To: Les Moonray
From: Barbra Streisand
Dear Lennie,
I am outraged! I am almost speechless! This is nothing less than sensorship! I'm talking about your gutless reaction to the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy by cancelling The Rayguns. Leroy, you are a gutless coward. As I said on my website,
I am deeply disappointed that CBS, the network that in 1964 gave me complete artistic control in creating television specials, now caved in to right wing Republican pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie The Reagans. (And I say MOVIE - because this is NOT a documentary - it's a television drama.) The movie will now be aired on Showtime, where the difference in viewership is in the millions.
That means less people will realize the truth about the Reegans. Everyone knows that Reigan had Al Heimer's disease (And who was Al Heimer and why did they name a disease after him?) throughout his presidency and it was his wife, Naomi, who was really running the country. Everyone called her the Dragon Lady, and this miniseries was finally going to expose the truth about that family.
Ranold was homophobical. He said that he wanted all gays to die of AIDS. He and his wife abused their son and turned him into some sort of pansy ballet dancer. We all saw what they did with Patsy. She was beat by her mother with coat hangars and then she had to pose naked in Playboy.
And the rumor that I spent a lot of time on the set trying to make sure the truth about the Raygan years was told is entirely false. I only spent four hours on the set. It was only the workers who said they felt it was longer. Drudge is making this stuff up.
The Republicans like to glorify Regan while all the time bashing Clinton. Speaking of Clinton, can you imagine what a biopic of Clinton would include? (Actually, that could only be shown on Showtime ... On second thought that would have to be xxx ... GOC)
Once again, as I said on my website:
One can only imagine the kind of pressure that would compel CBS to take such an extraordinary action. This was an organized Republican spin machine at work. Remember the Dixie Chicks controversy? It wasn't the larger general public that called in to radio stations and burned CDs, it was a small group of right wing activists. In fact, now the band is more popular than ever, with a sold out summer tour.
In fact, the Chicks are making a career move and telling all those goobers who used to be their fans to shove it. They're now going to be a rock group. I can hardly wait to hear the electric banjo and to see Natasha Manus in spandex. Look out world!
I've long bemoaned the fact that the Republicans control the media. CBS is a right wing network. Dan Rather is a closet Republican. I am so tired of his right wing bias.
So, Leon, I really wish that you would reconsider and put the Movie, not the documentary, the Raguns, on CBS. This is a 1st Amendment issue. And my husband, who doesn't have much of a career, could really use the exposure.
If you do then, I will
luv ya,
Babs