Sean Penn demonstrates this is not the case.
The Guardian is trolling it's readers by publishing this tripe.
They're also being unkind to Sean Penn by giving him a platform to humiliate himself. They know full well that he is not an intelligent man* but have flattered his ego by persuading him he can write- his prose includes sentences like:
* Not simply speaking beyond his competence like Bono or George Clooney, but genuinely lacking in even modest intellectual ability. An drug addled, wife beating high school drop out- if he weren't part of Hollywood's aristocracy he would be unemployable.
They're also being unkind to Sean Penn by giving him a platform to humiliate himself. They know full well that he is not an intelligent man* but have flattered his ego by persuading him he can write- his prose includes sentences like:
"This is not a cause of leftist flamboyance nor significantly a centuries-old literary dispute. But rather a modern one, that is perhaps unveiled most legitimately through the raconteurism of Patagonian fishermen."It is not actually any different from how the tabloids used to exploit Jade Goody.
* Not simply speaking beyond his competence like Bono or George Clooney, but genuinely lacking in even modest intellectual ability. An drug addled, wife beating high school drop out- if he weren't part of Hollywood's aristocracy he would be unemployable.
"...but have flattered his ego by persuading him he can write..."
ReplyDeleteSomeone commented on Twitter that it appeared as if someone had run a column through Google Translate. Twice.
None of the languages being English I presume.
ReplyDeletePatagonian fishermen, eh? Cutting edge stuff.
ReplyDeleteHe's not one of John Prescott's by any chance?
ReplyDeleteAKH- Not sure I follow.
ReplyDelete