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Ha I just came to post that too.discovolante wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:03 amJust seen this thread on Twitter about David Walliams' kids books. I didn't know and now I have to wonder how sorry he actually is:
https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/statu ... 83432?s=20
Yeah...digressing slightly but David Walliams has always seemed a bit iffy to me, some of the celebrity company he keeps seems a bit off. But anyway.jimbob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:46 amHa I just came to post that too.discovolante wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:03 amJust seen this thread on Twitter about David Walliams' kids books. I didn't know and now I have to wonder how sorry he actually is:
https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/statu ... 83432?s=20
Some of those examples wouldn't be out of place in a 1970s sitcom
https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/statu ... 45344?s=20
I haven't looked at the company he keeps. I was uneasy about Little Britain - but never watched it, just the trailers seemed to often involve punching down.discovolante wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:53 amYeah...digressing slightly but David Walliams has always seemed a bit iffy to me, some of the celebrity company he keeps seems a bit off. But anyway.jimbob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:46 amHa I just came to post that too.discovolante wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:03 amJust seen this thread on Twitter about David Walliams' kids books. I didn't know and now I have to wonder how sorry he actually is:
https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/statu ... 83432?s=20
Some of those examples wouldn't be out of place in a 1970s sitcom
https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/statu ... 45344?s=20
I did not know anything about his books either, and now I'm wondering about how sorry he is too. I said he seemed like a nice person and everything! Seems he's lazy, doesn't think and hasn't done anything to fix it.discovolante wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:03 amJust seen this thread on Twitter about David Walliams' kids books. I didn't know and now I have to wonder how sorry he actually is:
https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/statu ... 83432?s=20
This is all me drawing inferences from vague stuff and things from a while ago, but he's been pally with Philip Green and I've seen jokes on panel shows being made about his love of the celeb lifestyle. Which you know could just be a love of glitz and glamour but I dunno, there can be a lot of seediness to that as well. I could be wrong but he's just not someone I'd particularly want to spend time with. Anyway this is a bit of a digression, sorry.monkey wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:09 pmI did not know anything about his books either, and now I'm wondering about how sorry he is too. I said he seemed like a nice person and everything! Seems he's lazy, doesn't think and hasn't done anything to fix it.discovolante wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:03 amJust seen this thread on Twitter about David Walliams' kids books. I didn't know and now I have to wonder how sorry he actually is:
https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/statu ... 83432?s=20
That one has a recent historyTessa K wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:21 pmThere's a twin to the threads on Walliams on Twitter that's about Roald Dahl. People are quoting his bit from The Twits about how ugly thoughts make ugly people. This is apparently a criticism of Walliams.
1. This teaches kids that anyone who is not good looking is evil
2. All the 'examples' of ugly thoughts/ugly face I've seen posted are of older women. No matter how vile their opinions, this is sexist shite.
Some people are saying 'if you don't like his books don't read them' which not only overlooks the fact he's spreading various kinds of prejudice but also that kids are often given books to read by adults who have no idea what's in them or who think it's all 'harmless' fun.
What about Resting Bitch Face?Woodchopper wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 8:07 pmThat one has a recent historyTessa K wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:21 pmThere's a twin to the threads on Walliams on Twitter that's about Roald Dahl. People are quoting his bit from The Twits about how ugly thoughts make ugly people. This is apparently a criticism of Walliams.
1. This teaches kids that anyone who is not good looking is evil
2. All the 'examples' of ugly thoughts/ugly face I've seen posted are of older women. No matter how vile their opinions, this is sexist shite.
Some people are saying 'if you don't like his books don't read them' which not only overlooks the fact he's spreading various kinds of prejudice but also that kids are often given books to read by adults who have no idea what's in them or who think it's all 'harmless' fun.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... g-11594695
https://twitter.com/Rachael_Swindon/sta ... 92065?s=20
Re: 1, not it doesn't. To directly quote Dhal.Tessa K wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:21 pmThere's a twin to the threads on Walliams on Twitter that's about Roald Dahl. People are quoting his bit from The Twits about how ugly thoughts make ugly people. This is apparently a criticism of Walliams.
1. This teaches kids that anyone who is not good looking is evil
2. All the 'examples' of ugly thoughts/ugly face I've seen posted are of older women. No matter how vile their opinions, this is sexist shite.
Some people are saying 'if you don't like his books don't read them' which not only overlooks the fact he's spreading various kinds of prejudice but also that kids are often given books to read by adults who have no idea what's in them or who think it's all 'harmless' fun.
He's saying the exact opposite, he explicitly stating you can have “hideous“ features and not be 'ugly', inner nastiness will shine through however.If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
But the people quoting him are only quoting the first part. That's the problem.bjn wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:49 amRe: 1, not it doesn't. To directly quote Dhal.Tessa K wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:21 pmThere's a twin to the threads on Walliams on Twitter that's about Roald Dahl. People are quoting his bit from The Twits about how ugly thoughts make ugly people. This is apparently a criticism of Walliams.
1. This teaches kids that anyone who is not good looking is evil
2. All the 'examples' of ugly thoughts/ugly face I've seen posted are of older women. No matter how vile their opinions, this is sexist shite.
Some people are saying 'if you don't like his books don't read them' which not only overlooks the fact he's spreading various kinds of prejudice but also that kids are often given books to read by adults who have no idea what's in them or who think it's all 'harmless' fun.
He's saying the exact opposite, he explicitly stating you can have “hideous“ features and not be 'ugly', inner nastiness will shine through however.If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it.
A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.
Yeah, I think it's a nice idea that ugly thoughts would show on the face, but in reality it doesn't seem to be the case - people get away with being absolute monsters for ages. So it probably isn't the best message to be giving kids, even though it does seem to be a well intentioned idea from a more innocent time.
Absolutely not the case as we see from people who committed terrible acts over long periods without being caught. Then when they are caught people say 'Oh but he was always so polite and friendly' or 'He was always good to his mother' or 'She looked so normal'. If the bad people had horns and a tail and went round snarling it would be so much easier.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 9:35 pmYeah, I think it's a nice idea that ugly thoughts would show on the face, but in reality it doesn't seem to be the case - people get away with being absolute monsters for ages. So it probably isn't the best message to be giving kids, even though it does seem to be a well intentioned idea from a more innocent time.
"I can imagine"Martin Y wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:32 pm<stands> I have never seen Spaced. <pause for effect, sits>
I watched a few eps last night, and winced a little as Mark Heap glowingly described his former performance art collaborator (David Walliams in blueface) and Simon Pegg ventured "Wot, a tranny?" to which Heap demurred and Pegg added "Ah. A fat tranny". It was a different time.
My favourite of the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy is The World's End which seems to be much less heard of than the other two.
I enjoyed the scene in which Simon Pegg's character is trying not to spill his pint while fighting.Martin Y wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:00 pmI watched The Worlds End with the same baby who prevented me watching Spaced all those years before.
The gag where teetotaller Nick Frost gets pissed, says "f.ck it" and clumsily smashes the pub door window on the way out had her shrieking with laughter. She's very rewarding to watch films with.