This
was mildly disturbing, yet wholly predictable. A decrepit old white actor who’s
lived in a platinum-plated bubble for more than 60 years decides he is going to
tell minorities and women to get over this whole discrimination thing.
Basically Clint Eastwood’s entire interview can be boiled
down to: “Hey look, Trump says some pretty bad things, but c’mon, making fun of
blacks and dames was fine when I was a kid, so let’s just go back to the days
when a privileged famous white guy could yuk it up with his buddies and tell
off-color jokes and spew sexist rhetoric, safe from the persecution of
political correctness. Whatdaya say?”
Don’t you just love it when someone who is literally and
figuratively separated from the wrath of racism by bullet-proof glass, concrete
walls and – probably – a moat with crocodiles, tells blacks, Hispanics, Muslims
and women to stop complaining? Don’t we all feel better knowing that Dirty Harry is on the case making sure
that minorities and women don’t get too big for their britches!
Of course being a loyal democrat, I am kind of glad Mr.
Eastwood is wading back into the presidential election. I think we all remember his great foray into
the 2012 campaign when he snagged the best actor nod for playing a beloved
senile has-been, delivering a cringe-inducing monologue to a piece of furniture.
Keep talking Clint. Your status as a fallen A-lister who has
the power to crush republican presidential dreams is secure.
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