re: #69 HoosierHoops

Sean Penn is a genius actor..His acting in I am Sam is pure genius..
His Politics? Everybody knows every actor is Left wing..I want my favorite Actor to be a lefty…In fact I demand it…
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While I don’t care for Penn’s politics (or associations for shitheads like Chavez) at all, I think he’s a pretty decent actor and a pretty good humanitarian (for the most part, especially in Haiti). The problem with Penn is that he’s been sort of typecast in the political arena as Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High by those who don’t like him and want to marginalize him, because that’s the role most associated with him, right or wrong.

If Penn and his organization are doing half the stuff he was talking about and doing when Bourdain did his show down in Haiti post-quake, he’s doing a hell of a lot of good for people that need it…and that’s all that really should matter in the end, IMO.