July 29, 2004
Kerry's in Acting, Affleck in Politics?
Some of you might have seen the girly pitch that Kerry threw to open a Red Sox fan. With each bounce it took before reaching home plate, it reassured us all that Kerry would never play professional sports, or throw a baseball in public again. However, taking time off before filming Gigli 2, Aflac has attempted to defend Kerry's wimpy throw to anyone who will listen. Apparently after realizing that all of his movies suck, he's going to try and parlay his lackluster movie career into a political life and get out of Matt Damon's shadow. I think his new role models will ironically be republicans Arnold and Ronnie. I don't think Matt realizes that its going to take longer than he thinks for the American public to forgive him for his ugly breakup with J-Lo.
But why not enter politics after a movie career. It seems like that's what John Kerry is trying to do. It has been revealed that much of his "Vietnam War footage" on his personal camera was actually re-enacted. In a quote from a new book, Unfit for Command:
"Kerry would revisit ambush locations for reenacting combat scenes where he would portray the hero, catching it all on film. Kerry would take movies of himself walking around in combat gear, sometimes dressed as an infantryman walking resolutely through the terrain. He even filmed mock interviews of himself narrating his exploits. A joke circulated among Swiftees was that Kerry left Vietnam early not because he received three Purple Hearts, but because he had recorded enough film of himself to take home for his planned political campaigns."
Posted by Bryant at July 29, 2004 09:42 AM
Comments
I know you did not just step to Affleck's performance as the proprietor of the Fashionable Male in "Mall Rats".
Posted by: Noah at July 29, 2004 06:39 PM