Oscar night question - Why is there so little talent on the right?

[rurallib]

Seems all they can do is scare people not encourage people to grow and flourish.
Maybe best summed up by Clinton when he said "When people think they vote Democrat"

[brook]

1. For openers...

how many conservos d'ya know with Liberal Arts degrees?

[rurallib]

6. Makes me laugh to even think of a rethug in LA school

They'd be one effed up mess, wouldn't they?

[fishwax]

15. i've known a few in graduate programs

and they were all immensely interesting people. :)

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Because they are too close minded to be creative. It is all about

fear - fear of change, fear of individuality, fear of intellect, fear of science.

[tridim]

9. Yep, creativity is the key..

I've never met a creative Republican. Have you?

[Neil Lisst]

3. because arts require empathy, and the right lacks empathy

it's the main difference between us and them

[UTUSN]

4. 'cause they're narrow/ small/ ignorant/ ------what else? n/t

[JI7]

5. because movies are often about being creative

and thinking about things not ordinary. or putting the ordinary in a way one may not always think of.

conservatism often prevents this. remember, they are afraid of change or something different. just like the evolution thing. they can't stand the thought that God didn't create them and that we came about as a result of evolution.

[NashVegas]

7. They Are Talented But They Don't Push Their Creative Limits

Think Bruce Willis. Ray Ramano. Clint Eastwood is very talented but only in the last few years would anyone say he's taken real risks.


And when they do, they give us something like Vincent Gallo's "Brown Bunny."

[demosincebirth]

19. Bruce Willis???

I seen 16 Blocks yesterday and the movie was very intertaining except for the acting of Mr. Willis.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. I don't think Ray Romano's a Republican.

[Staph]

8. In order to be a successful actor,

You have to have imagination and empathy. You have to be able to put yourself into someone else's shoes and think and behave and become that person. How can a typical conservative do that while "looking out for number one"?

[Warpy]

10. Conservatives hate change and won't take chances

and that means that most of them who act do the same roles, over and over again, with only a change of costume and scenery to tell you it's a different flick. Some are only predictable; others are downright wooden.

There are a few glaring exceptions out there, and Robert Duvall always leaps to mind as one of the best character actors the industry has ever shown us.

However, by and large, conservatives are too timid to take the chances that lead to great art.

[rurallib]

11. Think you just described John Wayne

maybe Reagan?

[brook]

16. You've nailed it well.

Creativeness without risk taking doesn't see the light of day.

A director wants a dry blue paint to put on an actor w/o poisoning him; a 7 foot shark on the 6th of July; 1940's Christmas wrap in August 2000; ripe, juicy peaches in January. You figure out how to do it - safely, on time and with a backup plan for the inevitable. It's stressful, exhilarating work.

I'm no longer in the 'biz' and the lack of those traits in bosses and co-workers I deal with is aggravating. Then again, they find me abrasive & demanding. :banghead:

[Cleita]

12. Talent also takes a lot of work.

You must know by now that the RW don't work very hard except at stealing.

[WCGreen]

13. I think it's because the old studio system died off...

They were channeled into a career.... A lot of theold style actors were consrevatives...

And then when freedom came to Hollywood, they all vanished.... Couldn't seem to put it together....

[leftofthedial]

14. it's the culture of death and destruction and fear

all are antithetical to creativity

[Initech]

17. Been saying it for years - conservatives hate the arts.

Why do you think that, when conservatives start cutting education budgets, the arts are almost ALWAYS, (like 9 times out of 10), the first to go?

[Up2Late]

18. Same reason they think Universities are part of a LW conspiracy.

"Conservative" thinking is almost by definition, the opposite of learning.

[WhiteTara]

20. you can't be creative when you are covered

in fear. If you spend you whole life controlling, it's hard to let go and be creative. :shrug:

[cynatnite]

22. How can creative can they be when...

they only see the world in black and white?