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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
Having been a professional actor with a bit of local fame for a short time it was very weird for me to have people get personal with me when they did NOT know me, just because I did a job for them for an hour or two.
That is what acting or directing is, a job, nothing more. It is no different than fixing your dry-wall, your shingles or changing your tire... so why do we care? Why no tabloids about railroad engeneers... I bet their wifes fuck around on them... makes no sense.
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We got into talking about this the other day, about why stars become our example. Part of it is, I'm sure, because they make so much money their lives become fascinating. We want to know what it is like to be rich and famous.
I think part of it, too, is that the stars themselves are looking to be symbols. They are fame seekers, after all. There are many actors who are artists first and don't put themselves in the limelight, like Jody Foster, but if they are going to put themselves out there, they've gotta be able to take the hits.
It's a relationship.
Does that mean we should boycott certain directors/writers/actors? Sure, if we don't agree with their message or with what they do with their money. That's the beauty of free enterprise. We don't like it - we don't buy it.
I do it with stores, so I can see doing it with movies.
For me, though, in discussing this particular movie, I'd rather discuss the merits of the film itself and not the merits of Mel Gibson. By boycotting Gibson, I am inadvertently boycotting a whole lot of people I have nothing against. By the same token, there are times when I support one idea I like and inadvertently support a whole lot of ideas I don't like.
It's kind of like voting - you just decide where you feel the strongest and vote that way. It's never going to be perfect.