He really doesn't even put much effort into that. He throws minimal money at an ever decreasing pool of Raider Camp Whores.
How much effort would it honestly take to straighten out his life and maybe even find a real girlfriend?
That's part of what makes shitlips so compelling. We can see a path to success for him. If he could just learn to not be Russel Greeeee. Okay Russ the trick is, every idea you have... don't do it. Just put that idea down and walk away from it. Leave it steaming there on the floor of the Walmart mens room at 3am.
I feel like there's an 80's movie script where we, being the evil scientists we are, plug the slobbering loser Russel T Greer into all the computing power of a TRS-80 Model II. To rewrite his personality and become a true ladies man. When Lightning Strikes and unleashes the animal inside!
You're basically asking the impossible. There is no path forward to success and happiness for Russhole because the main cause of all of Russhole's problems are himself. Its his broken brain and shitty personality that cause literally all of his problems. He has a lethal mixture of selfish entitlement, clinical narcissism, and Dunning-Kruger, all on top of a lukewarm intelligence level. Its why he makes so many bad choices that any reasonable person can see are bad choices from miles off. From trying to attract the attention of pop starlets, to trying to take those same pop starlets to court when those plans fail (and killing off any hope of a paralegal career in the process), to using the courts to get your way with people, to harassing and stalking young women because they aren't romantically interested in you, to schemes of becoming a brothel mogul when you don't even have two pennies to rub together, to all the fuckaroo that's been pulled in the lawsuit against Null...anyone with half a brain would be able to tell Shit-Lips "Hey, don't do that. It's going to end badly for you." But because him's brain-meats no work good Russ always does the wrong thing because he's convinced himself he's always in the right, and there is nothing wrong with him.
I highly doubt Russ actually wants anyone to ACTUALLY marry him. He wants 500 simultaneous girlfriend-whores, not to be tied down to someone forcing him into monogamy, or god forbid not interested in hearing him EXPLAIN.
I highly doubt Russ actually wants anyone to ACTUALLY marry him. He wants 500 simultaneous girlfriend-whores, not to be tied down to someone forcing him into monogamy, or god forbid not interested in hearing him EXPLAIN.
Russ getting a girlfriend would negate his muh-disability excuse so to him it's not even a remote possibility. Which is sad but realistic for someone like Russ. Like in alternate universe where Greer wasn't a creepy sex pest, getting a GF would still be near impossible for him unless they were also disabled or some absolute basket case.
Haha! I used to have a co-worker like that, and we would find THE most outlandish shit on the net to amuse/gross out each other. Strangely enough this guy was an accountant, though he looked more like Gun Jesus from the Forgotten Firearms YT channel.
I'd describe our toppers, but this is OT enough. Finding a co-worker with a compatible sense of humor is such a bonus.
Haha! I used to have a co-worker like that, and we would find THE most outlandish shit on the net to amuse/gross out each other. Strangely enough this guy was an accountant, though he looked more like Gun Jesus from the Forgotten Firearms YT channel.
I'd describe our toppers, but this is OT enough. Finding a co-worker with a compatible sense of humor is such a bonus.
I (like everyone here) has worked jobs that run the gamut from absolutely terrible to pretty damn good and I've always found that the quality of your coworkers, or at least or one or two of them, makes a big difference. Speaking of that, I can't imagine ever having to work with Crusty Rusty because we all know that would be a nightmare.
I think Russ would prefer some kind of rich Saudi prince life. Having a harem of women who obey your wish and commands. They praise you for existing. You can be an ugly slob but they must be 10s. Born into power and does nothing to get respect, it must be given..or else. If he fancies a woman he can just buy her and she can not say "No" under punishment of law. I feel pretty sure that's his ultimate fantasy.
The brothel isn't about safety for women or anything close to that. It's about having an establishment where women who will possibly let themselves be assaulted by their boss will go to. A woman can divorce a man, clean cut. Leave him. If he's her employer, he can threaten her. Have leverage against her. He would probably try to take their driver licenses for "safe keeping" and their phones too. He has no idea how messed up his mind is because to him that's what is normal and everyone else is crazy to not agree with him.
Now that he's finished this project, which obviously took weeks of his time and undivided attention, he can finally get back to explaining everything to the judge!
He guest starred as himself. I don't think that's a good example.
There are actors with various disabilities, but very few of them become A-listers, or even make a steady living, to be honest. Also, they often play a character whose disability is worse than the actors own. The kid who starred in Speechless (the sitcom) is actually verbal IRL, when the whole premise behind Speechless is that he can't talk. The kid who played Walt Jr on Breaking Bad also had a less onerous condition than his character, though IIRC CP is one of those things that have good and bad days.
Walt Jr kid was also represented by agent who specialized in people with disabilities and special needs, which is how the show found him. I think it would be unimaginably difficult to be seen for roles without such an advocate. You could be the most brilliant actor in your generation, but if you show up on permanent double crutches for an audition that did not require double crutches, it's going to be a very hard sell.
(Imagine Russ submitting himself to such a specialized agent. Even if they thought he had any talent, he'd burn it all down within days due to his craziness.)
The only exceptions to this "small potatoes" thing that I can think of are Peter Dinklage and Marlee Matlin. And both of them can emote with their faces.
I don't think being a midget/little person is quite the same as other disabilities. I don't even know if they consider themselves disabled? Like, their bodies work fine (afaik) they're just really short and I think that comes with health problems. Anyway, Peter Dinklage's acting abilities obviously aren't affected by him being super short.
Marlee Matlin is deaf, but she can speak clearly, with a "deaf accent." The thing is, her deafness is kind of impossible to divorce from her characters. All her characters have to be deaf, because she can't mask her deaf accent.
All of Dinklage's characters have to be little people, but I feel that is sometimes more incidental. I feel the way society is right now, it's easier to "not notice" a little person in some random role than a deaf person. That has nothing to do with them, or with storytelling, and everything to do with prejudice. The little person can speak and easily be understood. A deaf person "sounds different" and that's enough to put some people off.
In that light, I don't think somebody with Russ's condition stands a chance in acting in the year 2025. The only exception would be if they were extremely funny. Someone with Russ's condition could do stand up (though the lack of emotive expressions would still be a hurdle) and if he got a following, could get comedic roles off of that. That's probably how this particular glass ceiling is going to be broken, IMO.
But nobody like Russ is going to be a romantic lead. Not in this lifetime, probably not ever.
Which brings me to my real point. Guest roles, bit roles, or a role in one series and never again is not a career. The people doing those roles do them because they're passionate about acting. Russ could never. It's first on the call sheet, full contact kissing with the female lead, EP credit and points on the back end or NOTHING!
I've said this before, probably in this thread, but artists are artists because they love it, and because if they didn't do it, they would explode. If Brad Pitt had Russ' hideous face, and he had to make a living hauling crates on the dock, he'd be doing community theatre because he LOVES ACTING, and nothing could stop him from doing it. There are countless plain/ugly/mediocre actors put there squeaking along, doing whatever gigs they can get alongside their day jobs, because they know they'll never make it big, but they love it.
Russ does not love his art. He doesn't LOVE making music. He'd make a lot more of it if he did. Everything he's written or produced has been in service of a cynical end. You think he's ever just chilled out with a guitar, strumming for the hell of it, coming up with fun little riffs? Ha ha, no.
I doubt he *enjoyed* acting at whatever level he did it. He probably liked the attention, and he probably found scripted interactions easy.
I also don't believe his good acting helped in his proselytizing, although maybe he believes it. As usual, I think he's misunderstanding people's pity and politeness for success.
If he really wanted to act, he'd find a way to do it, disability be damned. He doesn't want to act just like he doesn't want to make music. He wants to be praised for having done those things.
ETA didn't realize how late to the convo I was on this! Sorry.
And, despite being much worse than Russell in the physical disability front, successfully chased tail his whole life. Hawking managed to get married, have 3 or 4 kids, and found time and energy to cheat on his first wife with the woman who would become his second wife, all while unraveling the mysteries of the universe. Greee, on the other hand, has to save up for months to do a Vegas pilgrimage just to get him his dick sucked (with a condom on) by a prostitute.
The whole Russell acting conversation ignores that he's already put on his IMDb profile what roles he thinks his face would be good for:
This ties into Russell's fantasy he's mentioned more than once that he wishes he were disfigured in war but unfortunately he was just born this way. Many people are disgusted by this statement and consider it stolen valor, but to be fair, I don't think Russ ever claimed that actually was the case, he just said he WISHED his disability were caused by something heroic like military service instead of the truth.
I (like everyone here) has worked jobs that run the gamut from absolutely terrible to pretty damn good and I've always found that the quality of your coworkers, or at least or one or two of them, makes a big difference. Speaking of that, I can't imagine ever having to work with Crusty Rusty because we all know that would be a nightmare.
I can't count the number of times I have either said or heard someone say that they'd quit their shitty job if not for the fact that they like their coworkers/have so many friends at work.
Me, personally? I'd quit a job that kept someone like Russell around. Not just because having to deal with him on a daily basis would be hellish, but because an employer keeping an obvious sex pest is indicative that they aren't placing employee safety on their priority list - ESPECIALLY if the sex pest is also a low-level, largely unskilled grunt like Russell.
He should team up with Pat Tomlinson’s serial rapist friend Kelly Lee Williams, who is in Vegas and fancies himself an entertainer. KLW is a NEET with plenty of time on his hands.
It's been said before, but Brett was so much more of a Chad-adjacent name.
Do you think he would've actually been the guy he portrays himself to be if he'd have stayed a Brett? A confident dude who is still aware of his disfigurement, but uses it as a force for good?
It's kind of sad. When I see him on the rare occasions he's had a wash and styled his hair, I feel like he could manage a normal romantic relationship if he wasn't such a dreadful, self-absorbed piece of shit. 20-something me would've romanticised the fuck out of a man that was rejected at birth due to a congenital defect but still managed to be positive and make something of his life.
20-something me would've romanticised the fuck out of a man that was rejected at birth due to a congenital defect but still managed to be positive and make something of his life.
I bet his actual biological parents took one look at him and, without even considering his face, realized they'd spawned a soulless, cursed demon and forcibly ejected him from their lives. Too bad they chose adoption over the nearest dumpster.
I bet his actual biological parents took one look at him and, without even considering his face, realized they'd spawned a soulless, cursed demon and forcibly ejected him from their lives. Too bad they chose adoption over the nearest dumpster.
I think local priests, imams, and rabbis ran there to proclaim Russ was a mistake against all that is holy, and should be cast into the nearest volcano.
He should team up with Pat Tomlinson’s serial rapist friend Kelly Lee Williams, who is in Vegas and fancies himself an entertainer. KLW is a NEET with plenty of time on his hands.
I think local priests, imams, and rabbis ran there to proclaim Russ was a mistake against all that is holy, and should be cast into the nearest volcano.
I think local priests, imams, and rabbis ran there to proclaim Russ was a mistake against all that is holy, and should be cast into the nearest volcano.
