Soapbox Sundays! Better Late than Never!
Yes, I am the Chinese sign of the Tiger and I actually loved the book ,Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. I am not saying that I am for not allowing my kids to attend sleep overs or make them practice the piano a million hours a day. I just like the fundamentals of the book and the author is hilarious and laughing all the way to the bank because she has roused up a whole sect of “soccer moms”. I digress . . . What my Soapbox Sunday is about is good ‘ol Charlie Sheen and his “tiger blood” syndrome.
I am going to own that I am going to be guilty of doing exactly what I am on my soapbox about, but maybe if I can get enough of you to agree with me, words like Charlie Sheen and tiger blood will fade away as quickly as it ignited.
I get that for some sick and strange reason America loves to watch train wrecks of humanity Hollywood. No one really wants to face the reality that the world is in economic crisis, the Middle East is in civil distress, the Mid-West is in civil unrest, we are going to be bellying up to the pump at $5.00 a gallon soon and there are only three episodes left of Big Love. I get watching some “fictious” character of Hollywood on his crash and burn tour to either Promises Rehab Facility or to something far worse with only a True Hollywood Story episode to be remembered by, seems to be a good way to fill up the days of our pathetic lives.
Unfortunately, Charlie is not a fictious character. He has people who actually love him and hates seeing this happening. You have the mothers of his children trying to shelter them from them seeing their dad self destruct and a family that just don’t know what to do, so they are just bracing themselves for his rock bottom moment, ready to pick up the broken pieces, if there is any left to pick up.
This is a man who is not fueled by “Tiger Blood”, even thought my Sirius Radio has a whole station dedicated to “Charlie Sheen’s Tiger Blood Radio”, like it is something real. What he is fueled by is all the attention he is getting out of this. He is an addict and this is classic text-book addict behavior, I should know I grew up with addicts my whole life.
The media, the fans or non-fans need to leave him alone; he should be hearing a million crickets, not a million tweets. No one should be adding fuel to this train wreck.
He is losing everything tangible and in his surreal false reality he is thinking he IS gaining everything and has an edge on the market of life. A life that is troubled, disturbed, and wounded. Please America, can we please stop with the tiger blood and get back to True Blood. At least that is fiction and not someone’s true reality.
A Piece of the Pie Hole 
AMEN!
My kids and I discussed that earlier in the week. These talk show hosts are desperate for ratings…. and they will parade any one & exploit their mental illness for ratings. Donald Trump is doing exactly the same thing having Gary Busey on his show. These men are ill. Gary Busey had a traumatic brain injury, Charlie Sheen is clearly suffering from comorbidity of drug addiction and mental illness. It is disgusting that they are being paraded about.
I have to agree with you. America does like to witness the train wreck of humanity and I’ve often sat back and wondered how some of these people and shows end up all the rage. I think it stems from people needing to feel better about themselves and the choices that they’ve made by seeing someone else screw things up.
It’s sad when people can become more wealthy and gain more fame with each screw up and those who help others and become successful the hard way have to fight for the spotlight. Great post!
Amen, Sister! The train wrecks are ALWAYS surrounded by yes people – CBS sucks because they didn’t care about the person, just all the loot he was bringing in. SHAME ON THEM. His parents and other family members cannot help him b/c his age. He is in such a manic state – just don’t see this with a happy ending. Hollywood is the seventh ring of Hell, I think. Sheesh!