Is Sharon Stone Even Still Important?
It’s come to our attention that Sharon Stone is in hot water for implying that the earthquakes hitting China might be “karma” for that government’s treatment of Tibet. Yes, that’s really dumb. But Sharon’s famous because she had great looking legs in Basic Instinct.
Far be it for a satirist of my stature to throw out a dumb blonde joke (Oops!)but did anyone really think they’d get brilliant political analysis from Stone? Should they expect it? Now I support the efforts of stars like Hayden Panettierre, who wants to use her stardom to accomplish something. That’s preferable to stars like Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan, who prefer to use their stardom to accomplish nothing.
But by protesting her stupidity, the Chinese government is affording Stone a cultural relevance she no longer possesses. I mean if washed-up actors and actresses can just get an instant PR boost by saying something culturally insensitive, stand back and wait for the Pauly Shore mixtape.
China will now prevent people from seeing Stone’s films. Welcome to the party, Chinese government. No one in this country’s watched one of her films in about 15 years.
Image courtesy of Newscom.
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