That so pisses me off. How about 'he's drunk and doing a lot of drugs and it shows'? Why do we have to try to legitimize the behaviour of celebrities by slapping a diagnosis on them?
This totally minimizes and cheapens the millions of people who ARE bipolar and who suffer from this disorder.
When Lindsay Lohan stole that necklace the first thing you heard was 'she's ADD'. Big stinky deal. So am I. Does that mean I get to steal necklaces and all that happens to me is I have to go to rehab?
I am absolutely sick of the way these things get handled and I am disgusted with the fact that 'bipolar' is used as a catchall for any kind of erratic or unusual or unruly or otherwise unacceptable behaviour these days.
I too had the same reaction, that the media is helping to paint a picture of Charlie can't help it. Even if he wasn't on drugs at the time of the 20/20 interview shown last night the aftereffects clearly showed. The megalomania, the I'm-am-the-Best, the ramblings, the nonsequiturs some of which were clearly funny I have to admit and showed some creativity on his part despite the shrink's nodding disapproval at the end, it was sad and entertaining at the same time but stop with the bipolar stuff already.
Clearly checking around the blogosphere people want to discuss Wisconsin and the usual stuff but I thought I'd give Charlie a shot. Drove all the way to the library after work and may as well head on home.
It's amazing, you'd think there are other dimensions to our lives besides the political. I agree with you that Libya is more important than Wisconsin. I don't have that firm a position on Wisconsin yet and as has been pointed out maybe those contracts are bloated and wrong but there are provisions in there that were negotiated in good faith and Governor Scott Walker needs to honor them. At any rate I can see all sides to this dispute but the Middle East and our involvement there is much more important imo, more blogworthy if you will.
My friend and I were discussing producer Chuck Lorre's vanity cards at the end of 2 1/2 Men and we both agreed they were inappropriate. Charlie Sheen is a worker for him albeit a highly paid one and it'd be like at my job or your job if the boss made fun of your alcoholism or whatever problems we may have. As for Charlie being underpaid, at what $2 mil per episode? please underpay me!
I have to agree with Saty. Labeling someone with an offical medical disorder because they are drunks or druggies just doesn't cut it anymore. And why give these people, actors or not, media time? A 20/20 interview for what? So he can PROVE how much of a druggie/drunk he REALLY is? I won't even watch that crap. I only know about it because it happens to be ALL OVER the news and I heard it on the radio. I'm glad the children were taken away from Sheen, he doesn't deserve them. Poor little things. And any woman that doesn't respect herself enough deserves what she gets if she dates him.
If Charlie Sheen is as much of a drug addict as he appears to be, the women who date him aren't interested in him nearly as much as they are in the drugs.
He's got the money and he's got the drugs. What more does a girl really need?
I'd just love to hear one psychiatrist (and maybe there's been one) come out and say, 'No, Charlie's not bipolar, he's just really fucked up on crack.'
I agree and these days you have to piss in a cup for the most mundane jobs. I've worked with potheads who do a good job at work and really bang it out and sober people who suck, who have personality quirks and bring the place down. IMO it's not the company's business what they do in their off time. I might disagree with it but it has nothing to do with the job at hand.
Someone said that the hot word is he's bipolar.
ReplyDeleteThat so pisses me off. How about 'he's drunk and doing a lot of drugs and it shows'? Why do we have to try to legitimize the behaviour of celebrities by slapping a diagnosis on them?
This totally minimizes and cheapens the millions of people who ARE bipolar and who suffer from this disorder.
When Lindsay Lohan stole that necklace the first thing you heard was 'she's ADD'. Big stinky deal. So am I. Does that mean I get to steal necklaces and all that happens to me is I have to go to rehab?
I am absolutely sick of the way these things get handled and I am disgusted with the fact that 'bipolar' is used as a catchall for any kind of erratic or unusual or unruly or otherwise unacceptable behaviour these days.
I too had the same reaction, that the media is helping to paint a picture of Charlie can't help it. Even if he wasn't on drugs at the time of the 20/20 interview shown last night the aftereffects clearly showed. The megalomania, the I'm-am-the-Best, the ramblings, the nonsequiturs some of which were clearly funny I have to admit and showed some creativity on his part despite the shrink's nodding disapproval at the end, it was sad and entertaining at the same time but stop with the bipolar stuff already.
ReplyDeleteClearly checking around the blogosphere people want to discuss Wisconsin and the usual stuff but I thought I'd give Charlie a shot. Drove all the way to the library after work and may as well head on home.
ReplyDeleteGEEZ PEOPLE GIVE POLITICS A BREAK!
He gets (or got?) $1.25 million per episode. AND
ReplyDeletetax cuts for the wealthy.
Poor guy....
oh but his anti semitism is quite real and quite sickening..........ask his wife with the restraining order...Keep up the good fight.:)
ReplyDeleteConsidering the frequency with which the the anti-semitism card is thrown around these days.....meh.
ReplyDelete"Clearly checking around the blogosphere people want to discuss Wisconsin..."
ReplyDeleteThey're merely regurgitating what the pundits are saying.
The real discussion at this very moment should be on US involvement in Lybia and nearing the end of the United States as the world's reserve currency.
It's amazing, you'd think there are other dimensions to our lives besides the political. I agree with you that Libya is more important than Wisconsin. I don't have that firm a position on Wisconsin yet and as has been pointed out maybe those contracts are bloated and wrong but there are provisions in there that were negotiated in good faith and Governor Scott Walker needs to honor them. At any rate I can see all sides to this dispute but the Middle East and our involvement there is much more important imo, more blogworthy if you will.
ReplyDeleteMy friend and I were discussing producer Chuck Lorre's vanity cards at the end of 2 1/2 Men and we both agreed they were inappropriate. Charlie Sheen is a worker for him albeit a highly paid one and it'd be like at my job or your job if the boss made fun of your alcoholism or whatever problems we may have. As for Charlie being underpaid, at what $2 mil per episode? please underpay me!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Saty. Labeling someone with an offical medical disorder because they are drunks or druggies just doesn't cut it anymore. And why give these people, actors or not, media time? A 20/20 interview for what? So he can PROVE how much of a druggie/drunk he REALLY is? I won't even watch that crap. I only know about it because it happens to be ALL OVER the news and I heard it on the radio. I'm glad the children were taken away from Sheen, he doesn't deserve them. Poor little things. And any woman that doesn't respect herself enough deserves what she gets if she dates him.
ReplyDeleteRant done.
If Charlie Sheen is as much of a drug addict as he appears to be, the women who date him aren't interested in him nearly as much as they are in the drugs.
ReplyDeleteHe's got the money and he's got the drugs. What more does a girl really need?
I'd just love to hear one psychiatrist (and maybe there's been one) come out and say, 'No, Charlie's not bipolar, he's just really fucked up on crack.'
And the church all replied, 'Amen'.
& Saty dipped her toe into the lake of pop ephemera:)
ReplyDeleteScrew the media. It is they who want to analyze Sheen. He wants no part of it.
ReplyDeleteIn Charlie's words he's "Duh...winning."
Most of Hollywood is on dope these days but he's the one who winds up getting fired.
ReplyDeleteNobody gives a shit that you're on dope as long as you get your job done, don't break any laws, and don't make an ass of yourself in the media.
ReplyDeleteOnce you do then you're a liability.
And really this all kind of epitomizes why I hate pop ephemera.
I agree and these days you have to piss in a cup for the most mundane jobs. I've worked with potheads who do a good job at work and really bang it out and sober people who suck, who have personality quirks and bring the place down. IMO it's not the company's business what they do in their off time. I might disagree with it but it has nothing to do with the job at hand.
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