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Hanks is just reiterating hollywoods talking points.No real substance just blah blah blah.They do this so when the rest of the hollywood elitist meet at their kool parties and get-togethers, they can recieve that fist to the shoulder attaboy.
It makes them feel special.
You play to the people you're with and give them what they want. He was at MSNBC, just be glad he didn't start peeling bananas with his feet and throw feces at the screen.
So he's a lightweight when it comes to important issues and politics. The next time you hear him lend his name to a cause you can probably be safe in steering clear of it because he's easily manipulated.
Hanks is just reiterating hollywoods talking points.No real substance just blah blah blah.They do this so when the rest of the hollywood elitist meet at their kool parties and get-togethers, they can recieve that fist to the shoulder attaboy.
It makes them feel special.
You nailed it. The only difference between the entertainment industry and any other profession is the ability for entertainers to voice their opinions to the masses.
Can anyone really make the argument that a celebrities opinion is any more important than anyone elses?
You nailed it. The only difference between the entertainment industry and any other profession is the ability for entertainers to voice their opinions to the masses.
Can anyone really make the argument that a celebrities opinion is any more important than anyone elses?
For most of us absoutely not, but for some, absoutely, anything the hollywood elite says is Mum.
You nailed it. The only difference between the entertainment industry and any other profession is the ability for entertainers to voice their opinions to the masses.
Can anyone really make the argument that a celebrities opinion is any more important than anyone elses?
I can't, which is also why I can't get worked up about their opinions.
You know, there are conservative actors and comedians who speak in public too. Stephen Baldwin comes to mind immediately, and so does the sell-out Ben Stein. Fred Thompson. Rich Little. Kelsey Grammer. Chuck Norris. There are others. Patriotic Actors
Anyway, I find it interesting that people get both worked up about what they say and point out that they are just people with opinions like everybody else. Why do people constantly examine whether or not their opinions are more relevant than ours, if it's such a foregone conclusion?
I strongly suspect that when people keep vociferously trying to put someone(s) in their place over an opinion, it's usually because they are actually worried about the effect those opinions may have on others.
Tom Hanks was there to promote his new HBO series The Pacific, a similar series to The Band of Brothers. Like all guests of Morning Joe, he stuck around as a guest. They asked him a question and he answered it. He wasn't there to push a political viewpoint. It was not that big of a deal.
Even though the show is on MSNBC, it is hosted by an ex-Republican who was in the House of Representatives.
About 10 - 12 years ago I was listening (during morning commute) to a radio program (popular music format with morning crew) where they invited people to call in with their celebrity encounters. Two unrelated callers, in two different scenarios, reported bad encounters with Tom Hanks. It floored the disc jockeys because Hanks always projected a Mr Nice Guy demeanor. I don't remember any of the other celebrities that people spoke of, and there were a number of people that called in, except the Hanks callers. It was that shocking (at the time).
I really don't care what Tom Hanks thinks about anything or what he likes or if he goes home and kicks the dog. He's only made one movie that I liked a lot and that was Road To Perdition. I've never even seen Forest Gump.
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The only difference between the entertainment industry and any other profession is the ability for entertainers to voice their opinions to the masses.
Jeeeez. Lighten up! Stop taking things so serious, Billy O. 
