tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post6636645017042780116..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Instead of SaturdayGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-61062981081960470942011-01-24T02:38:45.580+00:002011-01-24T02:38:45.580+00:00I think many Brits resent the America-ruling-the-w...I think many Brits resent the America-ruling-the-world thing. (white, capitalist) America was basically established by Britain's unruly children, who have gone on to become a bit more successful and interesting than their parents.Little Skunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01880859389328614884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-13894374476607140152011-01-24T00:04:12.602+00:002011-01-24T00:04:12.602+00:00Learning outcomes are indeed a form of madness. BU...Learning outcomes are indeed a form of madness. BUt then the lunatics are firmly in charge.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-67816318006979807622011-01-23T17:50:30.799+00:002011-01-23T17:50:30.799+00:00Thanks for the link to the Gervais at the Golden G...Thanks for the link to the Gervais at the Golden Globes George. I had heard about it; now I see what the fuss is about. Amusing, I thought (and I like Gervais, especially in The Office), but it occurred to me that the wit was almost wholly of the bitchy, scandal-sheet variety, and the effect of this on the audience, some of whom were among the targets. No harm in bursting big shiny bubbles of course, and the joke about not having seen The Tourist was funny (even though I hadn't seen the film either, or even heard anything about it), but Cher and Hefner (for example) were dead easy targets, clay ducks in a barrel. That said, the performance was certainly far more enjoyable than the usual stuffed-shirt-schmaltz, a properly refreshing blast of fetid air.<br /><br />I take your point re that weirdly resentful British anti-yank thing (which, in my childhood, performed the useful function of turning me off Enid Blyton). I am even more ignorant of the Royals' social life than I am about Hollywood gossip, so I had to google the Middletons. Sounds like that American guest had his/her finger on the pulse: touché. <br /><br />And yes, why not an American loose-cannon-comedian to introduce the BAFTAS? Someone like Denis Leary in his No Cure For Cancer mode:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAXQNx4E7so&feature=relatedMark Granierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398noreply@blogger.com