Penn's Outrages are Lame and Superficial

 I normally steer clear of writing about 'personalities' but every once in a while, I can't help myself.

Penn with best 'bud' Hunter Biden

At 64, Sean Penn has bolstered his acting career with social activism. He fancies himself a crusader on whichever social issue is currently brewing. For example, he is a big proponent of the Ukraine war and supports the effort to continue the battle against Russia. He is also a good friend of Hunter Biden.

Penn's latest rant is against the Academy Awards. He slammed the Oscars for "limiting different cultural expressions" - whatever that means. He went on further to say the Academy "exercised really extraordinary cowardice when it comes to being part of the bigger world of expressing, and in fact, have largely been part of limiting the imaginations and very limiting of different cultural expressions."  

What is all this babble about? It's non-specific, in the extreme, and has to be viewed as Penn's effort to, again, bask in the - I'm controversial and relevant limelight - to the left-leaning Hollywood glitterati.

Everyone who reads this blog knows I'm not a huge fan of the Academy but "limiting cultural expressions" is a bad rap given their history. 

Penn is a provocateur. He takes positions on issues that are controversial and demonstrates his outrage by having on-site photo-ops whether it's in Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, or the Ukraine - he then moves on to his next social outrage never following-up with his past ones. Hmmm...

Penn in Ukraine where he gave one of his Oscars to Pres. Zelensky

But, why the Academy? He eagerly and without any objection accepted two Best Actor Oscars- one for 'Mystic River' and another for 'Milk'.  It begs the question, why now? What's in it for Sean? What's his motivation?

Penn's personal rants are getting very old. It's hard to imagine anyone, at this point, taking him seriously about any political or social stance - and that's my rant.

By: Jim Lavorato