Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Funny Charlie Sheen T-Shirts And The Death Of Sheen's Career

By Harold York


Watching Charlie Sheen tumble out of the sky, crash, and burn has been more like a Greek tragedy to me than a comedy. Charlie Sheen is, obviously, under a great deal of strain and his addictions are making it difficult for him to cope with these sudden changes in his life. He has done interviews with the media in which he seems to not only admit to drug use, but to be proud of it as well. He boasts of his addiction to the point where I almost have to think he is making a show out of himself. If that is true, he is a genius. If not, he needs help getting his life straight instead of having throngs of Americans wearing funny Charlie Sheen t-shirts.

Anyone can have problems like Charlie Sheen, even if not on such a grandiose scale. Movie, television, and music stars all have the capability of losing control because stars are not some extra-special species of mankind. They are just as human as you and I, except that they are on a tremendous level of stress. When you have all of the stresses that people live with every day, and then add massive amounts of fame on top of that, you can end up with some very unstable individuals. Can you imagine the level of paranoia that comes with Sheen's heavy drug use and people wearing funny Charlie Sheen t-shirts down the street?

The funny Charlie Sheen t-shirts are really just the beginning of the train wreck that is Charlie Sheen's life. His face is everywhere now. He's been spoofed on Saturday Night Live, remixed a hundred different ways on YouTube, and ridiculed on message boards all across the Internet. The man has either intentionally, or unintentionally, turned himself into one of the biggest living jokes since Michael Jackson. He is a walking sight gag, and may be unemployable as a professional actor. His life may be ruined, and he's too strung out to even realize it.

There was a time in the not-so-distant past when funny Charlie Sheen t-shirts were not even in the public consciousness. This was well before his current television show, back when he was a respected actor. Sheen comes from great acting stock. His father is respected all over Hollywood and it boosted Sheen into the spotlight and into such films as 'Platoon' and 'Apocalypse Now'. He made great strides in his career, excelling at both drama and comedy. Whatever happened to that drive and focus, no one can say.

So what happens now to Charlie Sheen and his mob of giggling, funny Charlie Sheen t-shirts wearing followers? What he most definitely needs is help. He needs help from his family and friends if he ever wants to reboot his career. What he needs most of all is help from us. He needs the blessing of the masses to just forget what he is and what he has done. Until we release our hold on him, he will remain in this state of frenzied self-destruction. Our greatest gift to Charlie Sheen is to just ignore him and let him heal




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