Comments on: fumbly, mumbly, little bit stumbly http://www.susieday.com/2008/01/20/fumbly-mumbly-little-bit-stumbly/ funny books for funny girls Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:06:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rocrastinator Extraordinaire http://www.susieday.com/2008/01/20/fumbly-mumbly-little-bit-stumbly/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Rocrastinator Extraordinaire Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.susieday.com/?p=30#comment-80 AA Gill does that infuriating Julie Burchill thing of being sometimes brilliantly funny and daring, but more often than not just controversial for the sake of it. I hope he gets fed lentils ALL THE TIME.<br/><br/>I did watch some of the Langham thing, and it was honestly very uncomfortable viewing. I think the show as a whole is questionable (it's not therapy if it's public, and she as a professional should bloody well know that), and it was simply him hand-wringing and making very peculiar excuses. 'If I can bear to have been abused as child, then I can bear to watch what was done to these children: I owe them that' (paraphrased but pretty much his explanation). In a conventional interview, the response to that is obviously 'WTF?': because it's 'therapy', she had to just frown a bit. I've no idea what purpose it was meant to serve, but I don't think either of them came out of it well. AA Gill does that infuriating Julie Burchill thing of being sometimes brilliantly funny and daring, but more often than not just controversial for the sake of it. I hope he gets fed lentils ALL THE TIME.

I did watch some of the Langham thing, and it was honestly very uncomfortable viewing. I think the show as a whole is questionable (it’s not therapy if it’s public, and she as a professional should bloody well know that), and it was simply him hand-wringing and making very peculiar excuses. ‘If I can bear to have been abused as child, then I can bear to watch what was done to these children: I owe them that’ (paraphrased but pretty much his explanation). In a conventional interview, the response to that is obviously ‘WTF?’: because it’s ‘therapy’, she had to just frown a bit. I’ve no idea what purpose it was meant to serve, but I don’t think either of them came out of it well.

]]> By: Jess http://www.susieday.com/2008/01/20/fumbly-mumbly-little-bit-stumbly/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Jess Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:41:00 +0000 http://www.susieday.com/?p=30#comment-79 AA Gill is a truly vile human being. I remember being genuinely shocked when I read a column where he complained at length about the dreadful (!) rudeness (!!) of some people who had invited him and his wife for dinner, and served them some kind of lentil bake, on the basis that if he'd spent an arm and a leg on a babysitter, a bottle of wine and a taxi home he deserved some expensive food. I bet he didn't get invited again! <br/><br/>I considered watching the Shrink Rap thingy, but decided it would be far too creepy and upsetting. Did you see it? AA Gill is a truly vile human being. I remember being genuinely shocked when I read a column where he complained at length about the dreadful (!) rudeness (!!) of some people who had invited him and his wife for dinner, and served them some kind of lentil bake, on the basis that if he’d spent an arm and a leg on a babysitter, a bottle of wine and a taxi home he deserved some expensive food. I bet he didn’t get invited again!

I considered watching the Shrink Rap thingy, but decided it would be far too creepy and upsetting. Did you see it?

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