subject: Is Charlie Sheen self destructing before our eyes or is CBS being smart ? [print this page] Is Charlie Sheen self destructing before our eyes or is CBS being smart ?
Is Charlie Sheen self destructing right before our very eyes ? Is CBS being smart by "firing" Charlie Sheen ? Or is this just more "reality television" playing out to get public attention for the sitcom, "Two and a half men" ?
While it may sound to us, that Charlie Sheen has gone off on the deep end, you have to admit he's witty, quick with smart and funny come-backs and the man still has it! I agree with him that he has brought the goods all of these years for the sitcom, "Two and a half men"and I also agree that the man is handsome as hell! I don't know about him being a "rock star".
I will still watchany reruns that are available, even if CBS cancel the present show, because I love watching the show, "Two anda half men" and I happen to like Charlie Sheen, the actor. I do not know Charlie Sheen, the person but I do feel he is correct about his life being his business and it not being any business of ours. The general public does not own his life nor do we have the right to dictate how he lives his life. We have only the right to watch his movies and the television shows he appears in. We also have the right to decide not watch any shows he appears in and we have the right to boycott movies he may be involved with. Many people did this to Mel Gibson for their own personal reasons even though he's a great actor and has produced some great movies. I for one boycotted every movie so far that Angelina Jolie has participated in,after she hooked up with Brad Pitt while filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith. We all have our reasons for liking or disliking celebrities.
Recently, drama with his "Two and a half men" sitcom has been unfolding due to some flap over comments he had made about the writers of the show; about issues over his possible drug use; the drinking binges and other public escapades. Following the on air comments made by Charlie Sheen, the producers of CBS decided to pull the plug on "Two and half men".
Charlie Sheen then challenged the producers and said he would do a drug test on live television and as it turned out, the drug test came back negative, just as Charlie said it would. He told everyone he was ready to work and had been clean. Charlie never said he had been "sober". But you know, in my personal opinion, how many celebrities show up for work NOT sober and are able to "deliver the goods" ? Does it really matter if he has been drinking ? Unless he is falling over drunk while on set and not able to show up on time, which would obviously affect his "job"........ why should CBS care ?
Charlie Sheen is under contract with CBS. He has said he is ready to work. Today, CBS is claiming they aren't letting Charlie back on the set and that they have instructed security to not allow him on the property so he can return to work, claiming he used words of anti-semitism. Come on, really ??? From Charlie Sheen ? I can not recall a single time in all the years of following Charlie's work, of seeing anything published by reporters that Charlie is another "Mel Gibson" !
Charlie Sheen stated he referred to the name "Chaim Levine" because Mr. Lorre, whose real name is Charles Levine, had used it in one of his sign-off pieces on the show. If Mr. Lorre himself had used the word, how does this now make Charlie Sheen someone they don't want on the show because he is now in the same boat as Mel Gibson ? That is absurd, at best, in my personal opinion!
CBS and Warner Brothers executives are now upsetwith Charlie enough to cancel the remaining shows for the season, believing the general public now wants to watch some dribble they are going to replace "Two and a half men" with. I, for one, will not watch a replacement show. I am pretty sure there are others who will not watch a replacement show as well. Charlie Sheen has said he will sue CBS if they do not allow him to return to work. But he also quipped, returning to work would have to be on his own terms, adding that perhaps, quote, "Warner Brothers would have to change its name to "Charlie Brothers." unquote.
You have to hand it to Charlie Sheen. His interviews were strange true. But he still "brought the goods" because we all tuned in to hear what he had to say. Are we really listening to what CBS and Warner Brothers has to say ? They will turn out to be the bad guy if they don't allow Charlie to return to work. Unless they are just playing this out for public drama and to see how many people really care about the show, "Two and a half men", I would suggest they allow Charlie to return to work because shutting down the show is causing many other people to be out of work. Charlie cares a great deal about the people he works with and I know he wants them to be employed. CBS is probably just doing this for television drama and to gain more publicity for their station.
