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Why did he get so political?


He went from being a goofy stoner dude to being an overly serious douche spewing left wing political nonsense. Did preaching to the choir help him get some roles or something?

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Boredom and money.

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I LIKE HIM...I GIVE NO SHITS ABOUT HIS POLITICAL ANTHING.

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why do you like him?

do you like this?
https://youtu.be/5_4rwdDDdTA

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THAT WAS STUPID AND THE SETH ROGEN QUOTES HARMLESS.

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Because it keeps underwhelming actors and comedians in the spotlight.
And virtue signaling. Don't forget the fucking virtue signaling.

That fucking idiot makes me sick.

Little reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_4rwdDDdTA

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I was ambivalent about Seth Rogen for awhile because he's basically a set piece with the gravitas of a sofa and one of those actors that you see and think, "Anyone off the street could play that part. Why does this guy keep getting hired?"

Then I learned about what a lunatic and pretentious asshole the guy is (not in the political name calling sense, but literally a lunatic) from some random videos like the one linked above and that pretty much filled in the blanks for his nothing on screen personality.

But yeah, Seth Rogen sucks ass.

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Chances are, he comes from one of those Jewish families that has been in showbiz for several generations with money and connections, so the only reason he got anywhere was because his relatives had friends in different parts of Hollyweird that could get him what he wanted, rather than him having to actually work for it on his own merit. Normally guys like him would never have gotten anywhere near Hollywood with the lack of talent he possesses.

To be fair, he hasn't made very many noteworthy films, and I think that "Interview" film was the death knell for what little career he had in directing and producing, considering it brought the wrath of North Korea down on Sony Pictures. I mean, who wants to work with a no-talent asshole whose movie pissed off a hostile country overseas?

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Specifics aside, that's pretty much my assessment as well.

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THIS IS WHAT A HATER SOUNDS LIKE....ROGEN MAS MADE SOME FUNNY MOVIES AND SHOWS...YOU ARE ON A DEEP DIVE INSANITY QUEST THAT HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH ROGEN.

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Another BS attack on Liberals while you shill for Donald, 35,000+ lies and 91 criminal prosecutions, Trump's total irrational disinfo nonsense.

You assholes fill this whole site up with this shit, and everyone knows damn well that very few Americans support your bullshit.

You'd ruin the whole country like this if you could.


And you? You're most likely a fake sock-puppet AI funded to overthrow the government.

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A reminder that this is the person you're defending here:

https://youtu.be/nLDlODRZpH0?feature=shared

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ii__v5KSUTk&pp=ygUTU2V0aCByb2dlbiBsdW5hdGljIA%3D%3D

I get it that you play on the same political team, but lending your support to this self entitled wacko is a bad look.

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HE'S RIGHT...THE SHOW WAS MEDIOCRE...HOWEVER...THE INTERNET HATE CLUB TOOK SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND TURNED THE RATINGS AND REVIEWS INTO A PATHETIC JOKE.

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Who's right?

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THE SHOW WAS NOT GREAT...IT WAS NOT THE NEXT LEVEL NIGHTMARE THE INTERNET BOILED OVER SAYING IT WAS THOUGH.

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That's typical Internet melodrama, though I think mediocre is being generous there.

How about Seth Rogen going off on a kid that posted for people to vote or threatening to drive to Hawaii to fight Tulsi Gabbard? The guy definitely seems like a psychologically unstable asshole and/or brain damaged and for me at least that overshadows his rather forgettable on screen appearances. If he was a solid actor who was also a nutjob it would be easier to overlook those faults.

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I WATCHED IT...MEDIOCRE IS DEAD ON...I ALSO FINE ROGEN TO BE A VERY TALENTED ACTOR...AS FAR AS SOCIAL MEDIA GOES...I JUST DON'T CARE...LIKE...AT ALL...WHAT SOMEONE POSTS ON WHATEVER SITE HAS ZERO TO DO WITH MY ENJOYMENT OF THEIR ACTING WORK.

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My point was that I don't particularly enjoy his acting work so it was easily overshadowed by his internet persona.

At the same time, why are you commenting in a thread with the word political in the title? Is it to remind people that you don't care about an actor's political views? I'm a bit confused there.

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I AM COMMENTING ON SETH ROGEN...THAT IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW...WEIRDO.

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You're commenting in a thread referring to the politics of Seth Rogen. ๐Ÿค”

Deflecting from that and calling me a weirdo is how would you say... disingenuous?

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WE ARE NOT ON THE POITICS PAGE...WE ARE ON THE SETH ROGEN PAGE...PEOPLE WANT TO COMFLATE AND CONFUSE THEIR OPINIONS BASED ON NONSENSE...I SIMPLY FEEL THE NEED TO DROP MY OPINION...I LIKE SETH...HE IS FUNNY....AND TALENTED.


ANYTHING PAST THAT IS YOU ATTEMPTING TO TWIST THE SITUATION...WEIRDO IS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT WHEN I USE IT BY THE WAY.๐Ÿ˜˜

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We're on the actor's page where his particular political views are fair game for discussion. If not then surely the mods here have an uphill battle in clearing out every reference of an actor's political views from their their respective profile pages on here.

But thanks for the compliment. I think.

As an aside I watched that Will Ferell serious acting role movie you referred me to on the Joe Pesci thread and thoroughly enjoyed it. I won't go so far as to say I like the guy as an actor now, but that was a solid performance there and I was sincerely surprised and impressed. Thanks for turning me onto that one.

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I CHOOSE TO IGNORE THE POLITICAL BULLSHIT SLATHERED ON VERY THREAD HERE...AND SIMPLY SPEAK ON THE PEOPLE AND THEIR WORK.


I AM GLAD YOU ENJOYED STRANGER THAN FICTION....I SAW IT IN THE THEATER AND HAVE ALWAYS WISHED FERRELL HAD GONE THAT DIRECTION MORE OFTEN.

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Hey dipwit, I am not defending him - I am attacking your for being a good for nothing right-wing nut troll. Rogan is funny, and Liberals do not need criticisms from criminals and their hench-pussies.

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You have anger problems.

When a borderline psychotic extremist like yourself identifies me as opposite to them on the political spectrum I know I'm doing something right. Thanks for that.

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Thanks, but is that the lame best you can do?

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CYA. His entire career is built on material which proponents of Cancel Culture now deem "Problematic". Reciting the tenets of Wokeness before the cameras drastically reduces the perils of SR being run out of town on a rail

Easy as it is for us to criticize from afar, let's not pretend that most of us wouldn't do exactly the same thing, were we in Rogen's shoes. When you're 40something, have no marketable skills beyond entertainment, and you're entire career is on the line, you do whatever you have to do to maintain that career

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Because he's a loser that doesn't have much going for him these days in the film industry, and he probably doesn't have much of a personality, so he grafts onto his political identity to give himself some kind of purpose as well as attention, despite how pathetic it is.

Honestly, the only reason I think he ever got anywhere in Hollywood was due to his connections, because his films were terrible and he's a very immature, dumb, childish guy in person.

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SOME SOLID FILMS...NO CONNECTIONS...FUNNY GUY....YOU NEED A BREAK.

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