Rocky-ing the boat

He Said:

First time I saw Rocky I felt like I could do anything. I felt like I could punch anyone in the face. I did punch someone in the face. I got punched back and never did that again.
Years later I found out how Sly had defied the odds and got himself attached to the screenplay and became a big movie star. Sly the artist I say no way. Sly is all about the muscle, the hustle, the face contorted with anger just before he takes his revenge. Brush in hand, "expressing" himself...not a Sly I can get behind. Even if he reaches that age where the fight goes out of you, I'd like to think he gets a machine gun and blasts that easel Rambo style.

She Said:

First Arnold Schwarzenegger enters politics, now Sylvester Stallone turns to art. What is most surprising to me here is not that these former Hollywood heavyweights have attempted to shed their action hero images and be taken seriously - but that they have succeeded. Stallone reportedly sold a piece for $90,000 at Art Basel Miami recently and Arnie was not only elected, but re-elected as Governor of California. Forget the fact that growing up, we all loved to chant Rocky and shadowbox to Eye of the Tiger. How many of us just classed Sly an inarticulate meat head whose movies, let's face it, though highly entertaining, really should have come with subtitles for any words more taxing on the tongue than Yo Adrian. Now he's an artist. But isn't that just so brave? He had the balls to take a risk and let go of who the world thought he was and show them who he knew he was. Regardless of his abilities as a painter - that's for you to decide - his bold act is inspiring and an indication that as we move into a new decade, walls are crumbling, labels are dropping and stereotypes are dissolving. Which does however lead to an alarming thought, how long before Paris Hilton wins the Nobel Peace Prize?