John Voight......

[busterbrown]

Always was and always will be a right wing supporter to the end..

Since he was a great admirer of Bush's bullshit Iraq War.. I never watched one movie which he was in.... I also boycotted every one of his latest films and will also boycott all future Producers/Directors who hire Voight for future films.


I hope others here feel the same way...

[SWBTATTReg]

1. I did use to like him until here, on DU, I've read posts regarding his support for these scumbags...

Don't like anymore, and I won't watch the parts he's in (in movies and such), I respect the other actors and actresses to boycott the films totally, as I am giving them support for their roles.

[busterbrown]

20. Same here! We all loved him in Midnight Cowboy.

Now he's IMO, Midnight Scum and I don't even know what that means..

[Wounded Bear]

2. Most of his later roles were pretty forgettable anyway...

[busterbrown]

21. It was 1 film... One of my top 10 favorites..

Midnight Cowboy... Where the hell is Dustin Hoffman?

[lame54]

3. Not giving up Heat - no way

[Doodley]

4. Are you going to boycott food produced by right-wingers as well? A lot of those farmers love

Trump. What about food processing plants? Supermarkets? How about gas? Are you going to boycott those Republican, climate-change denying, polluting oil companies?

[busterbrown]

22. Oh Please...I'm talking about the movies..which are simply entertainment based..

Last edited Mon Nov 18, 2019, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)

Your examples are not relevant to my post.. I'm only talking films...

[Doodley]

25. I thought it was a matter of principle. Oh well, I must have misunderstood.

[VOX]

5. "Midnight Cowboy" and "Deliverance" are serious classics that even Voight's presence can't spoil.

In fact, he’s excellent in both films. It gets tricky applying political viewpoints when it comes to the performing arts, especially acting, where characters are portrayed that may have zero to do with the actor’s real-world political beliefs.

I’m also a big “Frasier” fan, one of the funniest long-running TV comedies ever, but I don’t let Kelsey Grammer’s Republican politics get in the way of enjoying the series.

[Aristus]

7. My problem with Grammer is that he claims to be 'economically conservative and socially liberal.'

Which is just what right-wingers say when they don't want to be called bigots.

Conservative economic policies are by definition regressive, and hurt people who are not rich and white. So, no matter how 'liberal' one claims to be, one's economic outlook gives them away.

[VOX]

15. True. Sounds like he's playing the libertarian card.

Which is, as you suggest, merely a way to conceal one’s far-right-wing Republicanism, and all the bad baggage that comes with that.

Still, the writing on “Frasier” was so consistently good that Grammer can’t spoil it.

Grammer’s pretty damaged personally, far beyond his multiple marriages and substance-abuse issues, which may have a bit to do with my giving him a pass on being an asshole. From Wikipedia:

He was raised by his mother and maternal grandparents in New Jersey. The family relocated to Florida, and shortly afterwards, Kelsey's grandfather died of cancer when he was twelve years old. In 1968, his father was murdered in a home invasion. In 1975, his sister was kidnapped, raped, and murdered. In 1980, his two half-brothers died while they were scuba diving off the coast of the Virgin Islands.

[progressoid]

19. Whoa. I did not know that.

[SCantiGOP]

28. Libertarians

are most often just Republicans who like to smoke pot.

[hlthe2b]

6. I don't turn away from all conservative actors. I still like Clint Eastwood regardless.

but Voight is such a loathsome Trumpster, I find it hard to view him any other way on screen or elsewhere. (Ditto James Woods, Dean Cain and whoever else I'm leaving out...)

It certainly becomes clear how Angelina got so screwed up. I have to think her time with Pitt might have brought out or at least fostered her more progressive nature.

[Croney]

8. I've certainly soured on Susan Sarandon.

Can't watch anything she's in.

[Happyhippychick]

10. Me too!

[lunatica]

13. Yeah. I think it's her insufferable sneering superiority complex

that I find repulsive. I really don’t care about her political views. It’s the way she espouses them that I dislike. I find I’m simply not interested in anything she’s in anymore. She seems to always play only one character too. The oversexed over the hill powerful seductress. I just don’t buy the role.

[11 Bravo]

9. Decent actor ... fucked in the head.

Not all that unusual in Hollywood.

[kimbutgar]

11. Will they bring up he played a male hustler?

I can’t think of a person who is not so deserving. I guess Scott Baio will getting the next nod for his role as chachi.

[lunatica]

12. He plays the stupid con mob wannabe in

The series Ray Donovan. I think the part fits him perfectly.

I don’t watch to watch him but he is cast in good movies with great actors. Actors I have no intention of boycotting.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

24. Yeah, I'll give him credit for Mickey Donovan.

The guy was born to play that role.

[BigmanPigman]

14. "John" Voight sold George Costanza his used LeBaron,

Jon Voight is a tRumpster.

[rsdsharp]

16. Not always.

In 1972, in the basement of the student union on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, I saw him speak on behalf of Democratic nominee George McGovern.

BTW, shaking his hand is like holding a dead fish.

[GoCubsGo]

17. One can understand why his daughter petitioned to remove "Voight" from her name.

Even she had issues with him, although they have supposedly reconciled. It will be interesting to see if Angelina attends the associated dog-and-pony show that will go with this award.

[quickesst]

18. absolutely not

Just because I do not like someone's political views does not mean I can't appreciate the talent they bring to the big screen, stage, and studio. If someone executes a great role, or sings a great song, and you have absolutely no idea of what their political leanings are, how are you supposed to tell whether you should appreciate it or not? If you hear a song you like, or see a movie you like, then find out the singer or actor's politics do not line up with your own, then suddenly you hate the song and despise the movie? The ability to separate the person from the talent is an incredibly simple thing to do, and my life is richer for being able to do so.

[stillcool]

23. I don't like him...

but never really did. His politics have eclipsed whatever talent he has...it's like he's been type-cast as a right-wing bigot. That's all I see.

[Demonaut]

26. I have his car!!

[BuffaloJackalope]

32. .

[First Speaker]

27. Interestingly enough, his performanced as FDR in "Pearl Harbor" was excellent...

...maybe the only thing worth watching in that film. His Roosevelt was tough and unsentimental, and very convincing.

[Blue Owl]

29. Everybody's talkin' at me...

I don't hear a word they're sayin'... Drivin' around in Jon Voight's car...

[pbmus]

30. He just got blown up in Donavan....

But we all know what happens on tv...characters miraculously fall out of the back of the bus and live to tell about this gigantic explosion...

[brush]

31. Me too. Same with Clint Eastwood.