From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Mon Nov 01 2004 - 06:41:12 PST
My wife and myself met Lee at San Jose MVPA Convention and found him to be a
delightful fellow. He chatted with all who met him, no rush, no attitude. In
addition he came around looking at all the vendor's tables looking for nick
knacks for his personal collection of militaria.
He stopped by my table and chatted with my wife Denise about the products we
manufacture and was most impressed. He autographed anything that was not
moving and in general, was very pleasant.
Subsequently, Lee has been making the rounds at other shows around the
country making special appearances. Up to Alameda, he had not made any
special personal apperances, according to the Director-Producer of mail
Call, who was also in attendance with the jeep, used in the production
Hopefully he could become an excellent representative of our Collector/Hobby
interests. I can see no down side to that.
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "chance wolf" <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] judging the information by the person delivering it
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 6:46 AM
> Subject: [MV] judging the information by the person delivering it
>
>
> > whoever is responsible
> > picked a fellow with "presence" - but his "presense" does not appeal to
> me,
> > been a long time since a loudmouth impressed me. But if others like the
> > show and him I say "carry on"
>
> There's a difference between a genuine "loudmouth" and someone who becomes
> one for the benefit of the cameras as an acted role. Ermey practically
> patented that role over the last 15 years, and has been sought after to
play
> it in everything from "Full Metal Jacket" to "Space: Above and Beyond",
> "Casper" and as a voice-over artist in numerous cartoons. While it may be
> possible for your sensibilities to be offended to such a degree by a
> caricature in a teleplay of whatever standing, I think most are still able
> to both appreciate and maintain the distance between the role and the
person
> performing that role - however closely they are perceived through long,
> professional association.
>
> I watched Ermey talk to people at the recent MVPA convention courtesy of
> videotaped footage and a few anecdotes from attendees, and the guy wasn't
> being "loudmouth" to anyone who didn't wish him to step in-character for a
> moment or two.
>
> I don't know Ermey personally nor have I ever met him, but I know people
> who've worked with him who say he's a Good Guy. It shouldn't matter to
> anyone whether he was a D.I. in real life or not as regardless he's
> obviously had ample opportunity through exposure to the best/worst of them
> to create such a successful "presence" for the cameras, and that's what's
> being offered up for public consumption -- not his military resume. I
> somehow doubt anyone would expect that Sean Connery once captained a
Soviet
> nuclear submarine or that James Earl Jones was truly an Admiral in the
USN,
> yet we're perfectly happy to consider the actors as separate entities from
> their portrayals in those circumstances. The same yardstick/courtesy
should
> extend to Ermey by default.
>
>
>
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