The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I've seen a movie trailer over the past couple days which has perplexed me and made me a little queasy. Surprisingly, it's a film about Apple CEO Steve Jobs, entitled jOBS . Why have I been so puzzled and nauseated when seeing the preview for this very film? The man playing the part of Steve Jobs is none other than Two and a Half Men 's own Ashton Kutcher. This is the 21st film Kutcher has been a part of, and based on the reviews thus far for his most recent picture, Kutcher's best showing among critics were the films No Strings Attached and Open Season (animated), which were approved by 48% of them. That's right - through 21 films (thus far, as not all of the reviews have come in for jOBS ), an Ashton Kutcher movie has yet to finish at or above 50% approval from film critics. Over half his films (12 of 21) were approved by 25% or less of critics. Why in the world was Ashton Kutcher selected for the role of Steve Jobs? It befuddles me beyond all belief. Sure, th...

Okay, so I've run into a few racist individuals in my life and what bothers me most is after they make their racist comments, they'll say or write, "I'm not racist." I even read a post not long ago on a website, where a guy wrote about stereotypes, claiming they were funny. He continued on by saying that it's not him and those constantly speaking stereotypical jargon that are racist, but the people who complain about these stereotypes. So, let me get this straight. It's those that don't use stereotypes, derogatory, or discriminatory language, when speaking about people of different backgrounds than they, that are racist. But, those that continually use negative language to label these individuals are not. They are just finding the humor in it all. Ah, yes, that makes perfect sense. If that is the truth, I could probably use that form of logic in other arenas as well, right? So, since Gandhi and Martin Luther King were anti-violence, does that mean th...