Comments on: Saturday Salon

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:22:12 +0000

Between Baudrillard and Inman simultaneously heading for a new virtual floor, there’s probably the germ of a lazyweb idea there that’s just right for the smutty semotics of YouTube.

“Are You Being Simulacraed?”

By: Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:27:19 +0000

Damn, I thought it was Imman.

By: Lefty E

Lefty E — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:15:43 +0000

Are you kidding me? His name was John “Inman”?

I guess he was born for the role.

By: Christine Keeler

Christine Keeler — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:00:12 +0000

Surely this is the death of British comedy. Hooray!

Here’s Simon Amstell in yesterday’s ep of Never Mind The Buzzcocks

I remain determined to convert people to this wonderful show. Submit!

By: I'm Free!

I'm Free! — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:21:06 +0000

I live about 300 metres away from the Twelfth Night Theatre in Bowen Hills, and it's sad to think I won't see his cheesy gap-toothed grin on the billboard any more. Especially after the local-cast version of Menopause the Musical seems to have finally finished its run of about 8 million years (apparently they couldn't get sponsorship when it first hit town, which is ridiculous. Can't remember the number of nights I walked home from the station past stately matrons on their way to have a laugh.)

By: sublime cowgirl

sublime cowgirl — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:06:27 +0000

thank you..thank you. I’m here till Tuesday.
Try the lamb. (i won’t tell!)

By: Mrs Slocombe's feline companion

Mrs Slocombe's feline companion — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:44:49 +0000

He’s gone down in that lift for the very last time.
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Lol! Has Inman’s death caused you to channel the scriptwriters?

By: sublime cowgirl

sublime cowgirl — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:40:57 +0000

He’s gone down in that lift for the very last time.
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By: John Inman (Mr Humphries) is Dead!

John Inman (Mr Humphries) is Dead! — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:23:56 +0000

John Inman (Mr Humphries from Are You Being Served?) has died. I realise that it's probably a sign of my philistinism that I regard this as more significant than Baudrillard's death. Luckily I'm quite relaxed with that.

By: silkworm

silkworm — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:50:44 +0000

I was going to post this on the Ann Coulter thread, but it’s been closed off.

From Max Blumenthal:

Coulter’s contradictions are essential to understanding her reactionary posture. She is what I would call a CCC, or a Conflicted Conservative in Crisis.

CCC’s are aggressive toward groups they privately identify with, like sexual minorities or independent women, but they are simultaneously submissive to those who might otherwise persecute them. Thus, Coulter assiduously cultivated the approval of James Dobson, an anti-feminist demagogue who advocates “women’s submission.”…

For CCC’s, backlash politics is a crude form of therapy…

So long as conservatism is propelled by the politics of resentment, it will continue to attract and generate CCC’s.

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/5926