<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="im"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Well
hell, image it. A comic can’t just go out and be a normal person. He
is expected to perform his comedy routines always. He could scarcely
help being grumpy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">It just seems that many people cannot get their heads around the idea that actors are acting. There are stories by soap opera stars about getting fan mail congratulating them on the baby they had on the TV show. Some want to know what the actors are like in real life. How would we ever know? They are actors! They can put over whatever image they want. Sometimes the studios and PR people are in charge of the image.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">One man reported that his dad got disgusted and totally quit his hero worship of John Wayne when he found out that he wore a wig, did not do his own stunts, and wasn't even named John Wayne!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">How easily we are fooled by very superficial images. (No, of course not us!)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">I wonder when the last time was when we elected a President who did not have a public relations firm designing his outfits, hair style, his body language, the wording of his opinions, and so on. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">"Ask not what you can do for your country......" Kennedy wrote that? Nah - speechwriter.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">bill w<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p></span></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:18 AM, Dan TheBookMan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danust2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">danust2012@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span class=""><div>On Dec 15, 2015, at 8:45 PM, spike <<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">>…Dilbert can be funny, but I find it hard to enjoy after reading Scott Adams' insane misogynistic blog posts. They're ridiculous. <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> extropy-chat [<a href="mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tara Maya<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 15, 2015 8:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] heeeeeeehehehehehehheheeeee<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">>…</span>I’m so glad I’m not the only one disturbed by that. I’ve enjoyed his blog for a long time and it seems it’s becoming worse, as if he’s pandering to the more annoying trolls in his readership. <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Tara Maya</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hmmm, OK so read the comic strip and not the blog. I have never been to the blog and have no desire to go there.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">This does bring up an interesting point however. Comedy writers in general almost need to be really messed up people in order to write things they do. What you are seeing when you read their comedy is seeing their public face. There is a good argument for not peering any deeper than that level.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I recall an interview with Steve Martin. He came across as a bit of a grumpy bear, but he was attempting to explain it. He has a routine he does on stage, the silly funny wild and crazy guy, etc. But the problem is that fans expect him to be that when he isn’t on stage. He tells of going to a restaurant where the waiter recognized him and went into “Hey Steve, I hope you don’t find any boogers or toenails in your salad yurk yurk yurk…” etc. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Well hell, image it. A comic can’t just go out and be a normal person. He is expected to perform his comedy routines always. He could scarcely help being grumpy.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Carry over: don’t expect Scott Adams’ blog to be a continuation of his Dilbert strip.</span></p></div></blockquote><br></span><div>You're right in a way. Yes, we should expect entertainers to be the same off stage, etc. But there can still be moral judgements made here. A comedian who wants to relax and have a nice meal at a restaurant and not continue his stand up act is not exactly the same as them writing a blog about various topics. Yes, it's silly to expect their act to continue from one medium to the next. But we can still say, "Hey, I love their comedy, but their views on X, Y, and Z are screwy." (I haven't read the particular blog, though I enjoy the comic strip. But then reading a comic strip is really low investment, and I rarely put any time into reading blogs regularly. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!;)</div><span class=""><div><br></div><div> <span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height:normal"><span style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height:normal"><span style="line-height:20px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height:normal"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> Sample my Kindle books via:</span></div><div style="line-height:normal"><a href="http://author.to/DanUst" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://author.to/DanUst</font></a></div></div></span></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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