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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 20:00:41 GMT
I remember I saw a video of some Chelsea fans push a black commuter off the Paris Metro and chant “we’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like it”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 5:19:15 GMT
A real bugbear this one and bound to annoy some
Paying a fair amount of money for a membership, and then buying up the cheap seats deals.
To me, membership shouldn’t be a way of taking away seats that others less well off and ‘in the know’ might otherwise be able to buy. The National have an issue but the most egregious culprit is the Royal Court as they set aside a day per week to enable it. On the odd occasion when I have attended on a Monday I didn’t much like the audience that resulted either; very insidery, less responsive. They should at least strip these seats out across the week but I’d prefer a system where, for them and other theatres, the cheap seat deals could only be accessed via the general booking period.
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 17, 2018 7:58:50 GMT
Yes, that was in Philadelphia. Eagles fans are just a horrible bunch. Ah, knew it was one or other. Which are worse, though, Eagles or Raiders? (Obviously, as a Packer, I'm saying Bears, but I'm biased). Oh no, a Packers fan?! I'm Vikings through and through! Raiders are pretty bad but Eagles are next level. Any team whose fanbase have a reputation for regularly recording themselves punching police horses in the face are an utter disgrace. And that's only one small part, and certainly not the worst of it. I'd never travel there for a game as an away fan that's for sure. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 10:50:55 GMT
People who are on benefits, but can afford to go on holiday to places like Ibiza and Croatia on a regular basis.
It happens a lot in my town and seems questionable.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 12:48:30 GMT
If you're on such good terms with them that you know their financial incomings and their holiday outgoings, why don't you just ask them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 14:28:42 GMT
If you're on such good terms with them that you know their financial incomings and their holiday outgoings, why don't you just ask them? I wouldn't exactly say "good terms"; my town is small and gossip and news spreads easily. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 15:53:34 GMT
If you're on such good terms with them that you know their financial incomings and their holiday outgoings, why don't you just ask them? I wouldn't exactly say "good terms"; my town is small and gossip and news spreads easily. Have you got a local pond? Apparently if you tie them to a stool and dunk them in it and they float then they’re guilty. If they sink and drown, though, then you can rest assured that the gossip was incorrect. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 16:20:45 GMT
I wouldn't exactly say "good terms"; my town is small and gossip and news spreads easily. Have you got a local pond? Apparently if you tie them to a stool and dunk them in it and they float then they’re guilty. If they sink and drown, though, then you can rest assured that the gossip was incorrect. Fair. |
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Post by foxa on Jul 19, 2018 15:36:24 GMT
I quite enjoy when someone passionately hates a piece of theatre - even if I liked it. Especially if they can describe in vivid detail what they hated, come up with amusing similes, make me feel the pain of the experience.
Why is that? It probably says something bad about me - and my enjoyment of others' misfortunes.
I also like detailed raves, of course. But I hate a bland positive review. Give me 'it was two hours of hell and I almost gnawed my left arm off in agony' anytime.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 15:39:27 GMT
I quite enjoy when someone passionately hates a piece of theatre - even if I liked it. Especially if they can describe in vivid detail what they hated, come up with amusing similes, make me feel the pain of the experience. Why is that? It probably says something bad about me - and my enjoyment of others' misfortunes. I also like detailed raves, of course. But I hate a bland positive review. Give me 'it was two hours of hell and I almost gnawed my left arm off in agony' anytime. I agree. In that I love hearing a passionate disagreement. Also I would like to invite you to my next theatre project 'Why I hated the Ferryman, a real time blow by blow rant.' which is actually the real time of how long it FELT so 6 hours of my anguished screaming and moaning. Possibly in a bad Irish accent. With a goose. |
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Post by foxa on Jul 19, 2018 15:42:32 GMT
Oh and you see, I'd be up for that. Even though I liked The Ferryman.
Like the Witch says: 'You're not good, Your not bad, You're just NICE' - I don't enjoy NICE much at all.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 19, 2018 17:47:54 GMT
I quite enjoy when someone passionately hates a piece of theatre - even if I liked it. Especially if they can describe in vivid detail what they hated, come up with amusing similes, make me feel the pain of the experience. Why is that? It probably says something bad about me - and my enjoyment of others' misfortunes. I also like detailed raves, of course. But I hate a bland positive review. Give me 'it was two hours of hell and I almost gnawed my left arm off in agony' anytime. Does to this extend to film? If so, I give you Mark Kermode’s review of the film Entourage: |
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Post by foxa on Jul 19, 2018 18:01:18 GMT
Oh yes! Goodness - this really picks up speed and fury as it goes on: 'The Human Centipede is more sensitive.'
Haven't seen the film, but sounds like something I could loath with vigour.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 20, 2018 10:48:18 GMT
I am not sure if this is an unpopular opinion on theatreboard, but it appears to be in the wider world, judging by the think-pieces about the sequel:
Mamma Mia! is a darn good film that never fails to cheer me up on a miserable winter's day - not 'a guilty pleasure', or 'so bad it's good' - and I am really looking forward to Mamma Mia Here We Go Again!
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Post by duncan on Jul 20, 2018 11:11:27 GMT
Mammia Mia is a film that is shockingly acted, directed by someone who has clearly never seen film before and has a plot that wants us to believe Meryl Streep is a slut.
Its utter horsesh*t, despite me loving Abba.
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Post by foxa on Jul 20, 2018 14:06:57 GMT
I enjoyed Mamma Mia but equally I enjoyed the French & Saunders pastiche of it. And sometimes found it hard to tell them apart.
But looking forward to seeing Mamma Mia 2!
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Post by Jon on Jul 20, 2018 14:11:33 GMT
I enjoyed Mamma Mia but equally I enjoyed the French & Saunders pastiche of it. And sometimes found it hard to tell them apart. But looking forward to seeing Mamma Mia 2! I liked Mamma Mia! the movie but the French and Saunders skit was so well done that I can't watch the original film without thinking about it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 9:27:08 GMT
We already have ubiquitous 'Little Johnny's first day of school' pictures every September. We don't need 'Little Johnny's last day of school' ones every July' as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2018 13:00:56 GMT
We already have ubiquitous 'Little Johnny's first day of school' pictures every September. We don't need 'Little Johnny's last day of school' ones every July' as well. Absolutely. FB is full of Then/Now pictures - not really showing any difference. It is only this year that it seems to have swamped my feeds, hoping everyone forgets next year or theres another trend for em to follow by then. |
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Post by profquatermass on Jul 25, 2018 20:35:31 GMT
Mammia Mia is a film that is shockingly acted, directed by someone who has clearly never seen film before and has a plot that wants us to believe Meryl Streep is a slut. Its utter horsesh*t, despite me loving Abba. Slut? Because we live in the 1940s and anyone who has sex before marriage should be shamed before the church elders? Seriously? |
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Post by duncan on Jul 26, 2018 9:30:52 GMT
Someone who has unprotected sex with 3 strangers over the course of a very short time period is the very definition of slut or slapper or slag.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 9:33:25 GMT
Thank you, sir, for casting such unflattering judgement over a young woman in control of her own sexuality and letting us all know where you, sir, stand on this issue.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 9:50:37 GMT
Someone who has unprotected sex with 3 strangers over the course of a very short time period is the very definition of slut or slapper or slag. I don't agree at all. As long as someone is being safe and they are not hurting themselves or anyone else, their body is their body, mind is their mind and they should be able to do whatever they please without judgement. She may of had sex with three men in a short space of time, but what if she had never had sex before or after? Is she still a slut then? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 9:52:24 GMT
1. Meryl Streep can have as much sex with as many people in a weekend as she likes.
2. So can anyone else.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 9:53:35 GMT
1. Meryl Streep can have as much sex with as many people in a weekend as she likes. 2. So can anyone else. Meryl Streep is one of the only women that could turn me straight. She is stunning! |
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