I saw this while reading about Julianne Houghs recent blackface incident and I think it beautifully illustrates the hypocrisy in Hollywood. Tom Hanks, the master of ceremonies at this 2004 fundraiser, claims he was blindsided by Santa Monica-based investment banker James Montgomery, who, like Hough, made the intelligent decision to show up to the event in blackface. YET he was NOT so blindsided -- or offended, apparently -- to refrain from joking about it. Ladies and gentlemen, a celebrity in our midst. Who would have thought that Bill O’Reilly would join us?” Hanks said. However, when a video of this fundraiser was made public eight years later, Hanks wasnt so jovial. In 2004, I was blindsided when one of the parents got up on the stage in a costume that was hideously offensive then and is hideously offensive now, Hanks said in a statement to TheWrap. What is usually a night of food and drink for a good cause was, regrettably, marred by an appalling few moments. Marred? You joked that Montgomery was Bill OReilly, Tom! Im reminded of a popular quote: Character is doing the right thing when nobodys looking.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 01:38:52 +0000
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