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We often love the characters
our favorite actors play,
but don’t always know the characters
our favorite actors are.
It’s fun to be their fan,
silly to hero-worship,
foolish to put on pedestals
and a bit idiotic to think
their politics might be
highly discerning.
Take Hepburn and Tracy:
in an adulterous relationship
for years, she slept
on the floor
outside his door
like a faithful dog.
Nothing should surprise us
in their political views.
Take Humphrey Bogart:
a great actor but hardly
the most discerning bulb
in the box, no intellectual.
Is it fair expect great artists
of any kind
to be deeply discerning
in matters outside their field?
After all, how many of those
who are intellectually robust
or politically savvy
can act their way out of a paper bag?
April 14, 2023
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