... is like Carroll O'Connor playing Archie Bunker

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... is like Carroll O'Connor playing Archie Bunker

Fox — 11/7/2005 10:06:09 PM (archived)

Some actors purposefully take roles unlike the people they really are, for the challenge. Some people in the audience can get past an actor's real-life politics and appreciate the talent they bring to the role.

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Anyone watch the West Wing 'debate'? - Fox - 11/7/2005 2:40:16 AM
- Okay, this guy gave Alda's character a pretty good review. - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 9:50:59 PM
  - So now that a blogger said so you are willing to accept it?! (n/t) - R.L. - 11/9/2005 8:14:48 PM
    - Not really. - Tom Brosz - 11/10/2005 8:28:51 AM
    - ALERT: Pathetic mischaracterisation averted! - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 4:23:58 AM
- I caught part of it. - Scott Evil - 11/8/2005 5:33:49 PM
- Alan Alda will get an Emmy nom for the "live debate" - Eri - 11/8/2005 3:04:42 AM
- Alan Alda playing a Republican... - Larry J - 11/7/2005 8:14:08 PM
  - I thought he pulled it off. - Scott Evil (SENN News) - 11/8/2005 5:35:57 PM
  - ... is like Carroll O'Connor playing Archie Bunker - Fox - 11/7/2005 10:06:09 PM
    - Exactly - political blackface - Larry J - 11/8/2005 2:00:22 PM
      - If that is all you got from his performance, then that is very sad... - R.L. - 11/8/2005 6:04:10 PM
        
        Sad - Robert - 11/8/2005 7:15:51 PM
        
        For the record - Fox - 11/9/2005 4:22:23 AM
        
        re: For the record - Larry J - 11/9/2005 2:22:27 PM
        
        Just asking, have you ever actually watched West Wing? - Tony - 11/9/2005 10:07:57 PM
        
        I do watch some network TV... - Larry J - 11/10/2005 5:58:44 PM
        
        Not enough, apparently ;-) - Robert - 11/10/2005 8:00:39 PM
        
        He doesnt have to, the blogs tell him all he needs to know about it... - R.L. - 11/9/2005 11:06:02 PM
        
        re: Just asking, have you ever actually watched West Wing? - REB - 11/9/2005 10:29:53 PM
        
        I agree - R.L. - 11/9/2005 8:58:29 PM
        
        Caricature vs accurate portrayal - Larry J - 11/11/2005 7:14:01 PM
        
        Did you know Robert DeNiro in real life is actually a gangster? - Tony - 11/9/2005 10:05:50 PM
        
        Only neo-nazis should play Nazis in movies about WW2 - R.L. - 11/9/2005 11:14:06 PM
        
        re: Did you know Robert DeNiro in real life is actually a gangster? - REB - 11/9/2005 10:27:02 PM
        
        re: Huh? - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 7:47:41 PM
        
        Want 10 megs of Liberals being associated with eco-terrorists and marxists? - R.L. - 11/8/2005 8:19:53 PM
        
        ooh ooh I know this one - tony - 11/10/2005 4:17:04 AM
        
        The Archie Bunker character was a simple minded bigot... - Larry J - 11/8/2005 7:14:34 PM
        
        And simple minded bigots still exist - R.L. - 11/8/2005 8:39:50 PM
        
        OK, how would you create an acceptable Conservative character? - Robert - 11/8/2005 7:34:23 PM
        
        First, I would start by using an actor who is a conservative - Larry J - 11/8/2005 8:01:08 PM
        
        Need more - Robert - 11/8/2005 9:37:45 PM
        
        If the writers and actors don't know anything about Republicans... - Larry J - 11/9/2005 2:14:47 PM
        
        Still mostly about process - Robert - 11/9/2005 4:29:23 PM
        
        What a load(ed term) - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 3:59:56 AM
        
        You must be kidding - Robert - 11/10/2005 4:56:27 AM
        
        I wish you had been - Sam F. - 11/10/2005 5:45:23 AM
        
        Blinking hard and still not seeing. - Mary Anne - 11/11/2005 1:58:33 AM
        
        They have all been elected to a REAL office... (n/t) - R.L. - 11/8/2005 8:17:49 PM
    - Yeah, THAT was a realistic portrayal of a conservative. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 7:33:47 AM
- No...*sigh* - McFly - 11/7/2005 6:22:06 PM
- Clear - Robert - 11/7/2005 4:57:14 PM
  - Shucks, I'm glad they don't potray a Republican White House... - Scott Evil (SENN News) - 11/8/2005 5:43:08 PM
    - 4077th White House - Robert - 11/8/2005 6:17:35 PM
      - the new administration's first crisis in office could involve an Starving North Koreans crossing into South Korea! - Scott Evil - Captain, HZS Evildoer - 11/8/2005 6:27:12 PM
        
        That series already has a name - Robert - 11/8/2005 6:33:37 PM
  - Liberal fantasy - Tom Brosz - 11/7/2005 5:26:34 PM
    - You have blue hair and go to precinct meetings, don't you... (n/t) - Scott Evil - Captain, HZS Evildoer - 11/8/2005 5:44:50 PM
    - Conservative delusion - Robert - 11/8/2005 5:28:42 PM
      - re: Conservative delusion - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 9:16:25 PM
        
        Strange definition of "moderate" - Robert - 11/8/2005 9:49:21 PM
        
        definition of "moderate" - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 10:48:19 PM
        
        re: definition of "moderate" - Fox - 11/9/2005 4:10:19 AM
        
        Never heard of a RINO? - Tony - 11/9/2005 3:49:07 AM
- You first. (n/t) - RobVG - 11/7/2005 5:37:31 AM
  - OK, here goes - Fox - 11/7/2005 4:45:08 PM
    - Two points. - RobVG - 11/8/2005 3:28:44 AM
      - re: Two points. - Tom Brosz - 11/8/2005 7:37:57 AM
        
        Social Security - dtb - 11/9/2005 3:07:58 AM
    - Hawkeye goes to Washington - Robert - 11/7/2005 5:12:42 PM

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