Up to tape 5 now, just listened to them all and they are pretty funny. I keep expecting Mel to just explode literally.
I thought I used to go off, but man did I have nothing on this freakin' guy. Bravo!
Even better is how level-headed the lady sounds during all these rants and attacks. This probably shouldn't be so funny, but with my nightmare relationships behind me, I can't help but think back, laugh and be happy for where I am now.

Quoting bigdaddyhorse:

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Even better is how level-headed the lady sounds during all these rants and attacks.

Probably fairly easy to do when you know you are being taped.

In general, I don't let behavior of stars, directors, etc influence my purchases of older or newer movies. The way I look at it is that a person can be a complete A-hole on a personal level while at the same time still be very competent and skilled professionally speaking.

Another point to take into consideration is that if I boycott movies because this or that person was involved in it, I also boycott a whole bunch of other people who were also involved in the making of that movie yet didn't do anything wrong necessarily or worse, had to put up with the bad behavior of the one I'm trying to boycott.

And finally, if a movie star goes overboard in the legal sense of the word, I expect the authorities to deal with that and don't feel I need to use my wallet to punish him and all the other ones involved in his or her movies.

So no, in general I don't let that stuff influence my movie buying behavior.

I try to look past their personal lives. So many of them are just completely out of touch. I'm sure there are many people here who, if I got to hear your view on something or got to see how you interacted with other on a personal level I may change my opinion about. We all have something about us someone else doesn't like.

I haven't listened to the recordings. Don't plan to. I guess I look at it like I'm better off not knowing.

I will admit to not watching someones works based on their political views and how hard the push them down your throat. Again, most big stars are completely out of touch with what 'normal' people do and our struggles.  The last thing I want to see or hear is one of them preaching to me what is good or bad for me when they don't have a clue.

So as I say, better off just not knowing. If I had to rule out all of the movies where an actor did something I didn't agree with it would REALLY limit what I could watch!