Sunday, March 20, 2011
Charlie Sheen adds 12 more tour dates
Chicago Sun-Times: "Sheen is adding a dozen more dates to his live show, which is now set to stretch into Canada and continue through May 3.
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Honestly this is just a sad thing. the fact that people are so willing to pay good money to watch a man who has a very serous problem rant about how hard his life is (knowing in actuality he was the highest paid actor on television for over three years making more for a 22 minute sitcom than many make their entire lives. this series of shows isn't going to help this mans problem it is just going to feed it more and were paying our good money for it. this is just a small part of what is so wrong with the general american public right now. were continuing to put money in a place where it is just harming a very sick person.
I have to agree with Jared completely. It is very sad to see Charlie Sheen's life unraveling. This man obviously has some serious problems to deal with and when people buy tickets to see his problems live on stage it is not going to help him at all only fuel his problems even more. I hope he gets some help and people don't buy tickets to this show. And anyone who buys tickets to this show is just supporting his bad behavior and people like him. It is just sick.
The more I see of Charlie Sheen's antics the more I believe it's all a well-thought-out publicity stunt for something like this show of his. Any publicity is good publicity, I suppose, in the entertainment world these days. If it's true he's less crazy and just keeping himself in the public eye then it should be the media and those that have fallen for it all that we should be "feeling sorry for" and not him. He's just making a living...
As deprived as this is, I think that this concept is borderline brilliant. Most celebrities in this situation would try to smooth everything over and then release a tell-all autobiography 10 years from now telling the "true" story. Not Charlie Sheen. Kudos to him for striking when the iron is hot. And I love the fact that this was going to be a three-show event and he added 12 more. I would actually consider going to see this show, because I think it would be wonderfully entertaining. But not for the right reasons--the same reason I went to see Spiderman turn off the dark. My advice to Mr. Sheen is: save your money from this tour because this might be the last money you're going to make for a while and you're going to have a lot of legal expenses.
It is very sad to see this man pushed to this point, and simple egged on by fans willing to support his self destructive habits for a laugh. Charlie Sheen has a serious problem, and this once beloved actor cannot peruse help until he can become aware of the necessity. if he is continually supported in his behavior then, he will be unable to adapt, and attempt to rectify the issues in his life. I disagree that this is a publicity stunt, i think if you look closely you will simply see a very sick man.
I agree that this is just one big publicity stunt. I thing Charlie Sheen is just tired of the producers always telling him what to do and how to act, and now that he is off the show he can do whatever he wants and get away with it. Not to mention make tons of money on it at the same time cause there will always be someone that wants to hear about it. I won't be surprised if he added more shows then went on to write his memoirs.
Yes, Charlie Sheen is a talented actor but I never really what made him the highest paid performer in television. From what I read in earlier in the year when Charlie was in another scandal, the studio never fired him or complained much because when he showed up to work he was a professional. He was on time and knew his lines. However, it was only a matter of time before the bad pressed had studio executives nervous until they pushed him out. Now, after making this decision they want to retract it and get him back. Clearly, Charlie Sheen sells. The people who bought tickets to his show have no idea what it's about but they don't care. He's the fascinating to watch to a large group of people.
In Dramaturgy today, we read a living newspaper about this Charlie Sheen business. I didn't know anything about it before (I know, I know, I don't live in the world), but we talked about the possibility that he is actually working a clever marketing scheme. It's astounding, though, what people will go to see. It's pretty incredible that his "concerts" can sell out in 18 minutes.
On the otherhand, it seems like there is something serious going on in Sheen's life, and from what I've seen, more people are amused than concerned.
Not that this is a profound thought or anything, but I have a feeling that Sheen is blowing his "problems" out of proportion just a tad. The camera does curious things to a person and while I will acknowledge Sheen's problems with drugs, alcohol, money, his sex addiction, and tendency to wave machetes in the air while drinking from bottles of red liquid labeled "tiger blood," I can't help but feel that, at this point, he is just doing this for publicity. Granted, the poor man may truly be in need of help, in which case adding tour dates may not be the best thing for his crumbling mental condition. Much like Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, maybe throwing millions of dollars at him will help a little bit.
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