He’s a guy, who as a kid, got a lot of lucky breaks in the acting world because of who his father was. Simple nepotism. He didn’t go to drama school or have any particular passion for acting. He was the right son of a famous actor at the right time. There are plenty of people, who actually did go to drama school and have a lot of talent, that didn’t get to be on Two and a Half Men, because they didn’t have the right connections. It’s a good show, but a lot of it has to do with the writing. I think Jon Cryer is a much better actor, but the character that Charlie Sheen plays on that show, could be done by all sorts of people that would be merely as good, and some much better. It’s too bad they didn’t cast Judd Nelson in that show, way back at the beginning. The show would have been just as good and they wouldn’t be having all these problems right now. Judd Nelson looks similar and was very funny when he starred opposite Brooke Shields on Suddenly Susan, and he’s a popular Brat Packer. Grant Show would have been a good choice too.
So Charlie Sheen got a bunch of breaks, got lucky to have been cast on a hit show, was paid millions of dollars, but what he lacked was common sense, compassion, gratefulness and a sense of pride in working hard and doing a good job. He doesn’t have any decent family values, hence the wife beating and hooker-mongering. You don’t have to be an actor to have these problems, but all the money just makes these shitty personality traits easier to pull off (in a much bigger, more public manner) without getting in very much trouble. The same dude, who did these kinds of things, that wasn’t an actor in the public eye, would probably be in prison.
So no, he’s not a trendsetter. He’s just a big selfish douche-bag. There’s plenty of selfish douche-bags in the world (you probably have one or two as co-workers or possibly as an ex-husband or boyfriend), but when you have the kind of money that Charlie Sheen has, you can cause a lot of damage quickly and in a big dramatic manner before someone puts a stop to your crap.
I really feel sorry for his kids (and he has a bunch of them) because they have to bear the embarassment and sorrow of all of this, while at the same time having to worry that their daddy might be locked up in prison or might actually die or might actually try to kill one of their mothers. And just like Charlie (who was lucky to be associated with his talented father) these poor kids will always be associated with their famous, but F**ked up father. That’s not exactly the kind of association that people want.
I heard that the producers of TAAHM have been talking to John Stamos, to possibly cast him as a different character, so they could continue the show. I think that’s a fine idea. They could change the name (since Angus T. Jones is no longer little) to something like “Men: All Grown Up” and then have the premise change a little bit. Example: Charlie has died in a hilarious hooker-laden accident and one of Evelyn’s long lost rich cousins has a son (John Stamos) who wants to buy Charlie’s house. Since they’re all family, somehow, Alan convinces the new owner to keep him on as a tenant. The character of John Stamos has to be very different (but very hilarious) than Charlie’s for this to work, but I think it can work as long as they continue to employ good writers. Maybe John Stamos’s character is a very eccentric (kind of crazy, has lots of money but doesn’t care about money or even know how to manage it, or even know how much he has, maybe he’s even gay) but he’s lots of fun, loves Alan and Jake (unlike Charlie’s character) and Alan sort of becomes the caretaker, while Jake takes advantage of all of this.
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