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Friday, February 25, 2011

Charlie Sheen Rants -- 'Two and a Half Men' Production is Discontinued

From "Charlie Sheen slams 'Two and a Half Men' creator in multiple rants," by James Hibberd of "Inside TV:"

Charlie Sheen ripped Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre — as well as Alcoholics Anonymous and women he parties with — in a stunning live radio rant Thursday, and then followed up a few hours later with a reported second rant to TMZ directed at Lorre specifically. ...

... Calling into the Alex Jones Show radio program, according to TMZ, Sheen called the executive producer of his hit TV show a “clown” ...

... Seemingly referring to women he parties with, Sheen says, “If I bring up these turds, these… losers, there’s no reason to then bring them back into the fold because I have real fame, they have nothing. They have zero. They have that night. And I will forget about them as the last image of them exits my beautiful home. And they will get out there and they will sell me and they will lose. Bring me a frickin’ challenge. It just ain’t there.” ...

... Regarding AA, Sheen called the organization a “bootleg cult” with a five percent success rate. ... "This bootleg cult arrogantly referred to as AA now supports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. Do the math! One of their stupid mottos is ‘Don’t be special, be one of us.’ News flash: I am special and I will never be one of you. ‘Oh, we have to all sit in here and touch ourselves and frown.’ Well, you don’t look like you’re having a lot of fun. I’m going to hang out with these two smokin’ hotties and fly privately around the world. It might be lonely up here but I sure like the view.”

“I’m so tired of pretending like my life isn’t perfect and bitchin’ and just winning every second,” he continued. “I’m not perfect, and bitching and just delivering the goods at every f—ing turn. Because look what I’m dealing with, man — I’m dealing with fools and trolls. I’m dealing with soft targets.”

Inside TV's article has been updated with a link to an announcement by CBS and Warner Bros. Television. They are discontinuing production of the show for the rest of the season. The show had been scheduled to resume production on Monday, with Sheen back on the set Tuesday.

This post's photo is taken from The Los Angeles Times' Show Tracker column, "'Two and a Half Men' faces uncertain future after CBS shuts down season in wake of Charlie Sheen outburst," which adds: 'In a letter to TMZ issued after the network decision had been made, Sheen wrote of Lorre: “Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words -- imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists.”'

Radio lives. It's a quality rant, no? Much better than anything you can find on internet forums. Check-out the vocabulary: "Unevolved minds," "bootleg cults," "fools and trolls; soft targets," "Vatican assassin warlocks," and "fire breathing fists." Have you ever wanted to defeat an earthworm? Would words do that? Whether Charlie Sheen is embarrassed by his rant remains to be seen; however, he will certainly regret it, if only because its result will be a loss of income, now that production of the show has stopped.

You can hear Sheen ranting at the TMZ link, "according to TMZ," above.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Richard Wagner's cycle has made its mark on comic books

David Ng writes in "Richard Wagner's cycle has made its mark on comic books:"

... Los Angeles Opera is producing the complete "Ring" for the first time beginning in May. Although this avant-garde staging isn't for neophytes, its emphasis on spectacle and visual effects (light sabers play an important role) could make it the ideal "Ring" for superhero geeks. ...

... Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" is regarded by many as an important genetic mother ship for today's fleet of action heroes. ...

... Even those who have never experienced Wagner's epic should have little trouble recognizing the names of some of its chief protagonists such as Wotan and Brünnhilde and her fellow Valkyries. That's partly because Wagner himself borrowed from a number of well-known myths and legends -- the 12th century Germanic poem the "Nibelungenlied" was his primary source. But it's also because pop culture has taken Wagner's creations over the years and liberally repurposed them into a multitude of hit incarnations.

Perhaps the most popular of the "Ring" characters are the Valkyries -- the airborne female warriors of the cycle's second opera, "Die Walküre," who carry slain soldiers from the battlefields to their final resting places in Valhalla. ...

... On TV, the most recognizable offspring of Wagner's Valkyries was the title character in the cult series "Xena: Warrior Princess." In the sixth and final season, which aired in 2000-2001, viewers learned that Xena ( Lucy Lawless) was once an evil Valkyrie who presided over a reign of terror in the show's pan-mythological universe. ...

A promotion for LA Opera's production -- with audio and photos -- is here. LA Opera's Ring Festival closed on June 26, 2010.