Heather Havrilesky has an interesting take on Alec Baldwin’s “thoughtless little pig” episode at Salon.com . She writes :
“Rude, thoughtless little pig” was mild talk in my family, the kind of thing you might hear when you forgot to take out the trash. For a few years when my older brother was in high school and looked just like Funky Winkerbean, my dad couldn’t address him without using the word “weirdo,” as in “Stop being such a weirdo and play a sport or something.
Her family sounds just like mine. My parents didn’t hesitate to tell us when we were being snotty-faced, and I’m none the worse for it. On the contrary, knowing that I would get taken to task when I crossed the line, did me much good. Do I think that they were being abusive ? No – they were doing everything in their power to help me differentiate right from wrong. And if that meant telling me off, then so be it. Hearing me called foolish, when I was being foolish, did me no harm.
And while I with my “modern” views (my “old-fashioned” Mom wouldn’t blink an eyelid) might blanch at recording this kind of a vehement message on a kid’s voice mail, it’s apparently pretty clear that Baldwin loves his kid, and did what he did in a temper (and hopefully doesn’t make a habit of it). Parents are people too. Who are we to be so holier-than-thou ? Are there not enough “real” child abuse cases in this country (and the rest of the world) to be railed at ?
Judging from the stuff I read on the Internet, everyone’s in a tizzy about Baldwin’s name-calling. Blown way, way out of proportion. And I haven’t heard it debated in desi circles. At all. Frankly, a non-issue. And let’s face it, even if your parents spoke in hushed please-and-thank-yous around you as a child, you think the rest of the world will be just as politically correct ? There’s lots out there that can damage a kid more than being called “a thoughless little pig”. And while it may be nasty to hear, there are probably far more potentially danger causing issues to be discussed.
Like gun control.
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Well, Amodini, you’re right! Kids have a lot more to worry about than being called names. Wonder why everything to do with celebrities is blown out of proportion…
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Baldwin’s first major role was as Billy Aldrich on the daytime soap “The Doctors” from 1980 to its cancellation in 1982. In the fall of 1983, he starred in the short lived series “Cutter to Houston.” He shot to stardom co-starring on “Knots Landing” as the preacher son of Julie Harris and spent most of the 1980s appearing in television series, before turning to film in 1986, making his film debut with a minor role in She’s Having a Baby. In 1988, he appeared in Beetlejuice and Working Girl. Both of these films were box office successes that raised his profile. His film career was then firmly established with his role in ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (1990). Baldwin subsequently had several notable roles in early 1990s films. In 1991, he met his future wife Kim Basinger on the set of the critically panned The Marrying Man. He appeared opposite Basinger again in The Getaway, a 1994 remake of the 1972 film of the same name. sportsbook. He also played the part of Lamont Cranston AKA The Shadow in the 1993 movie by the same name. Baldwin’s late 1990s roles varied in terms of critical and box office reception, and included several thrillers, such as The Edge, The Juror (opposite Demi Moore) and Heaven’s Prisoners. He has shifted more toward roles as a character actor, including his Academy Award nominated turn in 2003’s The Cooler and working with director Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio in both The Aviator and The Departed among other roles. He is also a voice actor, working in the films Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Baldwin has hosted Saturday Night Live 13 times as of November 11, 2006. He is reportedly one of only two people (the other being Christopher Walken) who have standing invitations to host the show whenever they want. He also performed as the narrator in the hit RTS video game World in Conflict. http://www.enterbet.com
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