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June 05, 2006
Visual Industry Moments
A few fabulous industry moments from D last week.
Esther Dyson, Arianna Huffington, Renee Blodgett
John Brockman, Heidi Roizen
Cathy Brooks, Stewart Alsop, Renee Blodgett
Donna Dubinsky, Walt Mossberg
YouTube's Julie Supan, Donna Sokolsky, Renee Blodgett
Al Gore, Arianna Huffington, John Cusack, Esther Dyson
Last Night Reception
BusinessWeek's Steve Wildstrom, Renee Blodgett
Rick Smolan gets some camera action
NY Times John Markoff and Newsweek's Steve Levy
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John,
Time to answer for yourself, eh? From all true Joe Publics:
"Better listen up liggers" - Carbon/Silicon
John Cusack - Strummer Calling
"Get away, get away, get away, get away"
-Joe Strummer
Bankrobber
Or in this case, imagerobber.
NO MORE STRUMMERING! I am so so tired of John Cusack quoting Joe Strummer as if he were somehow continuing to pass on his message. I had the honor of working with Joe, a beautiful, humble, sincere man who vehemently believed in what he wrote and lived accordingly. If Cusack wants to get on a public platform, quoting Joe, then he needs to practice what he preaches. The sad thing is, I am convinced that he believes he does.
Although I have to admit that Cusack is an intelligent man, he is unable to grasp the full meaning of Joe's message. Human rights are not just a global issue, they are a very personal, individual one, as well, and Joe's message reflected that. Anything on a global scale can be reduced to an individual level. Two countries at war=two friends engaged in a bitter battle; treaties between countries= compromise and agreement between adversaries.
Cusack seems to have no problem when referring to Global issues. It's the individual ones he seems to have a problem with - they seem to fly out the window along with his stained underwear and other assorted undergarments sometimes quite difficult to decipher. He goes on and on about Injustice! Equality! Human Rights! Well, I'm just going to have to quote someone myself on that one:
"BLAH, BLAH, BLAH"
-Iggy Pop
Wake up, Johnny!
I actually agree with his political stance, although I take it to a bit more of an extreme level. All politicians are corrupt. The higher they are on the food chain, the more ass they had to kiss and the more shady deals they had to make. Cusack seems very comfortable in this dishonest forum (wonder why?) and has already jumpstarted a possible political career by kissing the ass of a candidate's daughter (literally). Very Classy! And to think that these college students set up webs to elect him President - poor misguided youth - compared to Clinton's cigar, they'd be hit with a real shocker. I firmly believe that our society knows about 1% of what goes on in our government. Any scandal exposed is merely a shred of metal from a cog in the machine.
"Power to the People"
-John Lennon
Nice thought, but will never happen.
Going off on a bit of a tangent here. Sorry. Point is: Human rights are for humans, right? Women are human the last time I checked (although with all the plastic surgery in Hollywood, it is sometimes hard to tell). So, I'll give Cusack a little room on that one. When you dissrespect women, you are indeed trampling on their human rights. "Dog catcher" eh? Feel truly sorry for your assistant having to have that as part of his job description. "Need assistant who can type, schedule meetings, and cruise skanky bars picking up as many women with low self-esteem as possible so I can feel good about myself especially now that I am middle-aged."
"like a dinosaur"
- lyrics from the Rutles
Perhaps Cusack should remind himself of his own words some six years ago. "Nobody wants to be that guy, aged 45, in a bar, picking up the 21-year-old girl. Then you're moving into the most-pathetic-man-in-the-world scenario." Hmmm. He's Forty - same difference - he is then, in fact living the most-pathetic-man-in-the-world scenario. Sure Ma is very proud of her boy.
There is absolutely no way a woman with any self-respect would allow herself to be rounded up like cattle to be used at anyone's disposal. Cusack is merely preying on women with low self-esteem who need the affirmation that they are worthy. In the process, he is further damaging them. He is hurting people, by objectifying them, he is in fact dehumanizing them - isn't that the main factor in all atrocities on this planet. One group feeling they are better than another and therefore, dehumanizing them in order to carry out their agenda.
Found an interesting blog from a woman who worked in a Walmart type store in the early '90s. Cusack came in with his assistant and had him ask for her help. He refused to speak to her directly and instead whispered into his assistant's ear what he wanted. The assistant would then relay it to her. "John would like such and such". She got so fed up with his arrogant behavior that she eventually looked straight at Cusack and said "Tell John such and such". Then she ended her blog by calling him an asshole. He completely belittled her, acted as if he were better than her and she was not even worthy enough to speak to him. He dehumanized her. And he talks about human rights - it really just makes me ill. If I ever saw him in person, I would spit in his face!
Have a feeling Joe's opinion of Cusack would probably have changed drastically if he knew of those little doggie runs.
"Fido, Fido"
-Zappa
Jimmy Swaggart, anyone? Different words, same hypocrisy.
What is it that he said in that Huffington post thing. Arab lives are equal to American lives or something to that effect. So scale it down. Men's lives are equal to women's. When you objectify women and mistreat them, your Global argument is meaningless. Cusack's Global argument is meaningless, but only because it comes from him. So often described by others as a nasty, mean-spirited person (although for some reason, he always talks about how nice he is - think he might have a wee bit of a
problem in the self-perception department), he obviously doesn't seem to be very concerned with the rights of others to be treated with respect on an individual basis. And aside from all that, he has those little black
"Devil Eyes"
-Tim Buckley
Oh, the things I know. Perhaps I tell you sometime. Been feeling very pissy lately, lot on my mind and a very low tolerance for bullshit - thus the rant. Next time I'm in a bad mood and feel like my brain will implode if I hear another word from another
"LIAR"
- Henry Rollins
or if I happen to miss
my
"Supersonic Rocket Ship where there's equality and no supression of minorities"
-The Kinks
will probably rant on and on until I feel some bit of
"Satisfaction"
-really bad movie
-Stones
Bottom line is choose. Cusack needs to make up his mind as to whether he wants to continue to misrepresent himself and in doing so, dishonor others, or just be an actor, behave atrociously
and not get on the pulpit. Cusack, just
"Leaving It Up To You"
- John Cale
Oh, and Ladies,
"Please,Please,Please"
-James Brown
stop posting webs saying, "I loooove John Cusack soooo muuch. I waaana maaarrry him."
No offense intended to any of you,(you are all mere victims of a very brilliant PR machine) but there are far better choices out there. Practically every other actor in Hollywood is a better choice except maybe Charlie Sheen and the late Fatty Arbuckle (although he was acquitted and died sad and broke, so he really doesn't apply - scratch that) Would say Charlie Chaplin - bit of a pedophile but the scene in "The Great Dictator" where he dances with the balloon of the globe and takes the piss out of Hitler - priceless - he's forgiven - and well he's also dead. Although I used to have a major crush on Spencer Tracy when I was 12 or so and he was dead, so to each their own.
"I got A Thing, You Got A Thing, EveryBody's Got A Thing"
- Funkadelic
Seriously now, living actors with even worse behavior. Have to think about that one. Cusack kind of takes the cake. Not only for his lack of moral fiber in:
"The Real World"
- really bad show
but on the mere fact that he is a fraud blowing
"Smoke"
-CAN
up people's asses and actually even his own.
If you are looking to admire a truly brilliant actor - check out David Thewlis (looks nothing like Cusack, so if he's your type forget it)but great actor, great person, faithful, sweet, sweet beautiful man "I loooove him" and Joaquin Phoenix seems to be a truly kind sensitive soul but that's just a hunch. And there's always the very cool, very adorable Mark Ruffalo.
Basically, even actors working the street
"In The City"
-The Jam
to make ends meet during hard times are a better choice.
Or there is always the possibility that Cusack's PR machine are portraying him as a womanizer to hide the fact that he is gay or bisexual. Know a little story about that one firsthand, but won't write it. Either way, he still treats people miserably and should be ashamed of his behavior. But I am sure he is not.
God, all these quotes are giving me a headache
"Ouch"
-Rutles (again)
(sorry for the repeat)
But now I'll truly be serious because I'm very tired 3am here in New York (won't do Lou Reed - made my point already). Joe Strummer was a brilliant man who deserves someone worthy to carry on his message and his work - not a hypocrite whose fraudulence undermines its value.
Found beautiful quote from interview with Joe, "Life’s about your friendships, the way you love your partner, the way you care for your children. That is what life is about". That about says it all.
Stop Quoting Me Ya C*nt"!!!
Posted by: es3 | Jun 6, 2006 4:42:07 PM
