Pussy Riot and Brendan O'Connor - BFF's 4eva? (1 Viewer)

[Denny Oubidoux]

I don't get the too cool for school stuff, they were just straight faced on a ridiculous show that didn't take them seriously

 

[nooleen]

there wasn't much craic out of your man constantin either but no-one's critiquing his social graces

 

[dudley]

i still don't actually understand *why* they were on the show, afaik they're not selling a book or anything. they're not seasoned media performers on a charm offensive, they had no motivation to ignore the patronising treatment they were getting.

was there anything else that had them in ireland? if not, RTE must have spent a fortune getting them over, and it's such a shame it was mishandled so badly

 

[hugh]

I assumed they were going on some sort tour of the chat-show circuit to embarass and annoy Putin but apparently not ...

 

[Space]

I'm probably being paranoid but I really wouldn't be surprised if someone at RTE had an agenda aimed at making feminism look bad. Knights of Columbanus type thing.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

That is paranoid. Extremely so I would say.
My understanding of it is that they were in Dublin for some Amnesty international affair so RTE probably saw their chance and went for it.

 

[Space]

Saw their chance for what though? Certainly not to interview them properly with any sort of background research so either stick them on the show purely for ratings or to have a laugh at their expense? The later hardly seems that paranoid to me. Sure it's not like the first words out of O'Connor were to make a mockery of feminism and it's certainly not the case that RTE has an extremely Catholic bias.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I don't get the too cool for school stuff, they were just straight faced on a ridiculous show that didn't take them seriously

Bingo

 

[Richie]

It felt like both the band members and O'Connor were painfully aware that this was the wrong vehicle for them to be interviewed on (and his insinuations that they didn't really need the translator were a bit bizarre) but I didn't quite get the cringe factor from it that some have, at least it was questions about prison conditions and the Sochi Olympics / propoganda as opposed to whatever fluff they normally talk about on that show.

 

[ann post]

stick them on the show purely for ratings

i would say that was reason enough.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

there wasn't much craic out of your man constantin either but no-one's critiquing his social graces

Excellent point

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Saw their chance for what though? Certainly not to interview them properly with any sort of background research so either stick them on the show purely for ratings or to have a laugh at their expense? The later hardly seems that paranoid to me. Sure it's not like the first words out of O'Connor were to make a mockery of feminism and it's certainly not the case that RTE has an extremely Catholic bias.

Ratings.
I imagine someone from the iona institute would tell you RTE have an anti-church bias, I don't think there's enough competency in the organisation for that.

I didn't see Gurdgiev so couldnt comment on his airs and graces or lack thereof.

 

[Cormcolash]

The whole thing was a car-crash.
The show is a complete fucking joke, naturally, but surely around 10 minutes of appropriate google search would alert even someone from Russia to that fact?
So why bother going on?
Strange one alright.

 

[ann post]

appearance fees.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

That brunette is some sulty piece of work.

O'Connor is a smug annoying git but then again he is from Cork.

 

[Anthony]

If you want hear a good interview about what is going on in Russia regarding LGBT people check this out.
iTunes - Podcasts - Savage Lovecast by Dan Savage
Interview starts at 24mins.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I never realised people had such a problem with bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I think they fucked up. I mean, most everyone thinks Putin is an utter cunt of a man. They were offered a platform where they could appeal to the Irish people to help them (or whatever) and they sat there like that stupid comic "am I bovvered?" creation. Last time they tried to reach people and get their message across they were sent to jail.
Fucking eejits, imo. And I'd support any fight for equality and freedom anywhere. And especially against a homophobic, racist heckhole like Russia.
When I was watching that KLF vid on the Late Late last week, Joe Elliot is asked for his view on Cauty and Drummond and rolls his eyes and says he used to talk like that to his dad when he was 16.
Pussy Riot were like two girls taking to their dad who were 13.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

O'Connor was all Caesar Flickerman and the girls wouldn't play Katniss for him.
Boo!

 

[hugh]

That just goes to show that Joe Eilliot probably had more sense when he was sixteen than when he became a bloated, pampered, famous, "grown up" rock star.