[george76]

He is notably cynical, however, about Al Gore’s recent award of a Nobel Peace Prize. “He’s making a lot of money, he’s having a belle époque, a heroic moment,” he says.

“It must have been really hard for Gore to suffer all that [losing the presidential election], so he found another thing to come back with: the environment.

He had a lot of money behind him, because in Clinton’s administration there was a lot of money. With that he was able to build himself a new campaign and pick an issue. And he picked an issue that just happened to arrive at its moment in time.” The less-than-subtle subtext is that Gore is an arriviste...

http://www.newstatesman.com/200711150034

An arriviste is defined as “a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.” A more modern term for such a person is nouveau riche.

This is NOT a compliment.

[Professional]

Frankly, sounds like Redford is jealous? Redford has not done anything noteworthy in a very long time, and this last movie, is probably his last. What a loser.

[cgbg]

An arriviste is defined as "a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class." A more modern term for such a person is nouveau riche. This is NOT a compliment.

Of course that describes virtually _everyone_ in the entertainment industry.

And....that was not a compliment.

:-)