Ingrate Jackie Chan Slams U.S. during Interview
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You remember Jackie Chan? Famous, or infamous, B movie actor who kicked ass everywhere he went? Well, after making millions and millions of dollars from America and Americans he has now decided we are the most corrupt nation in the world. I never liked this clown, and now I really don’t like him.
Jackie Chan smiles during a press conference to promote his new movie “CZ12″ in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
– Jackie Chan once said that “too much freedom” is a bad thing and that “Chinese people need to be controlled” for their own good. Which is why Max Fisher of the Washington Post isn’t all that surprised by the actor’s anti-American views expressed in a recent Chinese TV interview:
- America, he said, is the “most corrupt” nation in the world. “Where does this Great Breakdown [financial crisis] come from? It started exactly from the world, the United States. … [But] now that China has become strong, everyone is making an issue of China.”
Chan went on to fault any Chinese citizen who publicly criticizes China, especially to foreigners. “If our own countrymen don’t support our country, who will support our country?” he asked. “We know our country has many problems. We [can] talk about it when the door is closed. To outsiders, [we should say], ‘Our country is the best.’” In general, his tone in the interview is more pro-China than anti-America, but it’s still hard to reconcile his contradictory “condemnation of the country that has helped make him so rich,” writes Fisher.
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James Smith
January 13, 2013 at 7:17 am
Yes, he did make a lot of money from his films, much of it from the USA. I don’t believe that means he cannot express an opinion.
As far as being an ingrate, I doubt that anyone was forced to buy tickets to his films. He was paid by the producers and backers of the films, distribution and promotion were not his responsibility.
As far as his statements, they are opinions and he is as entitled to voice them as anyone else.
I made a lot of money during the Nixon and Clinton administrations, too. That doesn’t mean they were directly responsible for it or that I cannot condemn or praise any of their actions.
That is the same liberty that means you are also free to state your opinion of Mr. Chan’s statements. It doesn’t make either of you correct, it means you have an opinion.
Michael John Scott
January 13, 2013 at 8:48 am
…and in my opinion he’s an ingrate
James Smith
January 13, 2013 at 9:35 am
For expressing an opinion? FWIW, his films made more money in European and Asian markets than they did in the USA.
AnonymousNot
January 13, 2013 at 9:48 am
Those films were made in the USA, yet another reason for this talentless hack to be grateful to the country that made him rich and famous. If I travel to Ecuador and they show me hospitality I’m not going to turn around and publicly trash them. Simple.
James Smith
January 13, 2013 at 10:05 am
Actually, all of them were not. Most of them were made by USA companies, but most were filmed on locations around the world.
It seems that no one thinks he should be permitted to express an opinion because he made money for performing in films that did well in the USA. The government of the USA did not pay him, they taxed his earnings.
He is not being an ingrate, he is being honest. I recommend that to everyone.
Dale Fisk
January 13, 2013 at 8:54 am
I read this carefully given the comments, and I have to agree with Mike. This has nothing to do with expressing one’s opinion with impunity, it’s more a matter of respect. The man sucked from the American trough for decades, and then to start trashing the country that fed him is disrespectful. From this point forward I will not watch another Jackie Chan movie.
Anonymous714
January 13, 2013 at 10:49 am
I want to be sure I understand this. You are saying it’s ok to express one’s opinion about anything correct? What if you entertained a friend over a period of several weeks, in your home, and then he turned around and told everyone you were a pig, your house was dirty, and your wife gave him sex. Would that be OK?
James Smith
January 13, 2013 at 11:00 am
Someone staying in my house is hardly the same thing.
Nonetheless, if it were true, what can you do? That’s not saying that Mr. Chan was totally accurate, but he was criticizing the American government, not the American people. I suspect you may have been unhappy with the government at times and said things to express that displeasure. Was that OK? Comparing that with a personal attack from a friend is not reasonable.
Mr. Chan has made a lot of money from his films and he has paid his taxes on it, just as have you and I on money we made in the USA. He is as entitled to express his opinion of the American government as are you.
Bill Formby
January 13, 2013 at 3:55 pm
I am trying to understand the point James is making, however, seeing as how Mr, Chan is in China making these statements one has to wonder if they are actually his opinion or those of the Chinese government. It isn’t exactly like free speech is encouraged there. With his high profile and his wealth he is probably living like a king in China.
James Smith
January 13, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Bill you make an excellent point. I never thought about that.
Even if he personally said it, that doesn’t mean he was not “encouraged” to do so.