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Jobs A butterfly – in the past young men sold apples later others leap from rooftops. d Comment posted k by ebj at list.co.uk
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Re: Ariel Pink’s Haunted
e Graffiti – Mature Themes ●●●●● ● Music reviewer Stewart Smith declared Ariel Pink’s latest work was ‘a callow take on gender and sexuality’. A led list.co.uk user called ‘As the Fascist Word Police build their case’ disagreed; we’ve quoted some of their comments below. For the full comments, and Smith’s rebuttal, go to list.co.uk W d P li
‘“Chicks” do dig sensitive guys – Oprah and every television network, Sex and the City episode writer and David Hasselhoff promoter has made a career out of it.’ ‘If we get to a place (probably already there) where no one can utter a word about what they see, good music or bad, we’re one step away from Sieg Heil.’
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WRONG W E END OF THE S STICK Re: All That is R Wrong ●●●●● W We said: a ‘minimal, W so softly spoken affair . . . . . messages are wh whispered, not sho shouted; held up (lite (literally) before the cro crowd, rather than pok poked into their face faces.’ (Cla (Claire Sawers)
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Most Most audiences do not unde understand what the revie reviewers see in this play. Is it a case of the l
‘Emperor’s New Clothes’? ‘Luvvies’ love it but ordinary people think it simplistic and could have been done in 10 minutes – nothing new was put in and perhaps some things left out e.g. Female Genital Mutilation and the place of women in Islam . . . For this to work it should have involved the audience who were left as sleepy spectators. Not worth watching – as a test take a sample of audiences as they leave (quickly) some before the end of the show. Comment posted by Phil1Edinburgh at list.co.uk
ff t L I’ I’m off to Las Vegas next month and would gladly go to a show of Chris’s there. How fab to have him on our doorstep in Edinburgh! Comment posted by Fiona Mac at list.co.uk
I really don’t understand how you can have a show that is too polished – performers work hard on their act, and I can see from watching the show that Chris and his team have put a lot of work and practice into it. I personally feel that it’s a disgrace to give it 1 star as the show I saw was definitely an amazing 5 star show! Comment posted by Elliot at list.co.uk
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TWO-FACED RECEPTION Re: Chris Dugdale ●●●●● We said: ‘His glossy promo brochures and Vegas-y persona single out an act at odds with the ephemeral Spirit of the Fringe – we like a magician with a bit of genuine character round these parts.’ (Niki Boyle)
You said: Niki Boyle – your comments are so harsh! Chris’s show was hugely entertaining! What’s wrong with being polished, professional and entertaining?
Ask Bob Bob Servant, window cleaning kingpin and beneficiary of Dundee’s Cheeseburger Wars, turns Agony Uncle for The List
Bob, After the Olympics ended I’m finding it hard to smile again and fear I may be slipping into actual depression. Tom Simpson, Monifieth Tom,
Bob, I recently saw Celtic captain Scott Brown struggle for five minutes to insert a petrol nozzle into his car. It didn’t look like a new car and he’s surely used a petrol nozzle before. Can you help me get to the bottom of the whole mess? Owen Bell, Glasgow
Owen,
I’m just glad you didn’t approach him. Captains are, by their
very nature, loners and as a result can be difficult to engage. I remember seeing Dundee United’s League-winning captain
Paul Hegarty in the tinned fish aisle at Safeways in 1985. ‘Afternoon, skipper, buying some kippers?’ I quipped. It
wasn’t the best joke I’ve ever made (it wasn’t even the best I’ve made in the tinned fish aisle) but the look he gave me
I’m sitting pretty after the Olympics. The Dundee Courier Kevin, I felt like my balls had turned into ice cubes.
ran a ‘Souvenir Special’ with a special column by Liz Stay safe,
McColgan. I went heavy and bought several thousand Bob
copies, which I will be shifting gradually through the Antiques Roadshow over the next 30 years. So I’m doing
just fine thanks. I think that answers your question.
Bob
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