Barbra Streisand: 'The Retarded Are People Who Need People'

This has happened before, though I can not think where. Nor, can I think when. It gave me a shudder, really. She spoke of them as though they were exhibits in some zoo. But, then we're all on display. somewhere.

Angela Garcia as NeonMosfet

I have never seen this anything so hysterical.

Whoever did Streisand's make up in the main photo (from the Grammy dinner) should win an Oscar

She supposedly shot this around the time of Owl and the Pussycat.

did she shoot this playing her "On A Clear Day" 18th century character, Melinda?

why did the mentally-challenged little black girl have to be the one put work in the commercial?why couldn´t she be the one demonstrating putting on her coat?

I have so much in common with retards, i to can put on my own coat. I can die happy. That was amazing. Thanks for this one.

I thought this was an excellent statement for the retarded . . . what was wrong with it?Ms. Streisand did a fine job and using "People" was most appropriate.

excellent post michael, thanks.

I can't stop watching it. '...like the thousands and thousands of children who are bohn each year mentally retahded. They're often quite helpless (head toss)...'

OMG the money that has been poured into that face!!! I could probably retire off the interest...

Linda Blair? Sounded like Mercedes McCambridge to me. lol.

It's also the last line in my current wow of a column called "Fuck You, Anonymous"

Hey there Dicknose! It's not the "latest hip retort circulating the internet(s)." Actually, it was uttered by that little headspinner Linda Blair in The Exorcist. And it was directed at a priest. In this case, though, I was referring to Wayne's mother, Deborah. Never cared for her movies.

I'm just stunned that you actually found a photo of Barbs taken from her (semi) right side. It's a rarity!

Her accent reminds me of playing Tea Party in childhood - ('oh, yes, dahling, I'd love another cup'). Maybe it was her go-to accent when she couldn't sound like someone from Brooklyn. Just when you think the world is circling the drain, there comes along a reminder that some things have improved.

What's with the accent. She sounds like Madonna. I once used the word "retard" to describe the way I looked in a photograph and my Dad (a shrink) heard me. He just looked at me. Didn't say anything. But I felt the stare. Since then, I've become close to someone who's been called a "retard" his whole life by other people. I see the word here in the comments sometimes. It doesn't really bother me. But when I think of what my friend went through, it does. But I give people a pass, like my Dad did. Everyone's on their own timeline.

This is profoundly stupid of Michael Musto to put up now... exactly why? Do you have nothing better to write about?

This is a treasure!! The accent might be because she was doing "On a Clear Day".

Thanks to Chuck Attix for finding this.