April 15, 2005

THE FRENCH HONOR W:

Honored for Toughness (NY Times, April 14, 2005)

Bruce Willis has been awarded France's highest cultural honor. Mr. Willis, 50, was formally inducted yesterday into the French Order of Arts and Letters. The French culture minister, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, said the award paid tribute to an actor whose work "epitomizes the strength of American cinema, the power of the emotions that he invites us to share on the world's screens, and the sturdy personalities of his legendary characters."... Mr. Donnedieu de Vabres said that the actor's roles could not be reduced to a simple struggle between good and evil, yet he added, "You really have killed a lot of bad guys."

The same could be said for George Bush, with more truth.

Posted by Paul Jaminet at April 15, 2005 1:23 PM
Comments

I've always thought the unofficial motto for the Bush Administration should be Bruce Willis's line from Pulp Fiction: "That's how you're gonna beat 'em Butch, they keep underestimating you."

Posted by: Governor Breck at April 15, 2005 1:58 PM

I don't think Bruce Willis has killed any bad guys at all, has he?

Posted by: Brandon at April 15, 2005 3:50 PM

This very day, Roger L. Simon (rogerlsimon.com) nominated Bruce Willis to run against Barbara Boxer next time.

Posted by: old maltese at April 15, 2005 3:58 PM

Brandon - "really" actually means "not really".

Posted by: pj at April 15, 2005 4:17 PM

Senator Willis. I like it. Has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: erp at April 15, 2005 4:24 PM

He has a reputation in the industry for treating 'the little people' like crap, which will come back to haunt him should he decide to run as a conservative. If he were a Warren Beatty-style liberal, he could get away with Warren Beatty-style imperiousness without even a comment.

Posted by: bart at April 16, 2005 7:04 AM
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