Monday, February 6, 2012

Halftime in America: Clint's inspirational ad is a depressing crotch kick

MIA 's middle finger is less offensive than her rapping

Posted by Chris Haire on Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:20 PM

I'm a diehard Clint Eastwood fan — as an actor, a director, and a icon of badassery.

I think The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Unforgiven are perhaps the two finest Western ever made.

I'm continually amazed that the 81-year-old director has released more noteworthy movies over the past decade than other far younger directors.

And I will stop to watch Any Which Way You Can anytime it's on TV, at least for a minute or two.

That said, I'm not sure what to make of Eastwood's Super Bowl commercial. Yes, it was inspiring, and it came close to achieving the same sort of emotional wallop that Eminem's 2011 ad did. But this whole "halftime in America" thing bothers me.

Forgive me for being literal, but if you actually think it's halftime in America, then, well, the United States has only got a little over 200 years left. I don't know about you, but I find that to be rather depressing. I've just always thought we could stick it out a bit longer than that.

In related news, we should be less pissed off about MIA's middlefinger and more pissed off by the fact that she's a no-talent novelty rapper.

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I agree with your comment about MIA.. she's a no-talent novelty rapper

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Posted by LeeM on February 6, 2012 at 7:20 PM

I'm more offended by the fact that the only people in the world that, when they sing in English, sound like they have an accent are Country singers. Blake Skelton's singing voice is so fake... why do Americans demand caricatured singing from Nashville? They guy has a very subtle southern accent when speaking, but break out the pedal-steel and it's "Oh, bee-yauuu-tee-fuuul" all over the place.

Depressing.

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Posted by factoryconnection on February 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM

@Factoryconnection I would agree with your point except for my own personal experience with singing. I loved to sing, and started a band in high school I was very much a Pixies meets the Kinks kind of guy. I am also a damn yankee by birth with no trace of accent. Well, much to my horror, I found out when I sing Im much more Randy Travis than Black Francis. To this day, no matter why I sing, I sound like I'm attempting an alt-country cover.

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Posted by Foodmancing on February 7, 2012 at 12:36 PM

Saw MIA @ festival in WA state in 2008; she sucked then!

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Posted by Neill M on February 7, 2012 at 4:56 PM
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