Charlie Rose: Art Before Beauty

I love Charlie Rose as much as a heterosexual man can. He has this uncanny ability to interview anyone in any profession and somehow manage to pull something out of them that your average journalist couldn't. Plus the variety of his guests never cease to amaze me. I once remember Roger Ebert telling me a story about how he was in the "green room" waiting to go on the show. He was taping an interview with a Prince from the Middle East and within ten-minutes he was rapping with Roger on the latest pieces of cinema.

I clicked on my Tivo Tuesday morning to catch up on his Monday night show which I was sure would cover Bear Stearns only to find a black and blue Chuck. I wondered to myself if Lucy pulled the football unsuspectingly from him and his explanation at the beginning of the program didn't shed any light.

However, the good folks over at Machinist uncovered what the real story is and it can be found here. In my mind, he did what any human probably would have done. You have to love a journalist who will go on the air, warts and all and do his job...educate us on the events of the world. I wish more entertainers and journalists would take a cue from Chuck Rose.

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