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Watching the 4/24 Real Time show, Bill really bashed Susan Boyle's appearance. "Troll"? A bit much. I agree with him that those "who's got talent" shows have their mean side, & that's why I don't watch them, either. However, I think he went overboard with the slams on Boyle's looks. Bill's not exactly Brad Pitt, himself. Don't get me wrong. Bill Maher is an icon in our house, for his honesty, intelligence & humor. My husband & I agree with most of his opinions & appreciate that he has the courage to express them.
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Re: How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 6:05 PM
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It depends on what the meaning of the word "is..." is.
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Re: How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 6:04 PM
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> Watching the 4/24 Real Time show, Bill really bashed
> Susan Boyle's appearance. "Troll"? A bit much.
Bill looks more like a troll than Susan.
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Re: How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 2:12 PM
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> I don't get the offense to people pointing out that
> the woman is ugly. If she wasn't ugly, there'd be no
> story.
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Could be but I too think he went too far.
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Re: How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 10:09 AM
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> Some of us here want to use the story to
> talk about looks in society, is all.
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Fair enough.
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Re: How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 9:39 AM
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If she wasn't ugly, there'd be no
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That is true, sadly. Idol has done this before, valorizing some working-class guy who turned out what seemed to be an impressive imitation of "operatic singing," except that by opera standards he actually was mediocre. It was the story of it that mattered. Some of us here want to use the story to talk about looks in society, is all.
Als: my fave Twilight Zone was the classic "The Eye of the Beholder," the other cosmetic surgery tale. It scared me to death when I was young and it still holds up, dramatically.
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Re: How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 9:21 AM
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I started a thread on this very subject. I adore you Bill, but let's face it,you are pretty short and have a large schnozz. See, we all have something different about us, it makes us interesting.
Maybe you should watch that old Twilight Zone episode, "Number 12 looks just like you."Suzy Parker, of all people, (No Janice Dickinson, you were not the first supermodel) played a "homely" girl in the future everyone wanted to change into a cookie-cutter blonde, because that's what everyone else looked like(the men were redone to look rugged and chiseled) The populace got surgeries at age 13 to do this.Well, this little girl refused to play ball...
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Re: How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 9:21 AM
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I don't get the offense to people pointing out that the woman is ugly. If she wasn't ugly, there'd be no story.
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How to define the word, "mean"?
Apr 28, 2009 7:28 AM
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Watching the 4/24 Real Time show, Bill really bashed Susan Boyle's appearance. "Troll"? A bit much. I agree with him that those "who's got talent" shows have their mean side, & that's why I don't watch them, either. However, I think he went overboard with the slams on Boyle's looks. Bill's not exactly Brad Pitt, himself. Don't get me wrong. Bill Maher is an icon in our house, for his honesty, intelligence & humor. My husband & I agree with most of his opinions & appreciate that he has the courage to express them.
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