Russell Brand was good but Stephen Colbertās truth to power rant at the Washington Press Corps dinner is the standard by which all others (as few and far between as they are) should be measured. The piece Brand wrote for the Guardian after his āacceptanceā speech is worth reading.
Yes indeed, read it this morning already (itās linked in Coryās post). Brilliant in style, content, and political perspective. Heās fast becoming a national treasure of England, far as Iām concerned. His other Guardian columns are priceless too, especially the one on the passing of Old Lady Thatcher.
I am worried that he may have hurt Hugo Bosses feelings. That isnāt nice.
Balls. Giant effing Balls!
I agree.
Thanks, and i agree about the standard Colbert set with a speech that Iāve watched more than once. Itās like what people say appearances by Mark Twain were like, and certainly right up there with scathing Twainian (and Swiftian) satire, the kind that spits lightning bolts of truth to power.
I really had no use for Brand before this. I did respect him for his interview with the Westboro Baptist Church but this has taken him from not-really-funny-but-respectable to wonderfully-earnest-raconteur-with-a-twist. This makes me genuinely like him. Maybe Iām a suckerā¦
You should read his op-ed on Thatcher. His standup doesnāt do it for me, but heās a really insightful political commentator.
Wonāt someone think of the rich designers!?!?!
How is ejecting him from the event in the organizersā interest? Heās already said his āoffensiveā things, itās not as if heās going to start flipping tablesā¦
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All it does is make them look bad and garner bad publicity. Theyāre lucky he didnāt really go after them harder in his article. (Where he uses ānumenisticā when he meant ānuminous.ā)
If they hadnāt ejected him - thus leading him to write this rather marvellous column - Iād have never known Hugo Boss (the man) was a serious fan of Hitler and slave labour. Now I do. I also learned by Googling āHugoās Adventures with the Nazisā that Hugo Boss (the company) tried to cut the wages of Ohio factory workers by 36% (from $13 an hour to $8.30) in 2010. It appears Danny Glover was involved in a campaign with a local union to prevent this occurring.
Well done Russell Brand!
Oh, and one more thing, You thought you were going to green-wash your money using my name? Think again. Nice balance.
If youāre only now finding Brand to be a wonderfully earnest raconteur with a twist, Iād say you havenāt been paying attention.
Heās got a way with words. The piece on Thatcher is excellent.
I wish I could be impressed by this, but after seeing his Genocidal Quips on The Secret Policemanās Ball where he jokes his sexual exploits are the reason for the stonings of Iranian women, I have a hard time believing in his integrity.
Why does everyone keep picking on the Nazis? Jeeze, you start one little war and do a bit of genocide and thatās all anyone talks about for over 60 years. Why doesnāt anyone ever thank them for the Volkswagen?
eta - oops didnāt mean to reply to the previous post.
I like Brandās writing better than anything else he does. Although, my mutant ability to read things in anyoneās voice I choose does add considerably to my experience of his work, and I wouldnāt have that experience if I hadnāt sampled his voice and persona via his television and stage appearances. So thereās that.
Came here to Godwin and now canāt figure out what to do.
Cite, please.
