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What a fucking god. I expected him to jump out of his wheelchair and do a little dance at the end though. |
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thanks for sharing biff |
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for once I agree with you billlll. a great speech. by Pinter I mean. |
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its on uknova |
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I know :) |
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I think he's a self righteous old fucktard. |
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jesus, you're predictable. |
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I <3 swears |
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you are the only guys i associate with who saw that speech. That is meant as a complement. Hooray for guys with no lives! |
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I just . Fucking incredible. When I first read this thread I was bewildered, I hadn't heard any news of the speech. Found out about it on a kuro5hin article. But dear god, what an impressive piece. Resembled the structure of a Chomsky lecture, but it was so refreshing and stunning to hear it through another's voice, especially that of a writer. Stunning use of language. I'm still reeling from it and am still choked up by it. Incredible. |
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the bit where he talks about how he could be a speechwriter for Bush and would have him say: "God is good. God is great. God is good. My God is good. Bin Laden's God is bad. His is a bad God. Saddam's God was bad, except he didn't have one. He was a barbarian. We are not barbarians. We don't chop people's heads off. We believe in freedom. So does God. I am not a barbarian. I am the democratically elected leader of a freedom-loving democracy. We are a compassionate society. We give compassionate electrocution and compassionate lethal injection. We are a great nation. I am not a dictator. He is. I am not a barbarian. He is. And he is. They all are. I possess moral authority. You see this fist? This is my moral authority. And don't you forget it." .. brilliant. especially if you see/hear him delivering the lines himself. |
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yes! I had a lump in my throat when he delivered the "I possess moral authority. You see this fist? This is my moral authority. And don't you forget it." bit. It's really powerful stuff; his eyes staring through the camera, godd.. |
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Don't know what you guys make of his books, but check out The Birthday Party for a more (shall we say) nuanced portait of power and powerlessness. Whilst I am pleased that he takes such stances on global politics, I think they have tended to make people forget what a great writer he was. Also, the terrible poetry he writes now doesn't do him any favours. But his plays from the 60s are brilliant, and say things in a way which is far more skilfully suggestive. Or, to use an example: with a silencer, rather than a sub-machine gun |
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the Birthday Party is an excellent play, truly fine theatre. |
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says "DeleriousWeasel" who is from "a huge pair of tits (Jordan)". Eh. |
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He really hates freedom™ doesn't he? I enjoyed it. |
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I watched it last night. Very, very good, very intense, very compassionate, very angry and highly articulate. Powerful and compelling. An example of the medium of television being used to great effect rather than just the ususal bollocks. |
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wasnt the price controversial because the guy's been more a political activist then a playwright? werent there other writers that deserved it more? |
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He's written lots of plays, poetry, screenplays. What the hell are you on about? |
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he has been a true innovator within western theatre history, bip. and I mean, it's not some kind of dumb hype, he really IS, here is no question about it. |
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As the others said, no. However, he did retire from his literary career in 2002, I believe, to focus on political campaigning. |
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That was great! |
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It was really fucking great. The staging of the thing was excellent, with the picture of him when he was younger and the way he stares into the camera. I am however wondering why I have read so little about the speech in the media. Especially since I live in Sweden, where the papers usually write a shitload about all things Nobel Prize related. |
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it was months ago that it was announced, so i dont remember what the article said, but there was some controversy about him getting the price it's why i asked |
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he didnt write harry potter right? |
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I think it's great a load of left-wing people can sit together in a big hall and listen to some opinions they had anyway. |
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unlike the right-wing people, who never do that. |
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Fuck them too. |
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AmazinG speECh |
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