Seriously Speaking

Staring at the seriously absurd antics of those in the Sour Limelight of late, I've got to think we are suffering from a serious maleigh of super-sensitivity to our own opinions. Think about it. Who takes celebrities more seriously than, you guessed it, celebreties! Tom Cruise trots around Europe with fiance' Katie Holmes shooting for free press, then gets sprayed down by a pseudo-journalist with a water pistol microphone and shoots off at the mouth. (All after taking it upon himself to convert his War of the Worlds producers and a freaked out Scarlett Johansen to his fringe religion of choice, Scientology). The invinsible gladiator Russell Crowe comes in from a night out on the town and hurls his dagger (wireless phone) at the enemy warrior (hotel staffer) of the Coliseum (front desk lobby of the Ritz--perhaps similar in scope but still, no Rome glory). And what about the foreign policy experts like Cher and Alec Baldwin?

By now celebrities counting themselves as equipped for more than entertainment is common-place. What's new seems to be the larger middle-American thrust toward discrediting their opinion. Our fascination is having a falling out. Is it hurting the arts to sound off on everything other than? At least, Hollywood, if you're going to do it, stay true to form and do it with creative expression, no more shallow Michael Moore-bid talking point analysis! Dick Dunbar doesn't need your help to sell the Leftist reputation to the lowest bidder. He's got Howard DeanNC to help him with that.