Billy Bob

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Drinking and cussing as an art form

Billy Bob Thornton and his characters


NEW YORK (AP) -- Billy Bob Thornton has effectively brought the drunk, foul-mouthed Kriss Kringle of his "Bad Santa" to the baseball diamond.

In the remake of the 1976 sandlot classic "Bad News Bears," Thornton doubles the "anti" in Walter Matthau's anti-hero. Leading a team of young misfits, he imparts wisdom about the national pastime such as: "You can love it, but it don't always love you back -- kinda like dating a German chick."

Again teaming up with the screenwriters of "Bad Santa" (Glenn Ficarra and John Requa), Thornton has discovered that people like to watch him drink beers and cuss -- especially when kids are around.

Well I liked Bad Santa but I'm not sure if cussing in front of the kids is a good thing, I know from seeing friends with theirs that a few slip ups are bound to happen, no ones perfect, but what's with his German dig, too?