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Originally Posted by saltwn
And speaking of MJ, now there was an entertainer who was embroiled in some ultimate taboo stuff. Reminds me of Fatty Arbuckle. But Arbuckle was found innocent and the jurors even wrote an apology. But his career was still pretty much over.
MJ's problems exploded after he was already an icon (my kids had to have the Micheal Jackson lunch box), then he made it big again years later. but there are still Jackson fans out there. Most of the world thinks he's a sick puppy, but won't turn the radio down when "Man in the Mirror" comes on.
Barretta (whats-his-name?) probably did kill his wife or had her killed. I think a lot of people thought she deserved what she got. So not much flack there. Besides his career is old.
OJ Simpson, however was found INNOCENT in criminal court and has been hounded to the ends of the earth.
My question is this: Just what does it take for the common people to say enough. Do we do it on a whim? Is it follow the leader/ jump on the band wagon? Or is there a certain criteria that must be met before it's pretty much a career ender?
Thoughts?
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OJ was an exception because he was the "Hertz guy" and "Nordberg" in the Naked Gun series...Society already had him pegged as the cheerful and sociable guy...If it was Robert Downey Jr. or Nick Nolte that killed their wife and a friend, society would've thought "That's not out of character."...But with OJ, it was...
As for your question, the media usually dictates the amount of "audacity and shock"...The perfect case for that is Mel Gibson...He was Hollywood's darling until he made a film on Christ...Check out how it was
shunned by his own industry...
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After months of controversy that led to more pre-release sales than any film in history, the movie opened in the United States on February 25, 2004 (Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent). It earned $25 million per day in its first five days of release and in short order became the highest-grossing R-rated film ever made. In spite of the criticism, the movie grossed $611,899,420 worldwide ($370,782,930 in the US alone) and is currently the eleventh highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Despite this, the film went without any significant recognition by the major American film award celebrations, although it was nominated for Best Original Score (music), Best Cinematography, and Best Makeup at the 77th Academy Awards.
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After that, he was pretty much shunned by Hollywood...so when he got drunk and went on his Jew-rant, he pretty much closed the coffin that he was already put in...
Now contrast that with Roman Polanski, a guy who was convicted of statatory rape, left the country to avoid jail, and celebrities clamor for his return to Hollywood...