Other Michael Sheen declares himself a ‘not-for-profit actor’
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I think the title 'not-for-profit actor' on the surface makes him sound like the typical luvie bellend but if you were to read the article you'd realise that he's a really decent bloke.
Such a top bloke all round
Fair fecks, not many would be willing to put their money where their mouth is. Everyone has a ‘foundation’, how many actually go the extra mile?
That's top work.
Seems like a top bloke, though I’m interested to see what @Sweet Square thinks.
His acting ability is also not for profit
Eh? He is a very fine actor. Also to make a comment like that on a thread like this just makes you look like a bit of a tool.
What’s the big deal? Most actors are not for profit, unless you count the temping jobs, waiting tables or occasional paid sex holidays in Dubai.
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Well that's a bit of an overreaction. Are you like die hard Sheenian or something? To be honest I don't know who he is or what is acting is like. I was poking some fun
Oh that's fine then.
well done.Mr Sheen will get special treatment after the revolution!
Tbh It's a nice gesture but will not create any real lasting change and I often feel the praise that is given towards these types of acts creates a barrier to the real goal of as Oscar Wilde puts it to reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.
Yeah, it's an argument capitalists use - that philanthropists do the good the state can't or shouldn't do. But they do it selectively and insufficiently. That's not to bash philanthropists, cause it's great that they do what they can, of course; but they're not the solution, just a bandaid, and a symptom of the issue.
He didn't need to sell his own houses, give his OBE back and move back to Wales but he has, so either he is genuinely a top bloke who truly cares about the causes he backs in public or he's a world-class method actor who's fooled me and many others. He deserves praise either way really.
Go watch Apocalypse Now immediately.
I don't think anybody was saying he was going to change the world or anything, just applauding the guy for appearing to genuinely care about his local community and help keep groups running from his own pocket. Just because it won't change the 'system' doesn't mean it's not worth doing or being glad there are people like him who do.
Or Two and a Half Men.
Michael and Martin are basically the same name anyway. Who cares? He should still go and watch Apocalypse Now. It’s great.Erm...
Tbh I would almost go as far a Wilde as say this type of philanthropy holds up the system(Although its very cnuty thing to say)
Nice thats it's helping people in some small way but imo it shouldn't be praised.
The only good member of the Sheen Family
He's a top bloke
That gives way too much agency to the individual. I don’t think it’s a cnuty thing to say because there’s a point there, but the system being held up by the philanthropist is a desperate thing to say.
He's always annoyed me a bit after his turn in 30 rock. Where he was playing an annoying person, so he must be a good actor. But, about this cause, good on him, hope more people follow his lead.
Seeing as it’s a mere 130 years since that was written it surely can’t be more than another century or two before this communist utopia comes to fruition. I guess we just have to hope that the beneficiaries of philanthropic gestures are as willing as you are to take a long term view.
Proud to be from the same little slice of dreary as him. Good man.
Been a fan of his for a while. Coincidentally I was on holiday recently in Wales with the family and it was only when we were leaving, that the owner of the house we rented told us he lived 4 doors down.
Good for him.
Good for him.
Just meant that it acts as an another pillar that holds up capitalism, not that it's the only thing keeping everything going. Get rid of all the nice rich people(tbh they are the most annoying) and we would of course still have this shite system reproducing itself.
It's not you I'm criticising, I think that's a valid opinion to hold, and one I ultimately agree with. It's the actual piece, I've always hated it, and I hate Zizek's viral video that I got spammed with a decade ago even more. The basic crux of the futility of fighting these ills within a capitalistic framework I can get on board with, but it's the work as a whole I hate.
I can give Wilde a pass because he was born into aristocratic wealth a million years ago, into intellectual circles and all that jazz. So when he says "The majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism" I kind of get it, but Zizek has a worse speech impediment than I do, he should surely get human nature, he doesn't even have my good looks to soften the pain. I mean I imagine he lives on a campus but he must mingle with others sometimes.
Mainly while Pogue is being glib
I think there is a point there. The problem I have with the soul of man and Zizek's coattail riding is that it offers nothing. If you're not actively deconstructing the system you're contributing to it. But there's nothing substantial there. No insight, no plan, just abstract musings where they have nothing at stake. At least the nerd who ran the foodbank had heinz to offer.
This. The headline is not doing him any favours. I had the usual
until I actually read the whole thing.Guy bangs Kate Beckinsale. He's someone we should have already all been looking up to
Can i use your time machine?
I'm sure many of you have seen this, but have lost count how many times I have watched it!
Incredible seeing a master of their craft at work.
Incredible seeing a master of their craft at work.
So good.
Apparently he’s since been asked by the Welsh team to come and do something similar for real.
I’d run through a wall for him after watching that.
I saw some comments saying "Well, am sure it wasn't just off the cuff..."...as if that diminishes it! I don't care if he had 6 months to write that – it's fantastic! I don't think I've seen a better rousing speech like that in any movie!
I love it when people who are amazingly talented at something, demonstrate that talent.
It's like 'So THAT'S what great delivery really is!"