Comments on: Eddie Izzard’s Show

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:01:45 +0000

Charli, Picture a giraffe chewing on tree leaves, then have his mouth drop open in surprise. *ggg*

By: Charli

Charli — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:59:24 +0000

Sounds like an awesome show. I’m trying to picture the giraffe expressions. Interesting point about comedy and drama. The best comedy is very, very serious.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:23:48 +0000

Gabriele, In theory, that’s correct. *g*

By: Gabriele

Gabriele — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:36:11 +0000

Yikes, that’s scary. One should be allowed to speak out against whatever one wants.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:27:47 +0000

Gabriele, I don’t know what happened in Germany, but I know here it’s best not to speak out against Scientology. They redefine litigiousness.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:24:11 +0000

Gabriele, Considering that Nazism was started so that the German people could once again have pride in their nation, I’m not surprised that a lot of them jumped on board in the beginning. Like a lot of things that start out with good (or at least decent) intentions, it was ‘bastardized’ and became something horrific.

By: Gabriele

Gabriele — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:23:21 +0000

Cruise carries his beliefs along like a banner, and the Scientologists have lost their charity status in Germany after they tried to force ex-member back by death threats and in at least one case, actually beating up someone.
Maybe it’s not the typical behaviour for them and there were some nutcases involved, but the leaders never made any clear statement against such practics. And that’s why Cruise is not very popular here, and some small cinemas even refuse to play his movies.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:21:07 +0000

Sam, I have no doubt that Eddie will be great in the role. Strangely, most comedians turn out to be fantastic dramatic actors. Must be all the pain they hide behind the laughs.

By: Gabriele

Gabriele — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:20:26 +0000

That makes sense then. A number of people started out approving some apects of the Nazi ideology and during time realised what it was really about, and some of those played along until they saw a chance to end it. In that context, one could say a general was not a Nazi (any more).

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:19:35 +0000

Gabriele, Unfortunately, the Japanese get the same treatment in school. My brother-in-law is from Germany, so I know what you’re talking about. I’d heard that there was a bit of an uproar when Tom Cruise was cast. It’s getting hard to separate Cruise and his beliefs from his movies these days. I think the REALLY strange/creepy thing is how much he resembles the real guy. It’s not my kind of movie, so I won’t be going to see it.