so what does this suggest to you?
Apr. 22nd, 2003 07:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sisyphusshruggedThe Washington Post makes the rather astonishing oblique suggestion that speaking out against the war when their livelihoods and their professional futures and sometimes their lives were threatened was a calculated strategy by progressive public figures to make them more popular with the american people.
Apparently the Washington Post has not yet worked out the ramifications of this, and should review the pictures they didn't print to remind them how many people were at those anti-war rallies they didn't cover.
The Washington Post sucks big pointy rocks.
Janeane Garofalo sounds energized about her whole antiwar thing: "I knew when I started speaking out that it was going to be unpleasant," says the actress-comedian, "and I've taken my punches. But the positives have far outweighed the negatives."
Such as? Such as all the unsolicited offers Garofalo has received -- speaking engagements, stand-up gigs, stage roles -- in the weeks since she proffered her antiwar opinions on news programs. Such as the bundles of attagirl letters and the hearty congratulations of strangers in the street. Such as the sitcom pilot she's making for ABC. The other day, after a decade and a half of doing comedy, she made America Online's "Comedians to Watch" list.
"Before this I was a moderately well-known character actress," she says. "Now I'm almost famous."
Not to be too cynical about it -- Garofalo and other celebrities say they've been speaking from the heart -- but dissent, it seems, can be a pretty good career move...
Apparently the Washington Post has not yet worked out the ramifications of this, and should review the pictures they didn't print to remind them how many people were at those anti-war rallies they didn't cover.
The Washington Post sucks big pointy rocks.
Janeane Garofalo sounds energized about her whole antiwar thing: "I knew when I started speaking out that it was going to be unpleasant," says the actress-comedian, "and I've taken my punches. But the positives have far outweighed the negatives."
Such as? Such as all the unsolicited offers Garofalo has received -- speaking engagements, stand-up gigs, stage roles -- in the weeks since she proffered her antiwar opinions on news programs. Such as the bundles of attagirl letters and the hearty congratulations of strangers in the street. Such as the sitcom pilot she's making for ABC. The other day, after a decade and a half of doing comedy, she made America Online's "Comedians to Watch" list.
"Before this I was a moderately well-known character actress," she says. "Now I'm almost famous."
Not to be too cynical about it -- Garofalo and other celebrities say they've been speaking from the heart -- but dissent, it seems, can be a pretty good career move...
