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Old 19-12-2016, 22:50
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I said nothing about not being allowed. In my world I simply prefer forum members to be honest about the fact that they are spreading their own obvious political agenda. Rather than them only accusing guests with opposing politics to theirs of being too political or "fanatical".
No forum members are "spreading their own obvious political agenda", they are debating Grayson Perry's language regarding men and whether constant Donald Trump openings is suitable for a Friday Night entertainment chat show.

Such topics could be avoided if Norton and Perry didn't open it up, themselves, for discussion.
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Old 20-12-2016, 00:01
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I said nothing about not being allowed. In my world I simply prefer forum members to be honest about the fact that they are spreading their own obvious political agenda. Rather than them only accusing guests with opposing politics to theirs of being too political or "fanatical".
Oh, what are you talking about? You're being absurd.

I said I preferred this week's show to the previous week because I wasn't a fan of the political and social agendas of the previous week's guests.

I've been honest from the very start. It's just an opinion.

You simply chose to challenge me on my opinion. I don't know what you think I'm supposed to have said or done differently.
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:10
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CELEBRITY IS THE SMILING FACE OF THE CORPORATE MACHINE

"You don’t have to read or watch many interviews to see that the principal qualities now sought in a celebrity are vapidity, vacuity and physical beauty. They can be used as a blank screen on to which anything can be projected. With a few exceptions, those who have least to say are granted the greatest number of platforms on which to say it."

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Old 20-12-2016, 22:20
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Channel 5 now showing, Graham Norton - The Movie. Apparently he warrants a 95 minute slot!
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:31
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CELEBRITY IS THE SMILING FACE OF THE CORPORATE MACHINE

"You don’t have to read or watch many interviews to see that the principal qualities now sought in a celebrity are vapidity, vacuity and physical beauty. They can be used as a blank screen on to which anything can be projected. With a few exceptions, those who have least to say are granted the greatest number of platforms on which to say it."

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...kim-kardashian
Love that line and absolutely spot on too.
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Old 21-12-2016, 03:24
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Except she didn't praise arranged marriages. She had one, and is very happy with her husband, but hated the wedding, and wouldn't arrange one for any of her children. She made a joke about not being bothered with the work, but she's previously said she thinks it's not right. She's now renewing her vows because she wants to make a point of it being their choice. Although I'm fairly sure she'd met her husband and got to agree to it, so it wasn't a forced marriage or anything.

It was Toksvig who made a joke about arranging marriages for her children, because she knows best. But it was a JOKE.

How on earth you interpreted that as her praising arranged marriages is beyond me, unless you had some pre-existing prejudice against her, and leaped to conclusions?

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Thank you for this clarification. I had missed this part of that particular show, and reading some of the comments on here had started to make me doubt my sanity!
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Old 21-12-2016, 14:56
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CELEBRITY IS THE SMILING FACE OF THE CORPORATE MACHINE

"You don’t have to read or watch many interviews to see that the principal qualities now sought in a celebrity are vapidity, vacuity and physical beauty. They can be used as a blank screen on to which anything can be projected. With a few exceptions, those who have least to say are granted the greatest number of platforms on which to say it."

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...kim-kardashian
Nothing says 'establishment' and 'corporate machine' like North London living Graham Norton, on the BBC, slagging political leaders he/they don't like....

I like Graham and the show as a whole (even though its a shadow of its prime), but come on.
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Old 21-12-2016, 16:47
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Channel 5 now showing, Graham Norton - The Movie. Apparently he warrants a 95 minute slot!
Yes for any Graham fans, squirreled away on 5 last night, was a really enjoyable bio of Graham. I'd forgotten how much he'd done and what a great all rounder he is, his early acting career with some great clips, including his Mother Teresa act on the comedy circuit. I didn't mind that it was 95 minutes - the whole thing just made me like him even more!
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Old 21-12-2016, 19:39
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Wasn't the C5 programme last night called Graham Norton- The Story?
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Old 21-12-2016, 19:51
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The sarcasm seems to have gone......WHOOOSH!
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Old 21-12-2016, 20:12
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I enjoyed channel five programme last night, really liked his chat show on channel 4. Shame when he moved to BBC he had to tone his style down.
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Old 21-12-2016, 21:05
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I enjoyed channel five programme last night, really liked his chat show on channel 4. Shame when he moved to BBC he had to tone his style down.
Graham talking about being 100% Irish in 2007, that was before he did WDYTYA - and found out that the Walker family came from Yorkshire. That must have dampened his spirits a bit.

I think the Friday night chat show was toned down before Jonathan Ross left. Jonathan famously overstepped the mark on a couple of occasions causing a backlash that made the Beeb management change their guidelines. Other shows became similarly sanitised.
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Old 22-12-2016, 02:11
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Graham talking about being 100% Irish in 2007, that was before he did WDYTYA - and found out that the Walker family came from Yorkshire. That must have dampened his spirits a bit.

I think the Friday night chat show was toned down before Jonathan Ross left. Jonathan famously overstepped the mark on a couple of occasions causing a backlash that made the Beeb management change their guidelines. Other shows became similarly sanitised.
I think Graham had one paternal great grandfather from Yorkshire......that wouldn't exactly dilute his sense of Irishness.
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Old 22-12-2016, 12:48
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I think Graham had one paternal great grandfather from Yorkshire......that wouldn't exactly dilute his sense of Irishness.
Maybe it did a little;

And so, although surprised to be a Yorkshireman, Graham declares that he is comforted that his family have resided in Ireland for so many generations and pleased to be rooted so deeply in history.
From the BBC Family History Website
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Old 22-12-2016, 17:18
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Also in his documentary, not sure if this is the first time it's been mentioned, but didn't know about Graham's awful attack; pretty sure he didn't write about it in his biography and sounds like he was lucky to survive. Yet he still recalled with humour. When things were pretty dire, and next of kin were being called for, hoping for reassurance he asked the nurse if he was going to die? Hesitating, she said - "umm............" Recalling the absurdity of it, Graham said - "I tell you what, let's go with NO...."
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Old 22-12-2016, 18:38
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What I'd also like to know is why an entertainment show, supposedly, is even talking about politics.
http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016/11/17/the-post-election-case-for-speaking-out-naomi-shulman

Nice people made the best Nazis.

Or so I have been told. My mother was born in Munich in 1934, and spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves. When things got ugly, the people my mother lived alongside chose not to focus on “politics,” instead busying themselves with happier things. They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away.

I thought of my mother’s neighbors right after the election, when apolitical friends of mine breathed a sigh of relief that we could stop talking about politics. “That’s over!” they said happily. “Let’s focus on other things.”

But then a white nationalist was named chief strategist to the president-elect. Aren’t you alarmed? I asked.

“I choose not to discuss politics publicly,” one friend said. And posted a picture of puppies.

http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016/11/17/the-post-election-case-for-speaking-out-naomi-shulman
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Old 22-12-2016, 21:16
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http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016/11/17/the-post-election-case-for-speaking-out-naomi-shulman

Nice people made the best Nazis.

Or so I have been told. My mother was born in Munich in 1934, and spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves. When things got ugly, the people my mother lived alongside chose not to focus on “politics,” instead busying themselves with happier things. They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away.

I thought of my mother’s neighbors right after the election, when apolitical friends of mine breathed a sigh of relief that we could stop talking about politics. “That’s over!” they said happily. “Let’s focus on other things.”

But then a white nationalist was named chief strategist to the president-elect. Aren’t you alarmed? I asked.

“I choose not to discuss politics publicly,” one friend said. And posted a picture of puppies.

http://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2016...-naomi-shulman

Why are the Nazis being brought into this?

There's plenty of people discussing politics on TV; Question Time, Andrew Marr, Peston, This Week, Weekly Wipe, Sky Paper Review, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week etc.

The Graham Norton Show is an entertainment chat show, and should perform as one. Constantly mentioning Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and having guests promoting anti-male books doesn't quite fit into 'friday night entertainment'.
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Old 22-12-2016, 21:36
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The Graham Norton Show is an entertainment chat show, and should perform as one. Constantly mentioning Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and having guests promoting anti-male books doesn't quite fit into 'friday night entertainment'.
Donald Trump is going to provide 4 years of material for comedians so get used it and to be honest people like him deserve it. It is a chat show but Graham also does comedy, so it fits in with his show
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Old 22-12-2016, 21:37
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There's plenty of people discussing politics on TV; Question Time, Andrew Marr, Peston, This Week, Weekly Wipe, Sky Paper Review, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week etc.
These TV shows represent real politics, like Barbie represents real women.
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Old 22-12-2016, 21:42
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Why are the Nazis being brought into this?
DONALD TRUMP & NIGEL FARAGE
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Old 23-12-2016, 00:50
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DONALD TRUMP & NIGEL FARAGE
Neither Trump or Farage are 'Nazis'. Get a grip. Ridiculous.
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Old 23-12-2016, 00:53
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Donald Trump is going to provide 4 years of material for comedians so get used it and to be honest people like him deserve it. It is a chat show but Graham also does comedy, so it fits in with his show
Apart from that it's incredibly tiring, unoriginal (much like the show itself), doesn't need to be mentioned every week and doesn't explain why people like Perry were allowed to promote such misandry on an entertainment show.

If that's supposed to be comedy, then Norton needs some new material, or just sack off the intro monologues and get to the interviews.

Other than that...
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Old 23-12-2016, 02:28
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Neither Trump or Farage are 'Nazis'. Get a grip. Ridiculous.
Trump has connections with the far right and KKK etc

Farage is undeniably the gormless "smiling face" of the far right
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Old 23-12-2016, 03:19
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Neither Trump or Farage are 'Nazis'. Get a grip. Ridiculous.
Time to invoke Godwin's Law I think...

"I wanted folks who glibly compared someone else to Hitler to think a bit harder about the Holocaust", Godwin has written. In December 2015, Godwin commented on the Nazi and fascist comparisons being made by several articles on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying that "If you're thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler when you talk about Trump. Or any other politician.""
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
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Old 23-12-2016, 03:41
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Maybe it did a little;

And so, although surprised to be a Yorkshireman, Graham declares that he is comforted that his family have resided in Ireland for so many generations and pleased to be rooted so deeply in history.
From the BBC Family History Website
I think that was very tongue in cheek : reading the BBC description for the programme, it seems the Yorkshire Walker in question moved to Ireland in 1713, so it was many generations back.
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