Corey
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is on RTE 1 at 10.15.
I bet he's actually really reallly sound. Tune in and see what all the fuss is about.
I bet he's actually really reallly sound. Tune in and see what all the fuss is about.
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Hmmnm.
all the way through it was 'i feel sorry for him' and mixed emotions. but that last five minutes kinda summed up how i figured i would feel after watching it. i do feel sorry for him, he is clearly lonely - and he takes advantage of poor teens. and the faces on those boys made my heart sink.
but still, hhmmmm. gonna have to think this one out a bit longer.
sorry, but what in the fuck is there to think about?
substitute poet for wealthy businessman and young males for young females, would you feel the same about him? Is there a difference? The guy is abusing his power to an extraordinary degree.
ok first of all, calm down.
trust me, i find nothing worth exonerating here. i simply was implying i have to let what i just saw sink in a bit. ok??!!
i feel the doc was a bit out of balance as well - a large part of it was suggestion (none of which im denying) but i think the most important, integral part of it, the part at the crux of this entire debate, was left ot the last five minutes. i know she didnt initially set out with this in mind, it was about him and the work he does in nepal. but i feel the most disturbing part was kind of thrown in at the end. would have liked to see more of her confrontation with him as well.
when i said i have more to think about i was referring to the actual documentary itself, the way in which she approached and presented the subject matter, not his blatant disregard for the youths he took to bed with him.
crossed wires, just that you were saying you felt sorry for him etc I thought you were defending him. Quite honestly, i'm astonished at the amount of people who came out defending him (and lynching the filmmaker) when it was common sense what he was getting up to and he himself didn't deny it.
Believe me if he had been in Cambodia and it were girls there would be no ambiguity in how people responded, it would have been ferocious. It's the fact that he's gay that's causing some people's reticence in voicing their disproval if anything.
There was a scene where he was buying milkshakes for some of his 50 or 60 'friends' and the look on one of the boys faces said it all. He is a sex-tourist. He has a fucking harem of young naive Nepalese men, all of whom he is showering with gifts and money! Dozens of them. He is abusing his wealth and status out there. ?
. Don't even mention the Glenn/Marketa thing. Like, why aren't people also wondering how it is that a woman who just turned 19 has been dating a guy old enough to be her da for a few years now?
i dont know much about arts funding and stuff - would the money he be using to....eh...'fund' his activities out there be from aos dana or the arts council or anything?
the scene where they were acting as his 'native bearers' carrying his shit up the mountains and cleaning his room while giggling nervously were really unsettling. Im amazed how open he was with the film makers about; The guy seemed either to be sufficiently self absorbed that he genuinely didnt consider what he is doing wrong, or didnt give a fuck as he was getting his jollies.
Agree with jane as to how the documentary was structured; gave an interesting insight as to how the directors awareness of him being a sex tourist developed.
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