{"id":2763,"date":"2016-01-18T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:49:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T18:49:02","slug":"sean-penn-talks-about-his-interview-with-el-chapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/sean-penn-talks-about-his-interview-with-el-chapo\/","title":{"rendered":"sean penn talks about his interview with el chapo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the attachment of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/sean-penns-green-card-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sean penn<\/a><\/strong> to the recapture of cartel boss <strong>joaquin &#8220;el chapo&#8221; guzman<\/strong> here in mexico is a little surreal. in october of last year guzman met with and was interviewed by penn. the interview was published the day after guzman was arrested. <strong>charlie rose<\/strong> asked penn about his meeting with el chapo\u00a0on the american news show\u00a0<strong>60 minutes<\/strong>\u00a0on sunday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 758px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2763-1\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-i.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-i.mp4\">https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-i.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>the first question charlie asks is<\/p>\n<h4>was it <em>naive<\/em> of u, <em>naive<\/em>, to believe that u could come to mexico, meet with kate del castillo and go see el chapo without somebody knowing about it?<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>naive<\/strong><\/em> means <em>inexperienced<\/em> or <em><\/em>. it was the title of this 2006 hit by <strong>the kooks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Kooks - Naive\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jkaMiaRLgvY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>sean\u00a0admits he was <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/english-practice-from-sepp-blatters-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stunned<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(surprised) that el chapo would risk meeting with him.<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2793\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-el-chapo-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"sean penn el chapo\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-el-chapo-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-el-chapo.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>sean penn shaking hands with el chapo (rolling stone)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>around :50 in the video, rose\u00a0addresses some of the angry attitudes that have been expressed about the tone of penn&#8217;s interview<\/p>\n<h4>u understand how a lot of people <em>would have wanted<\/em> u to, in this conversation, in a sense to see how he would react if u wanted to <em>hold him accountable<\/em> for his life?<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>would have wanted<\/strong><\/em> indicates a hypothetical situation in the past, and specifically in this case, what readers of penn&#8217;s interview wanted him to ask el chapo. <strong><em>hold accountable<\/em><\/strong> is an expression that means the readers wanted sean penn to use this interview to <em>force<\/em> <em>guzman to take responsibility<\/em> for his actions and lifestyle as a cartel boss.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2798\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2798 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/youre-not-sean-penn-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"youre not sean penn interview\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/youre-not-sean-penn-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/youre-not-sean-penn.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">maybe u would&#8217;ve asked el chapo different questions, but you&#8217;re not sean penn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>penn&#8217;s <em><strong>derisive<\/strong><\/em> (contemptuous, sarcastic) response is<\/p>\n<h4>there&#8217;s\u00a0that little problem we <em>run into<\/em> in life: they&#8217;re not me.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>run into<\/strong><\/em> means <em>encounter<\/em> or <em>confront<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>at 1:45 rose describes the article penn wrote for rolling stone\u00a0as both <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/pete-carroll-interview-matt-lauer-sb-xlix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">rambling<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (longer than necessary) and <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/ice-cube-isnt-pissed-about-oscar-snub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gripping<\/a><\/em> <\/strong>(fascinating).<\/p>\n<h6><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2795\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/charlie-rose-sean-penn-interview-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"sean penn charley rose interview\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/charlie-rose-sean-penn-interview-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/charlie-rose-sean-penn-interview.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6><em>rose found penn&#8217;s article about el chapo both <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rambling<\/span> &amp; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gripping<\/span><\/em>.<\/h6>\n<p>sean utilizes <strong>the third conditional<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/better-call-saul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hypothetical situations in the past<\/a>)\u00a0to address\u00a0the public reaction to\u00a0his interview<\/p>\n<h4>my article <em>should not have made<\/em> this much <em>noise<\/em>. el chapo <em>should not have <\/em><em>been<\/em> this popular a figure to read about.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/america-americans-american-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noise<\/a><\/strong><\/em> in this context means <em><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/orange-is-the-new-black-season-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buzz<\/a>, media attention<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fun efl practice\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/1F600.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>charley rose counters by saying people read about el chapo before penn went to mexico and sean agrees&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>i&#8217;m well <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/how-much-awareness-is-too-much-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>aware<\/em> <\/a>of that<\/h4>\n<p>in other words, <em>he knew it<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 758px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2763-2\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-ii.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-ii.mp4\">https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-ii.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>in this part of the conversation, charley&#8217;s first question is<\/p>\n<h4>do u believe the cartel wants to do <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/apache-helicopter-attack-kills-tourists-guides-in-egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">harm<\/a> to u because they have accepted the idea that the visit that u made somehow <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/what-were-u-led-to-believe-led-to-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">led to<\/a> the recapture of el chapo?<\/h4>\n<p>sean concedes that he can&#8217;t say there is no risk.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2792\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2792 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-milk.jpg\" alt=\"sean penn milk el chapo interview\" width=\"200\" height=\"237\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">sean penn won an oscar for portraying the activist &amp; flamboyant speaker\u00a0harvey milk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>rose continues, asking him\u00a0about his concerns, and sean elaborates a little on his motivation<\/p>\n<h4>i&#8217;ll be <em>as honest as<\/em> i can be with u about this. i can be very <em>flamboyant<\/em> in my words sometimes. i can get angry like many people can. i&#8217;m really sad about the state of journalism in our country. it has been an incredible hypocrisy and an incredible lesson in just how much they don&#8217;t know and how disserved we are.<\/h4>\n<p>and he <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/granted-grant-us-peace-is-taken-for-granted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grants<\/a> that he is<\/p>\n<h4>not without controversy, <em>fair enough<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>as honest as<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/leap-second-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comparative structure<\/a> that penn uses to show he is speaking sincerely, at the highest level of honesty. \u00a0<em><strong>flamboyant<\/strong><\/em> is extravagant or conspicuous. <em><strong>fair<\/strong><strong> enough<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0shows that he agrees this is <em>legitimate, just<\/em> analysis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2800\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2800 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sweet-and-lowdown-sean-penn-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"sweet and lowdown sean penn\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sweet-and-lowdown-sean-penn-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sweet-and-lowdown-sean-penn.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">penn as the fictional, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">flamboyant<\/span> jazz guitarist emmet ray in <em><strong>sweet &amp; lowdown<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>rose points out at 1:50 that sean penn committed a journalistic sin by allowing el chapo the opportunity to approve the rolling stone article before it was published. as penn explains it<\/p>\n<h4>what was <em>brokered<\/em> for me to have the interview with el chapo was that i would finish the article, send it to him, and if he said no; then that was <em>no<\/em> <em>harm no foul<\/em>&#8230;&#8230;it would never be printed.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>broker<\/strong><\/em> means <em>negotiate<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2797\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/arch-rivals-punch-interview-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of arch rivals shows one player getting punched in the face by a player from the other team\" width=\"289\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/arch-rivals-punch-interview-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/arch-rivals-punch-interview.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2796\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/arch-rivals-no-harm-no-foul-interview.jpeg\" alt=\"arch rivals no harm no foul \" width=\"279\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>this old school video game\u00a0provides an ironic example of no harm, no foul.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>no harm no foul<\/em><\/strong> is an expression that comes from basketball. a player might do\u00a0something that normally results in a foul call, but if the action doesn&#8217;t unfairly impact the game, no foul is called. \u00a0applied to el chapo&#8217;s preview of penn&#8217;s article, if chapo didn&#8217;t like it, no problem. \u00a0everybody involved could just forget the whole thing and walk away. <em><strong>harm<\/strong><\/em> by itself means <em>damage<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 758px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2763-3\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-iii.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-iii.mp4\">https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-talks-about-el-chapo-interview-iii.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>in this final segment, rose starts out answering his\u00a0first\u00a0question from the first video, telling penn twice that he is not <em>naive<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2799\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2799 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-no-regrets-300x251.png\" alt=\"penn 60 minutes interview no regrets\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-no-regrets-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sean-penn-no-regrets.png 475w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">sean penn regrets that his interview with el chapo was misunderstood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>later after sean penn comments\u00a0that his article failed to generate the social conversations that he intended, rose summarizes at 1:20.<\/p>\n<h4>but you&#8217;re really saying, &#8220;what i really <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/charles-woodson-retires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">regret <\/a>is not anything that i did, i regret that people misunderstood what i did.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>penn confirms.<\/p>\n<p>what do u think? \u00a0was it a bad idea for sean penn to meet with el chapo for an interview? share your opinion under<strong> leave a reply<\/strong><\/p>\n<form name=\"s2form\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.141\" \/><span style=\"display:none !important\"><label for=\"firstname\">Leave This Blank:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"firstname\" name=\"firstname\" \/><label for=\"lastname\">Leave This Blank Too:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"lastname\" name=\"lastname\" \/><label for=\"uri\">Do Not Change This:<\/label><input type=\"text\" id=\"uri\" name=\"uri\" value=\"http:\/\/\" \/><\/span><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email 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