Celebrities, schmelebrities!

I read a lengthy interview with Andy Garcia on the Independent via Babalu. It left me wondering... why is this guy taking so much credit? Once upon at time, he was given Babalu print outs, for example, and he hasn't even commented one time or contacted anyone of us for anything. Did he stop by Cuba Nostalgia to offer support (moral or financial)? Is he supporting the independent libraries or the disidents? I tend to think that any of these so called celebrities give three flying shits about whatever is happening in Cuba, but then at the end all of them will rock the world AFTER the fall of cagastro is fait accompli. Besides, I question those photos of cagastro and che that he has on his walls, like he doesn't remember who those assholes are, the blood never dried Andy. I don't have any. And I don't go around and out of my way to take any credit for what I do and much less for what I don't do. Don't get me started. I do not respect anyone for the mere fact of being a celebrity, I respect people for what they dare to do. Where are the Cuban gazillionaires when you need one? Not here. Not there. Not anywhere. Oh, yeah! They are in a club in Palm Beach or the Hamptons or NYC or LA! Hi! You look fanatabulous in that shirt! Your tan is great! Your last party was a success! Look at the exception on our own lovely Cameron Diaz, who told Letterman bluntly that cagasstro is the devil, kudos to her. Gloria and Emilio. Jon Secada. Cristina (she speaks in Mexican and endorsed that terrorist of Cruz Bustamante against Arnold Schwarzenegger in ads aired in California). I still have to hear denounces by our luminaries. I hear them from all of you guys... But not from them. They boast of their connections, they defend whatever freaking cause they love to take on, at a very given time, like hybrid cars, iguanas, the toads or whatever else. They don't consider a fellow Cuban an endangered species or anything close, apparently. Why on freaking Earth don't they go public on what regards to Cuba, as for example Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt do with causes that are dear to them. OK, enough, enough for my rant. Where the hell were they that they didn't mob Clinton to prevent him to send Elian to Cuba or to prevent him from treating balseros like terrorists. Nofuckingwhere. They really don't give a shit. They are busy making money and they don't have time for you and me, in our little blog or much less they don't have time to help the world hear about the plight of a political prisoner in Cuba. Why on Earth aren't the Cuban musicians (Paquito D'Rivera is the only exception, with the greatest percusionist of my generation, Horacio el Negro) who have the pants filled well enough to denounce kagasstro and his murderous brother. No concerts for Cuba's freedom. Nothing. That's why we have this blog. Because we don't have pelos en la lengua, which is Spanish for we don't hold barrels. Why on freaking Earth all the Cubans that work on Spanish TV are so fucking afraid of a Mexican bastard that can tell them how to speak and not to say shit about Cuba? With the power of being the most successful immigrant group we should be doing much better politically speaking. No. They are in parties my friend and they cannot even take the time to boycott Michael Moore for what he has said about Cuban Americans. Give me a fucking break! I would love to know why aren't they more vocal. What's missing? In Andy's case Cuba is being used as a hook, a money making hook, perpetuating shitty stereotypes in mediocre ways. How's that he didn't get cast for "Before night falls"? Modigliani is great, and also the Godfather III, but hey, we need to wait for somebody who cast a Spaniard to represent us. Yeah, a movie about Arturo Sandoval. That was crap boys and gals, pure manure. Where's the movie about a balsero? About a jinetera? About a silenced artist or a political prisoner? Not in any one of our Cuban celebrities resumes. Al Pacino portraited a marielito as a cocaine cowboy. The second fiddle was Steve Bauer, a Cuban. Marisa Tomei, she was a Cuban babe in La Familia Perez. Why not a real Cuban babe? Why not a movie about what Mariel was for real? And we also have now that the Fanjuls are collaborating in a movie by Jodie Foster where they are depicted as Cuban slavedrivers. Monica stopped her "job" on Bill when Fanjul called. Too bad he never called when Elian was being used as a bargaining chip. Whatever, I am going to have a drink now. UPDATE: Gloria Estefan and Andy Garcia showed up at Elian's place a few days before he was kidnapped by the Storm troopers of Obergruppenfuhrer Janet Reno (Hat tip to Robert) They most likely were sincere, but showing at Elian's house was a nice publicity stunt. I bet you that Gloria sold more CDs and that Andy's movies rented better on those days, among Cubans at least. Today, Cuban disidents are beaten to a pulp on the streets, that's in video and everywhere, and no single Cuban celebrity is saying a word. Nice, nice, nice....