Todd Terwilliger

In Defense of Bale

By now, there is no dark forbidden trench of the universe that is not aware that Christian Bale went on a tirade on the set of the new Terminator film. Indeed, given the penetration of the internet into every fold and fiber of our very being, it is impossible that we would not know, as soon as it happened, perhaps even before it happened. Time and space are trifles compared to the power of judgmentalism.

What exactly is the shock here? That a guy got upset, flipped his switch for a bit, and a let loose a foul-language tongue-lashing on the object of his ire? Have we reached a time and place in which we can no longer understand the urge if not the absolute need to go mental for a few minutes?

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