against a regime they did not agree with instead of just leaning back and maybe making more money in mindless entertainment.
And it doesn't matter here who is voicing whatever opinion in whatever situation. What counts is that in some situations, people can do that, and in some they can't. I think you should never resent anybody for voicing their opinions publically, in whatever form, whether you agree with them or not, because there were - and still are - a lot of situations in which people, no matter how popular or not, were not allowed to do that. And we all know what that leads to.
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Paul Linfesty
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-13-2007 03:43 PM
OK, Adam!
It was with great sadness to hear about the death of one of the silver screen's most promising actresses. The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences has missed an opportunity to honor her in the future for a lifetime achievement award (like most screen greats, the members usually overlook these actors until they are on death's door).
Who could forget her subtle comedic turn as Tanya Peters in THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3? Or the tragic yet touching Za Za in the Coen Brothers' HUDSUCKER PROXY? (Well, I could, but a quick search on IMDB helped refresh my memory).
Who knows what great screen roles or charitable causes lay in her (and our) future? True, she wasn't up there with Mamie Van Doren or Pia Zadora, but who could be?
Anna, R.I.P. [ 02-13-2007, 06:53 PM: Message edited by: Paul Linfesty ]
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