I completely disagree, Bob. An actor on a movie set, having been assured that a gun does not contain real bullets, not only probably couldn't look into the chamber and tell the difference between a live round and a blank, he shouldn't need to do so. It's not his job! Whether or not he actually pulled the trigger is irrelevant to me. I think the charges against him are ludicrous.
I completely disagree, Bob. An actor on a movie set, having been assured that a gun does not contain real bullets, not only probably couldn't look into the chamber and tell the difference between a live round and a blank, he shouldn't need to do so. It's not his job! Whether or not he actually pulled the trigger is irrelevant to me. I think the charges against him are ludicrous.
For all serious human activities, the same rules apply to actors on movie sets as they do to the rest of us. This whole carve out of responsibility for entertainers of all varieties is just nauseating to hear pleaded for by citizens who think they are responsible.
Movie actors, rock stars, professional athletes... They are not special, and their spaces are not special. We have great and maybe irreparable damage to this body politic, the dignity and responsibility of actual humans, and to our legal system, to allow this kind of puerile, childish nonsense to become common in our adult population. It is why it is disgusting to see adults using analogies and references to mindless entertainments in a discussion of a serious issue.
Whether or not he pulled the trigger is the only thing that matters here. Tell me you don't know anything about handling firearms in a couple more ways.
I completely disagree, Bob. An actor on a movie set, having been assured that a gun does not contain real bullets, not only probably couldn't look into the chamber and tell the difference between a live round and a blank, he shouldn't need to do so. It's not his job! Whether or not he actually pulled the trigger is irrelevant to me. I think the charges against him are ludicrous.
For all serious human activities, the same rules apply to actors on movie sets as they do to the rest of us. This whole carve out of responsibility for entertainers of all varieties is just nauseating to hear pleaded for by citizens who think they are responsible.
Movie actors, rock stars, professional athletes... They are not special, and their spaces are not special. We have great and maybe irreparable damage to this body politic, the dignity and responsibility of actual humans, and to our legal system, to allow this kind of puerile, childish nonsense to become common in our adult population. It is why it is disgusting to see adults using analogies and references to mindless entertainments in a discussion of a serious issue.
Whether or not he pulled the trigger is the only thing that matters here. Tell me you don't know anything about handling firearms in a couple more ways.
Baldwin can put that on his tombstone. "It was not my job"