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Now this is what we were looking to hear about the Josh Brolin-Jeffrey Wright arrest incident last weekend! All we heard last Saturday afternoon was "one of the W guys wouldn't leave at closing time, the owners called the cops and they all went to jail." Yesterday the Chicago Sun Times' Bill Zwecker got the real story -- right-wing rednecks vs. Hollywood lefties bustin' heads over the suspected Bush-skewering content of Oliver Stone's W.

"Seems a couple of good ol' boys got wind of the fact Brolin, Wright and their crew buddies were part of Stone's film project," Zwecker wrote. "Some folks in conservative Shreveport -- while happy to collect the bucks spent by the filmmakers during the current down economy -- are not happy their town is serving as the site for a movie about a president they have enthusiastically backed in his two runs for the White House.

"According to a sober source who was in the Stray Cat, a few profanity-laced barbs about Stone, his politics and the reported anti-Bush tone of W led to harsh words from Brolin -- who is known for his own short fuse. Then a few pushes (it's unclear who started the pushing) degenerated into punches being thrown.

"A W crew member reports Wright initially tried to play peacemaker, but that changed 'after a racial slur was yelled' and the actor got 'into it as well.'"

I love, love, love that Wright tried to play the pacifist Gandhi card and wound up stomping redneck ass. Remember that scene in Deal of the Century when the born-again Gregory Hines tried to turn the other check with a hostile Hispanic couple, and then finally loses it and torches their car with a flame thrower? Wright has my respect for life after this. Brolin too, of course -- BurmaShave has christened him "the New Nolte."

I want to see a short film about this incident at next January's Sundance Film Festival, and I want Brolin -- a fledgling director -- to direct and star in it. Please.

Everyone knows Brolin plays George Bush in the film, right? And that Wright portrays former Secretary of State Colin Powell?

"The situation was complicated when crew member Eric Felland, Brolin, Wright and several members of their party also refused to obey bar management's request they leave -- as it was past closing time."

Here's some more after-the-fact reporting from KYBS News.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 16, 2008 at 10:50 PM

comment #1

DarthCorleone says ...

Funny - I immediately assumed that was what the brawl was about when I heard the story in the first place.

Posted by DarthCorleone at July 16, 2008 11:45 PM

comment #2

BurmaShave says ...

Josh Brolin is hereby rechristened NEW NOLTE officially and for all further time on this earth, and off to a damn good start.

Posted by BurmaShave at July 16, 2008 11:51 PM

comment #3

D.Z. says ...

So I finally saw Gonzo, and was fairly disappointed, as the film seemed to focus more on 60s and 70s pop culture than HST's life. Though if they decided to go that route, they might as well cover him in the 80s and 90s, and not just settle for, "He wasn't as good." Also, most of the footage consists of stuff I could get off the Criterion "Fear and Loathing".

Posted by D.Z. at July 16, 2008 11:58 PM

comment #4

Marty Melville says ...

Brolin fights the good fight.

Posted by Marty Melville at July 16, 2008 11:59 PM

comment #5

Marty Melville says ...

And it sounds like the racial slurs weren't coming from the bar's patrons but the Shreveport cops themselves.

Posted by Marty Melville at July 17, 2008 12:06 AM

comment #6

Mjs says ...

Sounds like your typical southern conservatives to me. Racist, narrow minded, violent. Nothing new here.

Posted by Mjs at July 17, 2008 12:16 AM

comment #7

Rev. Slappy says ...

Seriously, with only 6 months to go in Bush's presidency, how can anybody still be supporting the guy? He is not only the worst American president, he may be the worst elected official in the history of democracy:

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/bush_tours_america_to_survey

Posted by Rev. Slappy at July 17, 2008 12:20 AM

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Bob Violence says ...

Sounds like your typical southern conservatives to me. Racist, narrow minded, violent. Nothing new here.

Yes, the cops in New York and LA are models of pacifism and racial tolerance. And Chicago for that matter.

I can't blame Twecker for staying out of Shreveport, but had he even heard of the city before this story broke? The way this reads, I'd expect his head to explode if he was ever told the city proper broke for Kerry in '04.

Posted by Bob Violence at July 17, 2008 2:49 AM

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swordandpen says ...

"Seriously, with only 6 months to go in Bush's presidency, how can anybody still be supporting the guy? He is not only the worst American president, he may be the worst elected official in the history of democracy:"

I still can't get over that so many people voted for such an incompetent boob...twice!

Posted by swordandpen at July 17, 2008 5:02 AM

comment #10

SmilingPolitely says ...

Tasing Jeffrey Wright while yelling racial slurs at him? The LA police department better hope the arresting officers were black and using the friendly "nigga".

Posted by SmilingPolitely at July 17, 2008 6:06 AM

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robbery says ...

Hey Jeff,

I don't think anyone remembers "Deal of the Century."

Posted by robbery at July 17, 2008 8:59 AM

comment #12

Jim Treacher says ...

"Brolin fights the good fight."

Tell that to Diane Lane.

Posted by Jim Treacher at July 17, 2008 9:50 AM

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dukedog says ...

To Bob Violence:

I'm not surprised that the city voted for Kerry at all. There are plenty of liberals in the South, but they don't go around starting bar fights all Smokey and the Bandit style! Glad Brolin and Wright did a little redneck stompin. Good for them!

Posted by dukedog at July 17, 2008 9:55 AM

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Mjs says ...

"Yes, the cops in New York and LA are models of pacifism and racial tolerance. And Chicago for that matter. "

How was that relevant to what I wrote?

Posted by Mjs at July 17, 2008 10:31 AM

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mizerock says ...

And if they had shot any scenes on the campus of a liberal school, they would have been shut down by protests for making a movie too sympathetic to W.

Posted by mizerock at July 17, 2008 12:10 PM

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