with a scathing denunciation of the way Jo Brand of course made political jokes about Bush and Howard but not about Kerry or Blair in The World’s Rudest Home Videos. Then I realised (a) it would involve admitting that I had watched The World’s Rudest Home Videos and (b) it’s on ITV. Drat. I shall retire for a week to consider my wicked ways.
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Well, as you’ve already admitted it, you may as well give us a scathing denunciation on your blog.
And talk to your local cable provider – in this day and age there’s no excuse for having to watch The World’s Rudest Home Videos!
Jo Brand can join the long list of the acting fraternity and scriptwriters who have ridiculed right wing politics and British culture for more than 40 years.
Rory Bremner is another one. The worst example was the shambles we had with immigration and the Beverly Hughes affir. When any objective comedian might have made fun of the immigration shambles Bremner done a sketch making Blair out to be Adolf Hitler for daring to say he would clamp down on the immigration mess.
Rory Bremner is an anagram of ‘educated beyond his intelligence.’
I wonder if Ms Jo Brand has ever been so cutting edge as to ridicule those amongst us with, shall we say, Taliban tendencies?
At least you Brits are bright enough to call the show by an appropriate name. Here in the States, it’s called “America’s Funniest Home Videos”, when in fact most of the videos are nothing but people getting hit in the groin or falling off of things.
Of course, seeing Polly Toynbee or George Galloway get hit in the groin might be funny.
Is that what they call a guilty pleasure, Natalie? 🙂
You should never listen to the following people when it comes to politics….actors, writers, academics, intellectuals, artists, playwrights, celebrities, poets, social scientists, etc…because these people have never had to get a real job in the real world hence they have never had to grow up so they still have the left wing extremist views even a 20 year old would be embarassed about………when it comes to politics the most clued up people seem to be ex-military, ex-prison guards and ex-old school coppers.
Because of course a military life of unquestioningly taking orders and being provided with clothing, accommodation and food really gives people an insight into ‘real life’. Similarly your average rank and file copper or prison guard doesn’t have much grasp of the commercial considerations fundamental within private industry.
The best way of getting a representative view of ‘real life’ is to ask everybody over 18, through a process known as an ‘election’.
Off (on) Topic:
More imbalance in US election coverage. Here’s a snippet on Kerry at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3575830.stm
He was given a standing ovation at the beginning and end of the speech – which he rounded off with a salute to his uniformed audience.
How nice. I searched hard, but I couldn’t find any reference on BBC Online to the veterans’ reception for President Bush two days before. I’m forced to wonder if Bush was given the cold shoulder, or if maybe the veterans are equally polite to their senior guests.
The allegedly most respected news broadcaster in the world won’t tell. Now why would that be?
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So, we must look elsewhere.
The Associated Press, via the Guardian (neither known for love of George Bush), gives us some information and balance:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4433807,00.html
On Monday, Bush received a commander-in-chief’s welcome from the VFW in this Republican-leaning city, drawing loud cheers of support. The veterans, who tend to vote more Republican than Democratic, gave Kerry a polite welcome.
Large portions of the crowd applauded each of his many promises to protect veterans’ benefits. Smaller portions vocally backed his points on Iraq and terrorism. Some veterans sat with arms folded, while others stood and clapped.
Smells a bit different, doesn’t it.
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Actually PJF I’d say it “Smells a bit” but the BBC just does that nowadays.
We should start the Campaign for Political Equality and judge the BBC as “institutionally collectivist”.