Charlie Sheen

Okay, you'd have to be living under a rock if you haven't heard about what is going around the entertainment community right now. Most of the brouhaha is centered around the Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen. And I would be an idiot not to chime in with my two cents. So here are the pros and cons of the highest paid actor in the history of television.

First, I would like to mention a little bit about the show, which should serve as a premise for my opinion. And yes, I have had these opinions before Charlie was on Piers Morgan. Okay, Chuck Lorre is in my DVR lineup and I've seen his shows before. Dharma and Greg, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, Mike and Molly, you name it, I've seen it. And half of the lunacy of his shows are the vanity cards at the end. You've seen them, they say "Chuck Lorre Productions - #38" or something. And they usually consist of some random idea that he had that day. But the only show that made the cut for me is...Big Bang Theory. Not that Two and a Half Men isn't funny. It is...or it used to be.

Men used to be funny as hell when it first started. The main reasons? Well, that they said and did all that shit in front of a kid. Charlie Harper is essentially Charlie Sheen (boozing, womanizing and shallow) and the character shows the same unapologetic self perception that the actor does. Chuck Lorre wrote it this way to exploit Sheen to make the character. Hmmm, then why is this such a fucking issue? You got what you made, Chuck. Charlie Harper is here for filming.

And then the show, which is "family entertainment" delved into total perversion. Frank allusions and comments about debauchery and oral sex permeate the show now, something that I wouldn't let someone under 14 watch at all. And to think The View was pissed about Family Guy being syndicated and shown during the day? Well, Men is far worse. They basically are the living Griffin household and are syndicated more in the same time slots. And while we're applauding the perverse "family comedy", why don't we crucify the actor for paying women and banging pornstars? Yeah, that only flies as long as it's filmed and Chuck Lorre can make a billion from it. You can't do that personally, Charlie. Save it for the plotlines. We need to cash in on this behavior and you're giving it away for free.

So the whole thing, to me, is that while Charlie Sheen is out sticking his manhood into anyone that's proud enough to own a vagina, it's basically going to damper the comedy on the show, frankly because we don't have to tune in to see Charlie Harper. No, we can get him all over the place without the other pesky people around. Chuck Lorre? Pissed. Use the old hooker mentality...why give it away when you can charge for it? Chuck Lorre? Pimp.

And the one thing I admire about Sheen is this. No, it's not that he thinks he's God or Hollywood's Hugh Hefner. I can do without the God complex. No, what I like about Sheen is that his brutal honesty about owning what he does. He makes no bones about himself. He knows what he does and we consider them flaws. He considers them personality traits. But what he effectively did was silenced the tabloid people. He took away every possible headline...you know, the ones that make us ponder what comes next and brings us "into the personal tragedy as it unfolds". It's unfolded! No wonderment. He said it all and put himself out there to be judged. His brutal honesty and unapologetic attitude is refreshing to me, because for once, we don't have TMZ probing him for answers. Sure, now we get the reactions to how he is, but Charlie's doing that himself. He's controlling what is said about him by saying it first. And I, for one, applaud it. My pissed-offness for him bedding Bree Olsen? Well, I was hoping to be famous someday to justify meeting her myself. So my petty jealousy aside, well done, Charlie.

As far as his show? Well, I could care less if it comes back. I don't think it's funny. I haven't for a long time. It's too dirty (I know I know, I watch porn and I know Bree Olson inside and out but this is "family entertainment" here) for my tastes and it all seems forced anyway. But when Major League 3 comes out? Well, I'll pay to see Rick Vaughn again anytime.

On a closing note, I would like to add though that sadly Charlie is starting to look like his Ferris Bueller cameo. Here's to him making a strong comeback.