Bale Swears

So Christian Bale was caught on audio having a bit of a moment. The cheeky wee chappie certainly seems to be a tad irate in the clip. I mean, I guess it would be irritating if you have your job interrupted by someone who is meant to be working with you. I'm not quite sure whether it warrants the avalanche of profanity unleashed by Bale.

Also, Bale isn't actually that good at swearing. He lacks an essential creativity. He's very focussed on the word "fuck" - which is fair enough, but as any decent swearer will tell you, a bit of variety is essential in the profanities. The sign of a truly developed is mixing and matching the swear words to create a mix of anxiety and humour. Sadly, Bale fails to be truly good at swearing. 

The reaction to his little outburst is interesting. Some people are appalled, some people wonder what this will mean for the new Terminator movie. But the broad mass of people on this planet probably don't care.

Seriously, a Hollywood star behaving as spoilt, angry prima donna really isn't news. Bale was the star of the biggest movie of last year (and the second biggest movie of all time) - of course he is going to have an ego. Plus, he is that curious breed of actor who seems to see their work as a craft, rather than as acting. Or playing, as we all used to call it when we were younger and less pretentious. As soon as something goes wrong, of course he is going to blow his top. And since he is now such a big star, no-one is going to really challenge him for fear that we will make good on his threat and walk off set.

An actor ranting is no different from a musician demanding a stupid rider, and a politician lying. For all the smirk value of Bale's *moment*, I struggle to really this is as news and deserving of all the attention it has got by the media across the world.