Russell Brand meets his match
Russell Brand meets his match
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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He's used to getting away with being glib and earnest and it didn't work here. Didn't deserve to. He's a lightweight.
He is very quick and very talented so it is a pity he has done so little to develop a more substantial perspective. But he is very successful as-is so he would have to have some inner drive to really better himself in that way and I don't see it happening.
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rubato
He is very quick and very talented so it is a pity he has done so little to develop a more substantial perspective. But he is very successful as-is so he would have to have some inner drive to really better himself in that way and I don't see it happening.
yrs,
rubato
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Russell Brand, revolutionary
And now this, from the 20 December issue of Private Eye:
In 2010 the media reported that Jemima Khan, associate editor of the New Statesman, socialite and daughter of the late tycoon Sir Jimmy Goldsmith, acquired Kiddington Hall, a ₤1.5m stately home in the north Oxfordshire. In fact she didn’t acquire it; a Cayman Islands company called Kidslane Ltd did. […]
The Cayman Islands company is owned, Khan’s accountant explains, “by a trust established by [her] father for the benefit of future generations of his family,” a classic inheritance tax-avoiding ruse for a wealthy non-dom. The terms of the trust “prevent capital being distributed…” However, “as a beneficiary of the trust [she is] able to live at Kiddington Hall”.
The Eye understands that Khan’s recent former boyfriend Russell Brand also lived for a time at Kiddington Hall. Indeed, he wrote a chunk of his anti-capitalist Revolution diatribe at the Cayman Islands-owned stately home funded by one of the 20th century’s most ruthless capitalists.
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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They missed the funniest part though, Brand was roundly abused while he was in the VIP area of the anti-Austerity march. Think about that, the VIP area of an anti-Austerity march!?!?!?He may still be the darling of the left, the students, the disillusioned and the intentionally disenfranchised, but Russell Brand is not loved by all on the revolutionary side of the political spectrum.
The comedian-turned-activist appeared on stage at the anti-austerity march in London on June 20, which grew in a crowd of a reported 250,000 people. The rally was to protest against the latest wave of government spending cuts from the Conservative government.
Not everyone was pleased to see Mr Brand participate: while he famously said that he was against voting, he interviewed former Labour leader Ed Miliband before the May election and came out in support of the party, while telling people to vote Green in Brighton.
Such a u-turn was not welcome by a small group of people who hurled abuse Mr Brand as he awaited his appearance on stage. One person shouted, "Sell us a book on revolution and then tell us to vote Labour? You're a turncoat!"
Another vocal opponent of Mr Brand shouted, "This is a man who thinks the aristocracy has the same f***ing problems as us. F*** him. He should not be on a stage Ask them how much they paid him? You have no f***ing place here!"
Not that the two incredibly vocal individuals had much of an impact on Mr Brand, who tweeted plenty of pictures of anti-austerity marchers who supported his presence at the rally and his invitation to speak in Parliament Square:
The protest at the weekend began outside the Bank of England and ended at Parliament Square. It was one of the biggest anti-austerity events in recent years and the first major protest since the new Government was formed.
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The march was joined by celebrities, politicians and the unions. Len McCluskey, of Unite, sent a warning to the Government. “If they think they won the war of austerity on 7 May, they’d better think again,” he told the rally.
Large protests also took place in Liverpool and Glasgow.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Some are more equal than others...Think about that, the VIP area of an anti-Austerity march!?!?!?
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Should I know this guy? Did he do anything noteworthy as a comedian that I should have seen? (I'm admittedly not 'up' on my pop culture.)
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
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He got Katy Perry to marry him for some short period of time, which is what he is best known for. Otherwise, he is way down the B-list.
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The thing about Brand is he's smarter than people think he is unfortunately he's nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Well I should certainly hope so, because if he's not smarter than I think he is, he wouldn't be able to feed and dress himself....The thing about Brand is he's smarter than people think he is
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
