…but you know the View has done her a disservice in one way. It’s made us forget.
It hit me today for no particular reason that she is a good actress, Sister Act and the Associate were both very funny. She was first rate in Ghost. That silly basketball movie Eddie was pretty good too.
On Star Trek TNG she was first rate. She was an excellent addition to the cast and made the show better.
Her work with Comic Relief was commendable.
All of that seems to be forgotten because all we see now is the political/gossip side. It’s true a lot of what I cited was from her earlier work but that doesn’t change that it was worthwhile.
One of the problems with political discourse is that it can provoke a reaction. Goldberg used to produce a smile when I saw her, now when I see her I think: “Bush Hater”, “Palin Hater”.
It’s a bit of a shame but that’s the price of being out there like that.
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Great post.
I think Whoopi does care, but she is liberally misinformed, and she partakes of the “Republicans are evil” meme.
A lot of people do, and sometimes it makes us forget. For example I have plenty of friends and family who buy this line (After all I am in Massachusetts) about Bush etc.
Because I deal with them daily and know them intimately it never overshadows our relationship.
With a celebrity since we only know them from the screen it is easy to forget the good when the less pleasant is thrust in our faces. Al Franken for example is very active in the USO and his early SNL stuff was first rate. That doesn’t make him less wrong but he isn’t the evil one that he is portrayed.
Rush is correct that we have to think of these people as political enemies but not as personal enemies.