Thursday, October 26, 2006
James Woods sabe mucho
Seguimos nuestra lista y ahora le toca a un peso pesado del cine norteamericano. James Woods es conocido sobre todo por sus papeles secundarios en grandes producciones como Tal como éramos, Érase una vez en América, Casino, Nixon, o Contacto, aunque también ha realizado papeles protagonistas. Woods se sale del estereotipo de la mayor parte de actores en muchos aspectos: estudió ciencias políticas, fue un magnífico estudiante con un coeficiente intelectual de superdotado, y muestra unas opiniones absolutamente independientes e iconoclastas con respecto a sus compañeros de profesión. Sin pertenecer al Partido Republicano, ha apoyado de manera entusiasta a George W. Bush, y exhibe una dialéctica envidiable para desmontar todos y cada uno de los argumentos de la izquierda. La entrevista cuyo enlace mostramos es realmente imperdible y memorable.
Woods then chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at MIT, where he majored in political science (though he originally planned on a career as a surgeon), but dropped out in 1969 just before his graduation in order to pursue a career in acting. Woods headed to New York City, calling his mother to tell her of his plans.
While his mother wasn't thrilled at the news, she gave him her blessing to pursue a career in acting. At the 2006 CBS UpFront James Woods told the audience that his mother told him that if he was going to switch careers to acting that he be the best actor he could possibly be. Before this transition to acting, however, he was considered a brilliant student and had been permitted to enroll in a linear algebra course at UCLA while still in high school. He scored a perfect 800 on the verbal SAT and 779 on the math portion. Woods is believed to have an IQ of 180 based on the Stanford-Binet IQ test
Woods has been a vocal supporter of U.S. President George W. Bush and former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. Woods lobbied hard to play Giuliani in the biopic Rudy!, and considers the role one of the favorites of his career.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Woods
Woods then chose to pursue his undergraduate studies at MIT, where he majored in political science (though he originally planned on a career as a surgeon), but dropped out in 1969 just before his graduation in order to pursue a career in acting. Woods headed to New York City, calling his mother to tell her of his plans.
While his mother wasn't thrilled at the news, she gave him her blessing to pursue a career in acting. At the 2006 CBS UpFront James Woods told the audience that his mother told him that if he was going to switch careers to acting that he be the best actor he could possibly be. Before this transition to acting, however, he was considered a brilliant student and had been permitted to enroll in a linear algebra course at UCLA while still in high school. He scored a perfect 800 on the verbal SAT and 779 on the math portion. Woods is believed to have an IQ of 180 based on the Stanford-Binet IQ test
Woods has been a vocal supporter of U.S. President George W. Bush and former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. Woods lobbied hard to play Giuliani in the biopic Rudy!, and considers the role one of the favorites of his career.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Woods
“Simple logic tells you that if somebody wants you dead you have one course of action: To get them deader sooner.” He approvingly proposed that “if this had happened to the Russians, about three major cities in the Middle East would have been parking lots in twenty minutes."
"Now, of course, I think the President is doing an extraordinary job. It’s a good thing I’m not President because I would have just [motioned hand to press a button launching missiles] launched. Okay, I’m sorry, I just would have. But our President and I just, I love George Bush right now and I always have. I’m the only guy in LA who voted for him [audience applauded]. And I have to tell you the way he’s handling it is very deliberate, very careful and so on and doing the right thing.""If they harbor terrorists, we should wipe them off the face of the Earth. Eventually, one of these terrorist diaper-heads is going to come around and do something more horrible."
"Now, of course, I think the President is doing an extraordinary job. It’s a good thing I’m not President because I would have just [motioned hand to press a button launching missiles] launched. Okay, I’m sorry, I just would have. But our President and I just, I love George Bush right now and I always have. I’m the only guy in LA who voted for him [audience applauded]. And I have to tell you the way he’s handling it is very deliberate, very careful and so on and doing the right thing.""If they harbor terrorists, we should wipe them off the face of the Earth. Eventually, one of these terrorist diaper-heads is going to come around and do something more horrible."
Esta entrevista es demasiado larga como para reproducirla entera y no creo que sea conveniente destacar un párrafo en concreto, porque todos son igualmente brillantes. En ella, la típica periodista progre desvía el asunto (que debería ser la última película de Woods) para atacarlo por haber apoyado públicamente a Bush. En lugar de rehuír el tema o amilanarse, el actor contesta a cada una de sus preguntas de manera incisiva y dejándola a la altura del betún. De verad, nos os la perdais.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Emily Procter, el ala derecha de la Casa Blanca y CSI
Aunque dio sus primeros pasos en el cine, Emily Procter es uno de los rostros más conocidos de la pequeña pantalla. Esta licenciada en periodismo y danza nació en la costa este, pero tuvo que mudarse a Los Angeles para empezar a trabajar en el mundo de la actuación, con papeles en películas como Leaving Las Vegas, Jerry Maguire o Breast Man. Sin embargo la fama le llegó al dar el salto a la TV en series como Friends y sobre todo la galardonada CSI Miami, donde da vida a la detective Calleigh Duquesne, la mano derecha de Horatio. Emily también protagonizó durante dos temporadas la también exitosa serie El Ala Oeste de la Casa Blanca, donde interpretaba a una abogada del Partido Republicano. Esa interpretación no le debió de resultar difícil, ya que en una entrevista a la revista Esquire, ella misma afirmó profesar la misma filiación política.
Emily Procter of CSI: Miami stated herself to be a Republican in Esquire.
Emily Procter of CSI: Miami stated herself to be a Republican in Esquire.
Monday, October 16, 2006
El Grupo Risa va muy a contracorriente
Uno de los mayores falsos tópicos que se ha instalado en la sociedad española durante los últimos años es que el humor y la sátira son espacios reservados a la izquierda. Hasta el punto de que Andrés Buenafuente llevó a afirmar no entendía que se pudiese ser humorista sin ser de izquierdas. Quizá por eso este genial trío de humoristas ha sido sistemáticamente censurado en casi todos los medios españoles, al tiempo que ha sido objeto de una de las más vergonzosas campañas de calumnia por parte del grupo Prisa, atribuyéndoles la autoría de una web que sabían perfectamente que no correspondía con ellos. El caso es que Fernando Echeverría, David Miner y Óscar Blanco componen un grupo humorístico sin parangón en cuanto a éxito y creatividad en la radio española, y que desde distintos programas de la cadena Cope han demostrado que desde la derecha se puede hacer un humor crítico y mordaz con la izquierda sin caer en el insulto ni el mal gusto. Sonada fue la entrevista a Evo Morales, siguiendo el caso de una emisora americana con Fidel Castro y Hugo Chávez. La censura hace difícil encontrar entrevistas o declaraciones de los miembros del Grupo Risa en otros medios, pero aquí quedan sus enlaces de audio, pues la Cope tiene una amplia y bien organizada audioteca.
Aquí su audioteca:
http://www.lamanana.com.es/index.php?/lamanana/cat-elgruporisa/C85/
http://www.lamanana.com.es/index.php?/lamanana/cat-lajaralera/C86/
Aquí la campaña orquestada desde Prisa:
http://www.libertaddigital.com/php3/opi_desa.php3?cpn=21984
Y aquí una entrevista en audio en un programa de la Cope con motivo de la presentación de su libro "Don Evo, le habla el presidente":
http://www.lamanana.com.es/audios/acieloabierto280906.mp3
Aquí su audioteca:
http://www.lamanana.com.es/index.php?/lamanana/cat-elgruporisa/C85/
http://www.lamanana.com.es/index.php?/lamanana/cat-lajaralera/C86/
Aquí la campaña orquestada desde Prisa:
http://www.libertaddigital.com/php3/opi_desa.php3?cpn=21984
Y aquí una entrevista en audio en un programa de la Cope con motivo de la presentación de su libro "Don Evo, le habla el presidente":
http://www.lamanana.com.es/audios/acieloabierto280906.mp3
Monday, October 09, 2006
Mary Higgins Clark: la dama del misterio
Pasamos ahora por primera vez al ámbito de la literatura de la mano de una de las más vendidas y prestigiosas escritoras del mundo. Mary Higgins Clark es la Agatha Christie de nuestro tiempo. Esta ex-secretaria y ex-azafata de avión norteamericana mostró siempre una destacada habilidad para imaginar y elaborar las más complejas y cautivadoras historias de crimen y misterio. Alejada de los tópicos sobre la literatura "de mujeres" y de los prejuicios contra los best-sellers, Clark ha combinado la calidad literaria con el gran éxito de ventas de sus obras. En lo político, Mary Higgins Clark no ha realizado manifestaciones llamativas sobre sus ideas, pero no cabe ninguna duda de cuales son sus preferencias a tenor de las más que generosas donaciones que ha realizado al partido republicano, donaciones que en los EEUU son públicas y muy seguidas por los medios.
On the other hand, author Mary Higgins Clark, it turns out, is a huge Republican fan. She's donated $10,000 to that Republican National Committee, and $5,000 to the New Jersey Republican Party.
http://www.bookslut.com/propaganda/2004_11_003545.php
http://www.bookslut.com/propaganda/2004_11_003545.php
Aquí sus donaciones pormenorizadas:
Y aquí un interesante artículo de F. Jiménez Losantos sobre ella:
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Matt Stone, Trey Parker y los "South Park Republicans"
Matt Stone y Trey Parker son una pareja de hecho artística que ha producido comedias tan divertidas como “Baseketball” o “Team America”, pero que todo el mundo conoce como los creadores de la famosa serie “South Park”, una irreverente historieta de dibujos animados para adultos que ataca sin cortapisas cualquier pensamiento políticamente correcto y que no deja títere alguno con cabeza. Sin embargo, sorprendentemente para algunos y no tanto para otros, Stone y Parker son personas con preocupaciones políticas que no se sitúan precisamente a la izquierda. Mientras que Parker milita en el Libertarian Party (Partido Liberal) americano y simpatiza con los republicanos, Stone ha afirmado estar registrado en el Partido Republicano, si bien no como conservador, sino desde un perspectiva igualmente liberal. Llegados a este punto debemos llamar la atención sobre un error de traducción constantemente repetido en los medios españoles: la palabra inglesa “liberal”, no significa en castellano “liberal”, sino que debe traducirse mejor como “progresista”. Es la palabra inglesa “libertarian” la que significa en castellano “liberal”. De ahí que, aunque Parker y Stone también repartan a gusto a los conservadores, estén considerados como el gran azote del pensamiento de los “liberals” (memorables son sus ataques a Sean Penn o Michael Moore, luego de que este manipulase una entrevista a Stone en Bowling for Columbine), hasta el punto de crear un nuevo término en la política estadounidense: los “South Park Republicans” para referirse a aquellos votantes del partido republicano que tienen una visión más liberal que tradicional y que no pertenecen a la llamada “derecha cristiana” o conservadora.
libertarian (said so in an interview for GQ), but has equivocated about this, as he previously claimed to be a registered republican. In 2002, Stone was interviewed for the Michael Moore documentary Bowling for Columbine, where he mostly discusses his experiences growing up in Littleton, and the social alienation that might have driven situations such as the Columbine High School massacre. In the film, there is a short animated segment about the history of guns, presented in a tone and animation style similar to that of South Park.
Stone expressed anger over what he saw as a misleading attempt by Moore to insinuate that he and Trey Parker had produced the animation, when in fact they had actually turned down a request from Moore to contribute a similar short to the film. Subsequently, Stone and Parker portrayed Moore, in their film Team America: World Police, as a suicide bomber who is revealed to have been made of ham.
Stone expressed anger over what he saw as a misleading attempt by Moore to insinuate that he and Trey Parker had produced the animation, when in fact they had actually turned down a request from Moore to contribute a similar short to the film. Subsequently, Stone and Parker portrayed Moore, in their film Team America: World Police, as a suicide bomber who is revealed to have been made of ham.
The term South Park Republican has been coined to refer to those who claim that South Park reflects a Republican, although non-traditional, viewpoint. Historically, though, Parker has described himself as "middle-ground", and he is a registered member of the United States Libertarian Party.
Trey Parker, the co-creator of "South Park," declared that he and partner Matt Stone are Republicans, proving once again that liberals choose their friends based more on surface than substance - and this time their lazy habits turned into a most embarrassing moment for them.
Of course, anyone who has watched more than a few episodes of "South Park" knows that Parker loathes liberal "values." He and Stone have blasted casual (and not so casual) divorce, lefty spelunking in the Constitution for special rights for gays and ethnic minorities, and parents who are too busy with other things to teach their children right from wrong.
Of course, anyone who has watched more than a few episodes of "South Park" knows that Parker loathes liberal "values." He and Stone have blasted casual (and not so casual) divorce, lefty spelunking in the Constitution for special rights for gays and ethnic minorities, and parents who are too busy with other things to teach their children right from wrong.