Showing posts with label Clint Eastwood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clint Eastwood. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
The Best ObamaChair Pic To Date: Sense Of Events
All those effigies are, well, in bad taste. Not a good idea. OS believes that it's possible to win every argument and never win one heart.
Humor always works best; low-key, to the point, elegant humor.
So, a big HT and OS shout-out to Don Sensing at Sense of Events. This is funny and pointed, if for no other reason that it draws the contrast between Churchill and our present occupant of the White House.
Now, a brief thought about Eastwood's ruminations at the GOP convention. He walked out to greet the audience without a script, and spotted the chair. It wasn't a set-up, it was improv.
The humorless types in the press were not amused...they called him names, said he rambled, on and on. It never occurred to them what they had just witnessed--an actor, writer, director, producer with over five decades of experience taking the raw material of the occasion, the audience and one lone chair to create something totally memorable. Not bad for someone at age 83!
By the way, along the way--Eastwood ran for mayor of his little town and won, and served the office for several years.
Compare Eastwood with the current occupant of the White House: Which one actually has created wealth with his gifts, created memorable art (and continues to create memorable art), actually administered some office of government before seeking high executive office? Which of them actually has done something with the days allotted by Providence, apart from running for office and spending other people's money? Why is it wonderful to be an actor/director if one is a member of The Left, and disgraceful and suspect when one is a conservative?
That empty chair looks more apropo with each passing day.
Hit that link--you won't be sorry.
Humor always works best; low-key, to the point, elegant humor.
So, a big HT and OS shout-out to Don Sensing at Sense of Events. This is funny and pointed, if for no other reason that it draws the contrast between Churchill and our present occupant of the White House.
Now, a brief thought about Eastwood's ruminations at the GOP convention. He walked out to greet the audience without a script, and spotted the chair. It wasn't a set-up, it was improv.
The humorless types in the press were not amused...they called him names, said he rambled, on and on. It never occurred to them what they had just witnessed--an actor, writer, director, producer with over five decades of experience taking the raw material of the occasion, the audience and one lone chair to create something totally memorable. Not bad for someone at age 83!
By the way, along the way--Eastwood ran for mayor of his little town and won, and served the office for several years.
Compare Eastwood with the current occupant of the White House: Which one actually has created wealth with his gifts, created memorable art (and continues to create memorable art), actually administered some office of government before seeking high executive office? Which of them actually has done something with the days allotted by Providence, apart from running for office and spending other people's money? Why is it wonderful to be an actor/director if one is a member of The Left, and disgraceful and suspect when one is a conservative?
That empty chair looks more apropo with each passing day.
Hit that link--you won't be sorry.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Guilt, Forgiveness, And Clint Eastwood: Gran Torino
OS surfed through channels last night, wasn't really paying attention, and landed on TNT's broadcast of Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. He was expecting, perhaps, an octogenarian 'Dirty Harry' sort of experience...and was dead wrong.
Eastwood's portrayal of the protagonist Walt draws both chuckles and tears, scene by scene, and this old man you love to hate becomes the man you can't help but love.
It's difficult to write in detail without betraying the story. But in a world that spews out 'entertainment' like Hangover, this is a refreshing contrast. OS will allow, however, that this is the most Christian movie he has seen in many a year.
Gran Torino
Eastwood's portrayal of the protagonist Walt draws both chuckles and tears, scene by scene, and this old man you love to hate becomes the man you can't help but love.
It's difficult to write in detail without betraying the story. But in a world that spews out 'entertainment' like Hangover, this is a refreshing contrast. OS will allow, however, that this is the most Christian movie he has seen in many a year.
Gran Torino
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