October 1, 2003
ELIA KAZAN
I'm sorry Elia's dead, and to all the people who say "But He Named Names!" I say fuck you. He answered a straight up question truthfully, to the duly-empowered Congress Of the United States of America. Now they call them whistleblowers and give them first run movies and Ecstasy and whores.
If Elia had named the names of Hollywood elites who had been members of the Nazi Party in America in the 1930's they'd be lauding him still. And we weren't at war with Nazi Germany in the 1930's. We were at war with the Communists in the 1930's. We didn't know it, but they did.
I still recall the holier-than-thou pained expression on Nick Nolte's face when they gave Kazan the Lifetime Achievement Oscar, and I can only say
FUCK Nick Nolte.
P.S. Don't give me any shit about the Nazi's, either. My old man killed those cocksuckers, and I lost an uncle in that war.
If naming communists is disloyal, exactly whom is it that we supposed to be loyal to?
Don't forget Ed Harris. Harris also sat there with his arms crossed and refused to applaud Kazan. Fuck Ed Harris, too.
Posted by: Jack Straw at October 1, 2003 6:30 AMI was pissed at Ed Harris that night--and Robert Deniro, too. Assholes, no matter how much I like their work, I lost a ton of respect for them that night.
I join you in a rousing Fuck You to them.
Posted by: zombyboy at October 1, 2003 6:34 AM