Alex Baldwin rants to New York Magazine about his awful year. His essay is a “wow.” Baldwin clearly has an enormous ego and a mean streak, but he makes some interesting points about modern media and its superficiality. His behind-the-scenes discussion of the bored and jaded news producers and theater directors is probably accurate.
Baldwin has benefited from the superficiality of the modern media. Why else did he briefly get a talk show on MSNBC? There are many, many people who know a great deal more about politics than he does, but they weren’t offered a time slot. He has benefitted handsomely from a celebrity culture that gave him a soap box to talk about politics and TV shows and great wealth. It takes an enormous ego to not recognize that he’s the beneficiary of everything that he hates.
Apt. 11d 
“It takes an enormous ego to not recognize that he’s the beneficiary of everything that he hates.”
And that would make him a typical Long Islander. (She says somewhat lovingly, being a native herself.)
(No, seriously, you have to see my aunt rant on about unions… her husband and most of her in-laws are cops and firefighters, and she’s a teacher.)
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Is he? Have you ever listened to his podcast, or watched his show? I’ve done neither, so I don’t have an informed opinion. It’s quite possible, though, that someone who’s worked in the entertainment industry for 30 years, has strong opinions, and not shy about sharing them, would create interesting conversations with people he likes.
So, what’s the ultimate cause of his success? Chua/Rubenfeld “triple threat” of inferiority complex, work ethic, and impulse control, or a Baldwin great-great grandfather?
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Cranberry, LOL.
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