A Slashie can be anything/actor. The following are those who manage to do both somewhat respectably (VERY rare). While folk like Dan Marino claim Slashie-hood, i made a rule that everyone had to have at least 2 experiences wherein they played someone other than themselves. And the 2 careers had to, for the most part, coincide, so Ronald Reagan missed the list.
TOP 5 SLASHIES
Willie Nelson: singer/actor
Steve Martin: actor/novelist
Mos Def: rapper/actor
Mikhail Baryshnikov: ballet dancer/actor
Barbara Streisand: singer/actress (i know, but i wanted at least one woman on the list! and she's got 2 Oscars and a bajillion Grammys)
i know there's a ton more out there, but my brain is fried. You're welcome to improve the list.
A billion points to whoever can think of the best multi-Slashie! i.e. Jane Fonda: fitness guru/model/actress/rabble rouser/writer.
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Gem of the Moment
"The elevator, which had haunted its untidy shaft for a hundred years, came wafting skyward, dragging its ungodly chains and dread intestines after. The door exhaled open. The lift groaned as if we had trod its stomach. In a great protestation of ennui, the ghost sank back toward earth." -Green Shadows, White Whale
6 comments:
mos def is a good call. let's not forget...
bo jackson: football player/baseball player
michael jordan: basketball/actor
ernest hemmingway: writer/drunkard
benjamin franklin: scientist/politician
and of course...
travis baker: awesome/super bad-ass
i just realized they all had to be actors. so disregard my list. except for michael jordan, he still counts.
and that baker fellow. because he totally rules.
you forgot to acknowledge britney spears for her outstanding performance in crossroads and her unaltered singing voice!
britney spears: vocalist/actress/baby's mama-to-be
How about :
Martin Sheen - actor/activist/inmate/father-to-slashie
Snoop Dogg - actor/rapper/porn director/player/420 advocate
Mary Kate Olsen - actor/entrepreneur/adolescent/rehab patient/millionaire
Keanu Reaves - bad actor/bassist
oh - and Travis forgot that both Bo Jackson and Michael Jordan (who also had his own cologne and clothing line) starred in their very own cartoon with Wayne Gretzky
So not that this is a source of pride for my profession or anything, but Streisand is also a "/director".
Other actors that technically get the "/director" are Bonnie Hunt, Sean Astin, and most A List male actors including Johnny Depp, for a film so bad that he single handedly has taken it off the shelves. That being said if anybody can find me a copy of The Brave, I'd really appriciate it.
And don't forget Snoop Dogg is also a /pee wee football coach.
Whitney reminded me of one important Slashie i neglected to include: Clint Eastwood: actor/director/composer/former deputy or sheriff of a dinky town somewhere/donor to the Redding Cascade Theater Renovation.
Sorry Travis, i think your super bad-ass status has been usurped.
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