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The Canadian high school dropout can be forgiven for his ignorance about American history, including the NRA's role in helping blacks defend themselves against violent white racists. He claims Heston's movies are "no longer in demand." Perhaps this exposes Carrey's lack of religiosity. But he should know that every Easter, for the last 40 years (except 1999), broadcast television has aired "The Ten Commandments." Heston plays Moses. And it's a ratings winner.
Heston's other career roles include John the Baptist, Ben-Hur, El Cid and Michelangelo. Care to stack Heston's body of work next to Carrey's Ace Ventura ("Pet Detective") or his Lloyd Christmas ("Dumb & Dumber")?
Speaking of character, Heston, a cinema rock star, remained married to his college sweetheart, Lydia, for 64 years. Carrey, on the other hand, followed the well-worn Hollywood path: Get famous; get rich; dump the first wife/mother of your kid(s), who stood by you during the tough times; and act out your social life in the tabs to the embarrassment of your kid(s).
This might surprise Carrey, but there was a time when actors, like Heston, supported a cause that threatened both their careers -- and their lives.
In 1963, on the day of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, six men appeared on a television roundtable to discuss that day's March on Washington. These men were singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte; James Baldwin, author of the bestselling civil rights call-to-arms "The Fire Next Time"; writer/producer/director Joseph Mankiewicz; and actors Sidney Poitier, Marlon Brando and Heston.
When asked, at this '63 roundtable, why he joined this struggle for equal rights for blacks, Heston said: "Two years ago, I picketed some restaurants in Oklahoma, but with that one exception -- up until very recently -- like most Americans I expressed my support of civil rights largely by talking about it at cocktail parties, I'm afraid. But again, like many Americans this summer, I could no longer pay only lip service to a cause that was so urgently right, and in a time that is so urgently now."
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