Don’t tell Rush, but his favorite heroes aren’t real
by digby
One of my favorite quotes is by baseball legend Kirk Gibson who, when asked how he felt about his legendary home run in the 1988 World Series being compared Roy Hobbs’ light smashing home run in the movie “The Natural”, Gibson replied, “well … Roy Hobbs was a fictional character, I actually did it.”
Some people can’t tell the difference between fact and fiction and Rush Limbaugh is one of them:
“James Bond is a total concept put together by Ian Fleming. He was white and Scottish. Period. That is who James Bond is, was,” Limbaugh said, in comments flagged by Media Matters. “But now [they are] suggesting that the next James Bond should be Idris Elba, a black Briton, rather than a white from Scotland.” “But that’s not who James Bond is,” he continued, acknowledging, “and I know it’s racist to probably point this out.”
It’s not just racist, it’s dumber than dirt. Just like Roy Hobbs, Bond is a fictional character. He doesn’t really exist except in our minds. (Of course, Rush seems to think Jack Bauer is real too, so this is a bigger problem for him than James Bond.)
If Shakespeare’s characters have been re-imagined in every possible way, so too can James Bond. And I, for one, would love to see Idris Elba in that role. He’s one of the best actors of our time and he’s extremely handsome, sexy, smooth and athletic. Just like James Bond. If he really existed. Which he doesn’t.
And neither does Santa Claus.
Shhh. Don’t tell Rush.
