COMMENT
I don't understand why anyone looks to screen actors such as
George Clooney for political advice.
They are, in general, not a very bright bunch, as the late
Truman Capote famously observed.
John Voight and his daughter, Angelina Jolie, have made some
astoundingly dumb political comments.
Jolie, especially, keeps making them and the press keeps
dutifully giving her publicity even though what she says borders on the absurd.
I guess it is all a reflection of the magic of the big
screen which converts some rather unimpressive people into demi-gods by virtue
of their photogenic faces and resonant voices, all larger than life.
This is the same psychological effect we see with
advertising on television.
