Charlie Sheen: deranged, drug-addled lunatic.

[Namahottie]

Nice to know that after weeks of shifting attention to the struggles of millions of people in half a dozen countries to overthrow dictatorships in favour of democracy, Hollywood-style self-indulgence has once again reclaimed the headlines.

[naijeru]

Nice to know that after weeks of shifting attention to the struggles of millions of people in half a dozen countries to overthrow dictatorships in favour of democracy, Hollywood-style self-indulgence has once again reclaimed the headlines.

That is what is disgusting about this, not Sheen's "been there done that bad boy" behavior. On any given day you can find a washed up celebrity behaving badly and blowing a successful career.

[tommy525]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... nting.html

Charlie Sheen - the train wreck in slow motion.

[Baas Babelaas]

So glad am am I that I don't do that mischief anymore.

Sad to see his fall.

He needs to be hospitalized, expediently.

[Mother Theresa]

Nice to know that after weeks of shifting attention to the struggles of millions of people in half a dozen countries to overthrow dictatorships in favour of democracy, Hollywood-style self-indulgence has once again reclaimed the headlines.

That is what is disgusting about this, not Sheen's "been there done that bad boy" behavior. On any given day you can find a washed up celebrity behaving badly and blowing a successful career.

Nonsense. The only disgusting thing is that kind of pretentious sneering down the nose at mundane, commonplace gossip while trying to project an air of superiority because one purportedly has no interest in such crass matters and is only interested in world politics and other "important" events. Well, I call hogwash. We all know war, revolution, political upheaval, global poverty, overpopulation and the future of our planet are of greater importance than the affairs of some two-bit celebrity, but that doesn't mean it's wrong to switch channels from time to time, when one grows tired of watching the blood and rockthrowing and just wants to get a few laughs or catch the sight of some tits. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia -- they're all still in the news. But one is NOT a lesser creature just because one is not concerned exclusively with such heavy matters. So

Moreover. . .

This is not just a trivial story about the color of a celebrity's eyes or the size of his. . . paycheck. This is a story about addiction, a plague that surely affects a billion people worldwide. Did you watch that video interview, back a couple of pages in this thread? Holy cow, what a complete fool, utterly deluded and deceived, rambling egotistically, stupidly, nonsensically, trying to act as though he has everything completely under control, totally oblivious to how obvious it is to any viewer that he's a total wreck, completely OUT of control. As many of us know, that's how addiction is. One can make excuses and rationalize and explain, but in the end it's all BS. If you're using you're using and it makes little difference what phoney stories one tries to use to fool others: all that matters is the truth. As someone who used to be seriously under the grip of a substance years ago, and also seriously deluded, I can understand a little of what he's going through. Of course few of us are/were anywhere near as hopeless as him (because we lack the immense salary and movie star ego that support his binging and delusion), but still I think there IS a very grave and serious message to be learned from his sad tale. Witness addiction and learn. Is that really so trivial?

[Gao Bohan]

He was great in Platoon. One of my top ten all-time faves.

Mine too. Sure, he's got a famous actor for a dad, but Charlie Sheen is a reputable actor in his own right. I'm surprised to see some of the visceral reactions from ordinarily thoughtful posters here. It's sad to see such a long, successful career end like this.

[Namahottie]

Nice to know that after weeks of shifting attention to the struggles of millions of people in half a dozen countries to overthrow dictatorships in favour of democracy, Hollywood-style self-indulgence has once again reclaimed the headlines.

That is what is disgusting about this, not Sheen's "been there done that bad boy" behavior. On any given day you can find a washed up celebrity behaving badly and blowing a successful career.

Nonsense. The only disgusting thing is that kind of pretentious sneering down the nose at mundane, commonplace gossip while trying to project an air of superiority because one purportedly has no interest in such crass matters and is only interested in world politics and other "important" events. Well, I call hogwash. We all know war, revolution, political upheaval, global poverty, overpopulation and the future of our planet are of greater importance than the affairs of some two-bit celebrity, but that doesn't mean it's wrong to switch channels from time to time, when one grows tired of watching the blood and rockthrowing and just wants to get a few laughs or catch the sight of some tits. Egypt, Libya, Tunisia -- they're all still in the news. But one is NOT a lesser creature just because one is not concerned exclusively with such heavy matters. So

Moreover. . .

This is not just a trivial story about the color of a celebrity's eyes or the size of his. . . paycheck. This is a story about addiction, a plague that surely affects a billion people worldwide. Did you watch that video interview, back a couple of pages in this thread? Holy cow, what a complete fool, utterly deluded and deceived, rambling egotistically, stupidly, nonsensically, trying to act as though he has everything completely under control, totally oblivious to how obvious it is to any viewer that he's a total wreck, completely OUT of control. As many of us know, that's how addiction is. One can make excuses and rationalize and explain, but in the end it's all BS. If you're using you're using and it makes little difference what phoney stories one tries to use to fool others: all that matters is the truth. As someone who used to be seriously under the grip of a substance years ago, and also seriously deluded, I can understand a little of what he's going through. Of course few of us are/were anywhere near as hopeless as him (because we lack the immense salary and movie star ego that support his binging and delusion), but still I think there IS a very grave and serious message to be learned from his sad tale. Witness addiction and learn. Is that really so trivial?

Truth be told, I wonder what Charlie Sheen's expectations were when he started doing drugs?

[Lo Pan]

Truth be told, I wonder what Charlie Sheen's expectations were when he started doing drugs?

probably the same as anyone else's, a good time... maybe a short escape from the pressures of daily life (yes, rich/famous people have pressures in their daily lives too)


...life Rick James said, "Cocaine is a hell'uva drug!"

[Mother Theresa]

Truth be told, I wonder what Charlie Sheen's expectations were when he started doing drugs?

probably the same as anyone else's, a good time... maybe a short escape from the pressures of daily life (yes, rich/famous people have pressures in their daily lives too)


...like Rick James said, "Cocaine is a hell'uva drug!"

. . . before he tied a woman to a chair, burned her with a hot knife and raped her.

[flike]

That is what is disgusting about this, not Sheen's "been there done that bad boy" behavior. On any given day you can find a washed up celebrity behaving badly and blowing a successful career.

Nonsense. The only disgusting thing is that kind of pretentious sneering down the nose at mundane, commonplace gossip while trying to project an air of superiority because one purportedly has no interest in such crass matters and is only interested in world politics and other "important" events.

Pffft. Like what, paint drying?

Sheen is a fairly talented actor whose status as drug addled looser has been obvious for years now. I've never been curious enough to waste more than five minutes watching 2.5 men, and if that and my total lack of interest in what passes for a headline today with his name in it lengthens my nose so be it.

Charlie Sheen is boring as hell even as a public fuckup, you ask me.