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Vanity: The "Meet the Fockers" Dilemma
Fishface | 11/09/2004 | Fishface

Posted on 11/09/2004 2:37:49 PM PST by Fishface

I am conflicted about the upcoming film "Meet the Fockers." While I really enjoyed "Meet the Parents" and eagerly awaited the sequel, discovering that Barbara Streisand has been cast as Gaylord Focker's mother has sickened me in such a way that I will refuse to see it.

As the cultural war has intensified and the battle lines etched deeper, I find myself incapable of getting past my disdain of these America hating, liberal celebrities. I just can't do it anymore.

As a result, I won't see a film I was really looking forward to. Laura Ingraham is a good example of someone who can put her personal feelings about celebrities aside and still enjoy their creative output. For instance, she wrote an entire book castigating loud mouthed celebrities, but she remains a devoted fan of Pearl Jam and Eddie Vetter.

As for me, I cannot differentiate any longer, and sadly, my list of "Never Again" entertainers grows by the day. I am interested in hearing how other freepers handle this dilemma. Can you put aside your disdain aside and enjoy the entertainment for what it is or are you, like me, incapable of differentiating anymore?


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: babs; motherfocker
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1 posted on 11/09/2004 2:37:50 PM PST by Fishface
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To: Fishface

Loved the first one- won't see this one if Babs is involved. And I actually have a very high tolerance for loony-celebs. It's just that BS goes over the line with me.


2 posted on 11/09/2004 2:40:18 PM PST by agooga
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To: Fishface

If you don't find Barbara Streisand entertaining, then what is the point of trying to be entertained by her?


3 posted on 11/09/2004 2:40:18 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (THANK YOU, FREEPERS for re-electing President George W. Bush!)
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To: Fishface
(1) Word on the street is that the sequel is nowhere near as good as the original.

(2) Boycotting these idiots is the only thing that works. I won't be giving them any more of my money.

4 posted on 11/09/2004 2:40:38 PM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: Fishface

You are not alone.. I for one have given up on hollywood entertainment...in fact quite a while ago... there is a life beyond movies.....


5 posted on 11/09/2004 2:40:52 PM PST by JoanneSD
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To: Fishface

um, download the movie on the internet for free? If it wasn't illegal, that would be the perfect solution. Next best, wait until it comes out on video, and watch it when your buddy rents it.


6 posted on 11/09/2004 2:41:22 PM PST by TheMightyQuinn
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Nope. Can't watch Barbra Streisand, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Jessica Lange, or Alec Baldwin anymore. Don't miss 'em, either.


7 posted on 11/09/2004 2:41:26 PM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Fishface

Streisand is a natural for this role. She's the mother, right?


8 posted on 11/09/2004 2:41:38 PM PST by Spok
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To: Fishface

Looks to me they misspelled the last name of Streisand's character.


9 posted on 11/09/2004 2:41:53 PM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Fishface

Its a no-brainer for me. I hate Ben Stiller with a passion. Never seen a more un-funny "comedian" in my life. His movies all suck. If he weren't bad enough, the presence of the odious Babs Streisand would keep me from seeing this movie. I hope it bombs big time - like a Ben Affleck movie.


10 posted on 11/09/2004 2:41:57 PM PST by Astronaut
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I would wait for it to come to TBS... Which should be in about 20 minutes from now...
11 posted on 11/09/2004 2:42:26 PM PST by The Hollywood Conservative (I can't even make a tagline because I'm a GIANT IDIOT!!!)
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I'd also point out that there has only been ONE sequel in the whole history of movie-making that was worth any damn thing at all: Aliens. Every single other sequel has sucked.

(Before you purists start in on me, I do not consider the Star Wars movies to have prequel/sequel status. They're all one humongous story that Lucas chose to break into nine chapters.)
12 posted on 11/09/2004 2:42:39 PM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Fishface
I am incapable of separating the fly shi* (entertainers) from the pepper (their "art") so I just refuse to watch or listen, if I have any control over the situation, which in my case is most of the time.
13 posted on 11/09/2004 2:43:10 PM PST by leadpencil1 (If a miserable failure defeated the libs, what does that make the libs?)
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That is a tough question. I probably would go watch the movie, except for several select actors (Streisand, Moore, Baldwin, Sarandon, etc)…. Which unfortunately includes Streisand. I love Ben Stiller and I was gutted to hear that “Babs” is in it, because I’m in the dilemma as well. It’s like one of my favorite movies, Shawshank Redemption has been soured since Tim Robbins has joined the ultra wacko left community.

In short, I don’t what to do either?

14 posted on 11/09/2004 2:43:14 PM PST by Barney Gumble (http://purveyors-of-truth.blogspot.com/)
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Let's flip this around. Suppose George W. Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Condi Rice, Sean Hannity, Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft and Ann Coulter all got together and staged a production of Hamlet. Do you imagine that Michael Moore or Tim Robbins could sit through it without being irritated?


15 posted on 11/09/2004 2:43:17 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (THANK YOU, FREEPERS for re-electing President George W. Bush!)
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To: agooga

Maybe you are just no longer in the "circle of trust". ;^)


16 posted on 11/09/2004 2:43:24 PM PST by machman
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To: Fishface

I absolutely, positively will NOT watch anything with Babs in it (nor Alec Baldwin nor Sean Penn, nor...you get the idea)


17 posted on 11/09/2004 2:43:31 PM PST by JaguarXKE
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To: Fishface

deal with it.


18 posted on 11/09/2004 2:44:06 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (if a man lives long enough, he gets to see the same thing over and over.)
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To: Astronaut

Disagree. Saw "Zoolander" a couple of weeks after 9/11 and Stiller really cheered me up.

Of course, he's no Adam Sandler.....


19 posted on 11/09/2004 2:44:06 PM PST by Kiss Me Hardy
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To: agooga

I really liked Jon Bon Jovi but I will never watch him again because of his support of Kerry. Laura was right they should just shut up and sing.


20 posted on 11/09/2004 2:44:15 PM PST by WILDBILLIE
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