View Full Version : It's been a while since The Guardian has printed an article of such profound, self-parodying
Berni
01-13-2015, 01:53 PM
ridiculousness that I've felt it necessary to link to it, but this is just too good not to share... :hehe:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/13/eddie-r edmayne-golden-globe-stephen-hawking-disabled-actors-charact ers?commentpage=1 (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/13/eddie-redmayne-golden-globe-stephen-hawking-disabled-actors-characters?commentpage=1)
:****er: :hehe: ..her not you
Classic Jorge
01-13-2015, 02:00 PM
Doesn't the whole theory fall down when the actor is asked to play someone with a degenerative condition?
I mean, would a disabled actor be able to 'norm up' for the role?
Ashberto
01-13-2015, 02:00 PM
Luis Anaconda
01-13-2015, 02:02 PM
any attempt to put forward an argument. The comments in the main are quite sensible for once and many point this out. I also like the hobbit/dwarf debate
Berni
01-13-2015, 02:04 PM
He's made them all think they can play the Dane.
and im not sure chewbacker wasnt a human as well
Berni
01-13-2015, 02:06 PM
Particularly as they point out that this isn't even the stupidest Guardian comment piece of the last year. That prize goes to...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas- the-tank-engine-children-parents?commentpage=21 (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/22/thomas-the-tank-engine-children-parents?commentpage=21)
Classic Jorge
01-13-2015, 02:07 PM
...quite reasonably say to himself "TIMMY!"
Luis Anaconda
01-13-2015, 02:08 PM
Classic Jorge
01-13-2015, 02:08 PM
Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler
01-13-2015, 02:09 PM
"Last year, the British Labour shadow Transportation Secretary even called out Thomas for its lack of females, saying that the franchise setting a bad example for girl wannabe train engineers everywhere."
Luis Anaconda
01-13-2015, 02:10 PM
Rhyming slang?
Classic Jorge
01-13-2015, 02:10 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2520437/Thomas-The-T ank-Engine-friends-surprising-political-lookalikes-.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2520437/Thomas-The-Tank-Engine-friends-surprising-political-lookalikes-.html)
Classic Jorge
01-13-2015, 02:11 PM
Oh hang on, that was Ivor The Engine
Luis Anaconda
01-13-2015, 02:12 PM
Berni
01-13-2015, 02:15 PM
Berni
01-13-2015, 02:17 PM
the intersection of social justice and pop culture.'
Eh? That's actually a job, is it? How does one apply for that?
Strangely, she's not been asked back since.
Berni
01-13-2015, 02:18 PM
It was filth, basically.
Classic Jorge
01-13-2015, 02:18 PM
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liwfahKDjw1qeocdjo1_500.jpg
Ashberto
01-13-2015, 02:31 PM
http://opportunityagenda.org/about/employment
They even have a 'toolkit'
http://toolkit.opportunityagenda.org/
Berni
01-13-2015, 02:35 PM
Seriously, though: 'Helvetika Bold' the social justice superheroine? What the furry f**k?
Ashberto
01-13-2015, 02:37 PM
Thomas the Tank Engine.
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