Why the glut of showbiz southpaws?

Director John Madden, above with Tena Desae, states left-handed people are extremely alert to the whole, in the large picture. Inside an election year, you'll frequently hear people in politics report that showbiz can be a hotbed of lefties.In one sense, they're wrong: The conglomerates that own the art galleries and systems are often right-leaning. In another sense, the leftie accusations are accurate: Showbiz is overrun with southpaws.If left-handed people comprise only 10% in the population, why were 50% in the Beatles left-handed (Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)? And lefties are disproportionate in groups like professionals (Jeffrey Katzenberg, Kaira Grey, The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates), filmmakers (James Cameron, Spike Lee, Ken Burns), top female stars (Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson), and late-evening comedy hosts (Jon Stewart, Jay Leno).The roster of southpaws is eclectic, including Matt Groening, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Whitesell, Julianne Moore, Matt Lauer, Adam Venit, Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Will Ferrell, Jerry Seinfeld, Sid Ganis, Steven Bochco, Lisa Kudrow, Henry Selick, Jesse P Line, Eminem and Seth Rogen.So, can it be safe to visualise that left-handed people tend to be more creative and in some manner superior? We lefties want you to definitely believe that, nevertheless the rollcall includes Billy the child, Jack the Ripper, John Dillinger as well as the Boston Strangler.Clearly, it is not determined by better or worse, just ... different.Before he discovered his pointing talents, John Madden will be a thesp. He described, "Becoming an actor, I believed 'Oh, no, this (career) won't do for just about any left-handed person.' Left-handed people are extremely alert to the whole, in the large picture."The director of "Shakespeare for every otherInch and "The Most Effective Exotic Marigold Hotel" (that have its world premiere london now) states he examined the text involving the brain and hands when concentrating on Arthur Kopit's play "Wings," of a woman's stroke which is aftermath. Right-handed people are controlled with the left hemisphere in the brain, which handles speech and logic -- "crucial activities to handle existence," states Madden.Lefties, however, are ruled with the right hemisphere, "which has all the intuitive, whole, overview functions."That could explain the quantity of artists who operate in the areas like writing and creating: Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Fey, Ben Stiller, Griffin Dunne, Tony Goldwyn, Emma Thompson, et al.After which you'll find nuances. Christopher Nolan described he produces along with his left hands, but brushes his teeth along with his right. Ambidextrous? That term seems too prosaic for him. Like the majority of the other names here, the man behind "Beginning," "Indication" as well as the approaching "The Dark Dark evening Increases" is clearly too original and artistic being restricted to easy classifications.Five in the last six Presidents are actually left-handed: Gerald Ford, Taxation, George Rose rose bush, Bill Clinton now Obama. The very best-handed Commander in Chief: George W. Rose rose bush. (And, yes, politics counts as showbiz. Without any, we won't produce a cheap joke in the fee for righties here.)Left-handed sports sports athletes? We don't have space to find yourself in that.The late, lamented report on southpaws include Cole Porter, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and a pair of people who have been response to the introduction of showbiz to be sure it: Thomas Edison and Charlie Chaplin.So can be there disadvantages to being left-handed? Inside the book "Left-Hander Syndrome," Stanley Coren cites medical studies saying lefties "seem to are more anxious about nearly everything," which like a southpaw is "connected with plenty of factors that may be associated with reduced survivability" -- lack of, possible nerve damage, some kinds of diabetes, epilepsy, alcoholism, and "certain psychopathological conditions, for instance schizophrenia."No matter the stellar sports sports athletes, studies have proven that lefties are often clumsy. (The fact is that, guilty as charged.)And southpaws have a very inclination to complete 90% from the job then abandon it -- for example, doing the restroom, but departing two glasses inside the sink, filthy, because of not valid reason. (Again, guilty.)OK, dirty dishes, high anxiety and Jack the Ripper: Clearly, leftism is not always an optimistic factor. Still, they're offset by Thomas Edison, half the Beatles and Bart Simpson (did we explain that Bart can be a lefty?). So sitting on that lefty list feels so ... right. Contact Timothy M. Gray at tim.gray@variety.com