"Who's Sarah Palin?"

During a 9.16 promotional visit to a Manhattan Best Buy store, Steven Seagal spoke to MTVs Josh Horowitz and revealed the state of his political awareness. Many people go through life tuning stuff out, but Seagal's admission is amazing.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM

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George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

BurmaShave says ...

Watch ON DEADLY GROUND again, I think you'll find you've been unfair to it. Seagal and Caine do some of their best work ever in it.

Posted by George Prager Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 12:44 PM

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Spacesheik Author Profile Page says ...

That speech at the climax of DEADLY GROUND, the environmental one, is pure brilliant campy fun.

Posted by Spacesheik Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 12:45 PM

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gruver1 Author Profile Page says ...

What's wrong with you guys? Are your brains dead? Did you listen to the clip? It's about blocking the world out, and not the quality of On Deadly Ground.

Posted by gruver1 Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 12:47 PM

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alynch Author Profile Page says ...

So Jeff, what are your thoughts on On Deadly Ground?

Posted by alynch Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 12:53 PM

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coxcable Author Profile Page says ...

Obama aligning McCain with Limbaugh in that Spanish language ad this week was political genius. Now both are saying of the other, "Hey I don't even like that guy!"

It rallies the anti-Limbaugh liberal base and divides Conservatives all at once. Rush took the bait and went ape shit in a WSJ op-ed. And Fox News is all over it.

As if Limbaugh could pull one vote from the left at this point. It's Obama launching his own Operation Chaos.

I'll bet the Clintons came up with that one.

Posted by coxcable Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 12:53 PM

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Santo Author Profile Page says ...

Sure, but it's also about Steven Seagal blocking the world out. Does that even count?

Posted by Santo Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 12:54 PM

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The Winchester Author Profile Page says ...

No "Seagal's Head: Dark Territory" pun in the headline? For shame.

Posted by The Winchester Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 12:59 PM

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Geoff Author Profile Page says ...

On Deadly Ground is hilarious. Extremely violent and filled with an in your face environmental theme.

So bad it's almost worth watching.

Posted by Geoff Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:01 PM

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Rich S. Author Profile Page says ...

Didn't Lindsay Lohan also have something to say about the election? I'm surprised Jeffrey missed that one.

Posted by Rich S. Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:03 PM

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The Winchester Author Profile Page says ...

"What's wrong with you guys? Are your brains dead? Did you listen to the clip? It's about blocking the world out, and not the quality of On Deadly Ground."

But who cares if Seagal has no clue what's going on with the world? It's not as if he's a pillar of enlightenment that all rubes of the world bow down and worship.

Posted by The Winchester Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:05 PM

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mutinyco Author Profile Page says ...

"Who's Sarah Palin?"

She's the Bad Guy! Quick, Steve, kick her!

Posted by mutinyco Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:20 PM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Prager you've got my number, but I'm an OUT FOR JUSTICE apologist.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:32 PM

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Rothchild Author Profile Page says ...

The most political action star of all time doesn't pay attention to politics. My love for On Deadly Ground is fading...

What does it take to change the essence of a man?

Posted by Rothchild Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:33 PM

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Rothchild Author Profile Page says ...

Why would you apologize for loving a classic? The entire premise is that William Forsythe is going to go crazy for a day and he'll reward any of his anonymous goons that survive that. If everyone loved it the movie would still be underrated.

Posted by Rothchild Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:36 PM

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George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

Ok, I'll discuss...I'm sure that if you showed Steven Seagal a photo of Sarah Palin, he would know who you were talking about. Guys like him have aural dyslexia. It comes from years of talking and ogling and not much listening.

Posted by George Prager Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:44 PM

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televisiontears Author Profile Page says ...

This doesn't seem to surprise a lot of the folks around here. It's baffling to me that anyone would be this clueless. It sounds like the first time he's even heard the name before. The only excuse would be if he's so incredibly busy that he doesn't have time to look out a freaking window - and we know that's not the case. Winchester's right when he says Seagal's not a "pillar of enlightenment", but c'mon. If there's even one person of voting age who hasn't even heard Palin's name by now, that's not a good indicator of a well-informed populace.

Prager, something tells me you're a misanthrope of epic proportions. Or maybe just senile. Or both.

Posted by televisiontears Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:44 PM

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Luke Y. Thompson Author Profile Page says ...

Since no-one's spelled it out yet:

ON DEADLY GROUND is set in Alaska, and was a passion project of Seagal's. For him not to know America's most famous Alaskan of the moment, therefore, is amusing.

Posted by Luke Y. Thompson Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:48 PM

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George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

I want Josh Horowitz to ask these people the same question:

Michael Dudikoff
Carl Weathers
Gary Busey
Brian Bosworth
George Lazenby
Robert Davi
Sly Stone
Michael Ironside
Joey Heatherton
Tiny Lister
Michael Pare
Lee Van Cleef (so what if he's dead)

Posted by George Prager Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 1:54 PM

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dinther Author Profile Page says ...

That's pretty rude of Seagal. Bush and McCain approach foreign policy with the bluster and complexity of a Steven Seagal movie; you'd think he could at least learn a bit about his fanboys.

Posted by dinther Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 2:48 PM

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MilkMan Author Profile Page says ...

There has never been a more unsophisticated masturbator as yours truly. I mention this because I used to pump my pillows to the Kelly LeBrock-Dresses-Up-In-A-Black-Minidress-And-Heles-To-Go-Visit-Seagal-In-His-Recovery-Dojo scene in Hard to Kill. To this day, whenever I see a picture of Steven Seagal, or hear his named mentioned, I get an erection, kind of like a Luduvico in reverse. I just wanted to share that. Carry on.

Posted by MilkMan Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 3:15 PM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

I bet Seagal doesn't know who Kelly LeBrock is either. I'd ask Lance Henriksen about Palin, but he was probably on McCain's shortlist.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 4:22 PM

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MartinBlank Author Profile Page says ...

Y'all are missing his follow-up, when the reporter says she's McCain's running mate: "Oh, that would be why I don't know. Ha ha!"

Could be he legitimately tunes politics out. Could be he feigns ignorance so as not to get drawn into the fray ("Seagal Says He Would Spank Palin" or somesuch). Could be he's an Obama man. He's always seemed vaguely liberal.

Posted by MartinBlank Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 5:25 PM

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Chapman Carruthers Author Profile Page says ...

Who cares about his lack of political knowledge. That clip provides about twenty different reasons why America should love Steven F. Seagal. Primadonna-ism to the extreme, sensitivity to bright lights, bad-mouthing Van Damme, pimping his line of essential oils, promoting his "Lightning" energy drink as the healthiest one in the entire world. Pure. Comedy. Gold.

And if we're talking about masturbating to Seagal movies, I'm casting my vote for the scene in Under Siege where Erika Eleniak popped out of the cake, even if it looked like she just popped about four ambien five minutes beforehand. Of course, Seagal followed this up with Under Siege 2 which had a chick (the bartender) even hotter than Eleniak, who, for some inexplicably reason, did not show the slightest amount of skin.

Posted by Chapman Carruthers Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 5:54 PM

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T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page says ...

When I lived in Baton Rouge in the early 80s, a local newspaper columnist reported on a conversation overhead in a restaurant. A man was tried to impress his date with his political acumen. After many minutes of Ronald Reagan this and Ronald Reagan that, she finally asked, "Who's Ronald Reagan?"

Posted by T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page at September 19, 2008 6:32 PM

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