Cameron Diaz: Making communism fashionable

June 23, 2007
By Billy Dennis

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Cutline: (AP) — US actress Cameron Diaz, right, takes pictures of press photographers as Sol Guy, an MTV Canada host, behind left, and guide Freddy Quispe stand with her during their tour of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu near Cuzco, Peru, Friday, June 22, 2007. Cameron’s bag reads in Chinese ‘Serve the People,’ a famous political slogan by Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong, which has particular relevance in Peru where the Maoist Shining Path insurgency almost brought Peru to edge of chaos in the 1980s and early 1990s with a campaign of massacres, assassinations and bombings, when nearly 70,000 were killed.

It’s just as well her face is covered. I’d be embarrassed, too. Diaz’s father is a second-generation Cuban-American, but apparently he didn’t teach her a damn thing about her family’s escape from repression, or being in Hollywood has turned her into such a complete and utter dumbass, she’s forgotten. Of course it’s always possible she’s just trying to improve her career prospects, because Hollywood is usually kinder to actors with left-wing leanings, and Cameron — who’s never been a great actress — getting a little shopworn for the sex-pot roles that have made up her career so far.

First, we had Che Guevara t-shirts, now Chairman Mao handbags. Good Grief.

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6 Responses to “ Cameron Diaz: Making communism fashionable ”

  1. mcsey on June 24, 2007 at 7:47 am

    Or maybe, just possibly, she doesn't speak Chinese.  There's always that.

  2. Anonie! on June 24, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Cameron didn't become a dumbass in Hollywood.  She's always been one.

  3. Cory on June 24, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    Mcsey, If she doesn't speak Chinese, she probably shouldn't wear accessories with Chinese writing on them for fear someone might get the wrong idea.  

  4. Vonster on June 25, 2007 at 10:51 am

    empty. mindless. twit.

  5. Cory on June 25, 2007 at 3:59 pm

    Even assuming she doesn't read written Chinese, wearing anything with a red star on it (never mind the writing) in a country where Communism has caused so much pain is, at the very least, tasteless and insensitive. It's like wearing a Confederate Battle Flag to a Grambling football game.

  6. BJStone on June 25, 2007 at 4:12 pm

    Cool, Von, you're starting your autobiography? When's it due?