By Lynnette M. Booker
Meryl Streep is hardly an overrated and barely an underrated actor; she is the epitome of meticulous craft and ingenuity. Streep has transformative perception of the human condition. Her characters are often complicated–whether the film is drama or comedy–and she effectively portrays their sensibility.
But Streep is more than an actress. She is an American citizen which is her most important role that of which she dutifully recogonizes and performs.
As a conscientious citizen of America, Streep delivers a fearless speech during her acceptance of the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes.
“It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter…This instinct to humiliate, when it’s modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody’s life, because it kinda gives permission for other people to do the same thing,” she says. “Disrespect invites disrespect, violence incites violence. And when the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.”
President-elect Donald J. Trump shows impeccable predictability. The following day he tweets one of his mundane diatribes. This time his target is Meryl Streep.
“Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn’t know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a…..”
In some way, he believes that he is a huge benefactor to America.
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