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Post by igs on Mar 26, 2018 14:53:33 GMT
I don’t know if it’s cultural or historic or some other reason but I do find that American humour is much “kinder” than European. We tend to have a much harder edge to our humour. And we tend to laugh at things that could sometimes be seen as harsh and inappropriate. That's so true. I have a very very Finnish sense of humor, and I was constantly in mild trouble in Peru for it because I can read as mean to people who aren't used to dry and sarcastic humor. I mean even those who can laugh at that type of humor in a comedy show sometimes are startled when it bleeds into regular human interaction. But I do agree that someone who actually really truly honestly hates someone/something has better make sure that roast is the funniest thing ever or it just comes across really mean-spirited. Mean humor can be great humor but if it's not funny enough then it's just mean.
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Post by onebluestocking on Mar 27, 2018 5:36:06 GMT
Ah well. TH seems nice to me, but we're all more used to cynics. That GQ interview is the first time I thought, maybe the TS relationship was actually real.
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Post by ellie on Mar 27, 2018 13:15:45 GMT
I will readily admit to being a cynic but I have nothing against TH. He seems ok. But I do not believe for a nano second his relationship with TS was real. 😀
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Post by MagdaFR on Mar 27, 2018 13:24:53 GMT
I can't believe he used his family (mother, sisters, niece) only for PR. Obviously I don't know him and I don't follow him but I like to think he wouldn't involve his family if it was (were?) all fake.
But I also kind of agree (without any real knowledge) with something the stand up guy said: he's been told his entire how wonderful he is and is unaware of himself. His speech at the Golden Globes was just awful.
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Post by sgev1977 on Mar 27, 2018 13:44:57 GMT
I don't know if the romance was fake or not but he seems to me like a genuinely nice bloke. Maybe a little desperate to be loved by everyone but I doubt he is a complete pr fraud!
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Post by ellie on Mar 27, 2018 14:24:42 GMT
I don’t know for sure but I just don’t believe the TS romance was legit. I have my suspicions as to why his family would be ok with helping him out but it’s only a theory so I won’t post it as I don’t want to inadvertently wander into septic territory.😀 Pretty sure you all know what I’m thinking without me spelling it out.
I did not hear his GG speech. What did he say?
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Post by sgev1977 on Mar 27, 2018 15:53:00 GMT
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Post by ellie on Mar 27, 2018 15:56:59 GMT
Oh dear. That speech did rather reek of a lack of self awareness. The reaction was a bit harsh though. But that’s Twitter for you.
Think those bored looking celebs were just bored because award ceremonies are excruciatingly boring to sit through rather that being specifically pi*sed off by TH. But I dudn’t watch the show so I might be wrong.
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Post by sgev1977 on Mar 27, 2018 16:10:00 GMT
Oh dear. That speech did rather reek of a lack of self awareness. The reaction was a bit harsh though. But that’s Twitter for you. Think those bored looking celebs were just bored because award ceremonies are excruciatingly boring to sit through rather that being specifically pi*sed off by TH. But I dudn’t watch the show so I might be wrong. Agreed with the reaction being exaggerated even when the speech was indeed bad. GG ceremonies are little more vivid that your average award ceremonies probably because there's alcohol involve. It doesn't mean the reaction were to his speech. It's very easy to take gestures out of context!
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Post by igs on Mar 27, 2018 16:43:45 GMT
The speech wasn't all that awful for me, though it wasn't good. But I mean Viola Davis' Oscar speech that happened just a few weeks later was 100 times worse with the "artists are the only people who celebrate life blah blah" nonsense and she got nothing but praise for it. But TH like BC is one of those people who the internet in general just loves to hate. I think it's because there are so many people who are totally OTT in their stanning, that a counter-reaction occurs whenever there's any reason for it.
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