Posted on 10/25/2006 8:55:50 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
*Sighs* one of these days the lunatic leftists will start to notice me.
Yes, Lloyd Maines does appear in the film. He's in a scene where they're recording the Chicks latest album. I don't remember if he said anything political.
Barbara Kopple was very nice. We got along well. We tried to speak after the film but the conversation kept getting interrupted. She had people that wanted to talk with her and I had a reporter from Finland who wanted to interview me.
When I first heard the DCs music, I liked it. They have great voices. But when they stopped singing and started political commentary, their voices were no longer ones that I wanted to listen to. Maybe one day they will realize that their God-given gift was musical talent, not world politics.
I guess you can say I'm not ready to make nice.
Here's a lady singer who appreciates what the military are doing.
http://www.beccycole.com/albums/videos/poster_girl.shtml
CedarDave: Agree. The Ditsy Chicks have not in any way had their careers terminated like Anita's was when she spoke out for the Christian Biblical interpretation of homosexuality.
Thanks for your kind words. In my post to the movie's blog, I wrote:
Kristinn -- as the only one who has seen the final product, tell us: was there any mention of Anita Bryant in Shut Up & Sing, or was I dead wrong?
The fall of the Dixie Chicks has nothing to do with repression of free speech, it has to do with the consequences of expressing it. There is no Constitutional guarantee that your free speech won’t come back to haunt you.I'll bet you dollars to donuts that neither in Barbara Kopple’s film nor in the sure-to-be fawning appearance on Oprah will there be any discussion of another popular singer who expressed her free speech — someone named Anita Bryant. Bryant, a former beauty queen, pop singer (”Paper Roses”) and TV performer in the 1950s and ’60s was in the ’70s mainly known for her commercials for the Florida Orange Juice Commission. A very [devout] Christian, she spoke out on a pressing social and political issue just like the Dixie Chicks did; she led a movement to repeal a gay rights ordinance in her home of Dade County, Florida, which allowed homosexuals to be hired as school teachers. Her fight was successful, but it made her radioactive. Her Bible-based condemnation of homosexuality (tempered by her love for those who suffered from it, she said) set off a boycott of Florida Orange Juice and a shunning of her throughout the entertainment industry. Popular performers of that era such as Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, and Jane Fonda publicly slammed her. Eventually, she lost her job as Florida Juice’s pitchwoman, and she was essentially abandoned by everyone who made her a star. She has since filed for bankruptcy twice.
The Dixie Chicks have not suffered a sliver of what Anita Bryant has for expressing her right to free speech. Even though the Chicks are kaput as a force in country music, they still have sold over a million CDs of Taking the Long Way. They still sell well on iTunes. While the buying public has spoken and their tour was considerably shortened, they didn’t have to cancel their entire tour, whereas Bryant will never draw a broad audience ever again. And the Chicks’ story will be told in theaters later this week. I would advise the ladies not to hold their breaths until a filmmaker of Kopple’s caliber tries to rehabilitate Bryant’s career by making her out to be a victim of censorship.
LOL to Kristinn. Smart enough NOT to pay for any of more Ditzie Chicks trash, even in movie form.
Freerepublic-silent but deadly.
That was outstanding! More people need to see this.
I got my marching orders on the Dixie Chick thing by recording Rush Limbaugh, then taking every 13th word, dubbed them together and then played it backwards. I'm still waiting for the decoder ring. I think those are for >$50 monthly people. : (
In a thread full of laughs, this was the loudest...
I'm impressed, I'm only at the third level -- just got my decoder ring...
Your just not a third level Freeper. /sarcasm
Thanks for the reminder about Anita Bryant, I have to admit I HAD forgotten about that little episode of homo-agend-erated liberal intolerance.
Here's another one, a little more recent, Dr. Laura.
Despite never having watched her show, I immediately sent away for her "Dr. Laura" logo ball cap and coffee cup when she made her statements about homos. She's got a set of big ones.
When you enter the political arena you automatically and rightfully open yourself up to being challenged. Goes with the territory. Somehow liberals, particularly the ones in show biz, can't grasp this fact, and most go into high dudgeon when they are in any way questioned. They think they can call GWB any name they want, yet they gripe and play the victim when we defend what we hold dear. It seems to me that the Dixie Chicks are still in defense mode after all this time. They just can't accept that much of their fan base, and other conservatives, aren't of the same mind they are. Grow up, girls!
Mine's very uncomfortable. They put it between the 7th and 8th vertebrae.
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