Damsel and I are inaugurating a new category to highlight entertainment icons who use their notoriety to promote left-wing ideology. We call this category “Star Whores.”
Today we recognize George Clooney for his hack at portraying the US government and the CIA as bad guys in the film “Syriana.” Clooney is either ill-informed or is part of the complex web of left-leaning organizations who seek to blame America for everything in an attempt to discredit the administration and freedom in general. I prefer to think of Clooney as stupid and not evil – but I could be wrong. Clooney has often been critical of the administration, as is his right, but when cross-examined, he shows a dearth of factual material to back his statements.
From the Monterey Herald:
George Clooney wants ‘Syriana’ to challenge its audience
George Clooney is opting for transparency when it comes to “Syriana,” opening Friday.
“It’s complicated, confusing even. And it’s political. I’m not trying to sidestep that. I’m pleased about it.”
Clooney, who plays a veteran – burned out, worn down, distrustful – CIA agent frustrated at the way the agency has become politicized, is also the film’s producer, along with Steven Soderbergh. “Syriana” was inspired in part by a book by former intelligence agent Robert Baer, a Mideast specialist who is the basis for Clooney’s character, Bob Barnes. But Stephen Gaghan, the Oscar-winning writer of “Traffic” who directed and wrote “Syriana,” says the movie is “pure imagination – based on fact.”
How’s this for transparency? I speculate that there is 90% imagination and 10% fact – maybe less – so thin, it’s nearly transparent. Clooney and Soderbergh have clearly done no research other than to present their own biased take on the book by Baer, who is probably a malcontent ex-CIA agent with an axe to grind (like Valerie Plame perhaps). Clooney seems to bias the film’s message against America in the hope that the audience will will be indoctrinated – not challenged.
And, of course, a payoff from the box office: George Clooney – Star Whore.
We saw Syriana and found it deeply troubling. The only sympathetic characters were people overtly antagonistic to American culture and values. And by the end, the only characters we were meant to care for were two suicide bombers. The movie was emotionally manipulative — “transparently” so. I left the theater angry and revolted — Clooney is not only a moonbat, he’s a dangerous moonbat, because he’s still marketable. Glover and Belafonte, at least, have marginal careers, which means they don’t have Clooney’s draw.
goyl –
I agree with you about the marketability of Glover and Belafonte. We saw a sad clip of Belafonte’s remarks at an event yesterday and noted that not only is he delusional, but is distinctly repulsive as a personality. And it’s interesting that Hillary Clinton was at the event with this insane has-been.
As for Clooney, many of us concerned about the politics of entertainers will maintain a list of who NOT to patronize.