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...Streisand, in fact, suffers from a common malady among Hollywood elites: an inability to recognize that actors and singers are meant to act and sing, not to pontificate on the political matters of the day. Most who try to cross over into politics end up looking foolish and out of touch with the nation...
People are rightfully reluctant to take political cues from the motley group of college dropouts and well-intentioned pseudo-intellectuals that set opinion in Hollywood. Streisand should rest on her laurels as one of the most overrated vocalists of all time and not seek further accolades for political involvement and social awareness...
Long known for her political activism, including singing at special concerts and fundraisers for Bill Clinton, Streisand has lately become even more entrenched in progressive causes. Her personal blog reads like the DailyKos, filled with statements about the upcoming midterm election. Furthermore, her political beliefs are also becoming part of her onstage persona as never before. No longer content with mediocre renditions of standards, Streisand’s new tour now includes a professional George W. Bush impersonator, who engages in an extended skit with Streisand in which the president is depicted as a bumbling moron...
While a little bit of political humor may be okay, entertainers should generally stick to their act. Most people would rather be entertained than given a political lesson, a fact seemingly lost on Streisand at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 9, when she seriously misread her fans by pushing her agenda just a little too much. The results were predictably absurd and decidedly unfunny...
...long in the evening’s show. A “Dubya double” has the potential to be humorous but it was decidedly unfunny for her crowd to have this long partisan commercial foisted upon them between songs. People came to the show to hear Streisand sing (already a boring proposition) not to hear the current president belittled (even more...