Posts by George Darroch
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Seriously, Justine came to NZ for a trip in 1995, brought a tape of the TV One evening news back to Italy and I thought it was satire. I took some convincing.
Some Australian friends visited Golden Bay last summer, and had to be told by the bach-owner that the television was getting full reception. They kept looking for the 'serious' channel.
I don't think this is the fault of individual journalists. I know journalists, and they work hard within the very considerable constraints they are given. The problem is structural.
And if there is one person in this country who I blame, it is Michael Cullen, who made the Government's decision that TVNZ's profits were more important than the public interest. Side projects notwithstanding.
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Thanks. I am so naive about some of these things. Are you allowed to say erotic or is it erratic?
It's allowed to be erotic, but only if it's art.
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Sorry, it's an ironic habit, derived from speaking too much on the internets.
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And then of course, pronography is already illegal in much of the country if you're black.
The Economist tracks the "Intervention", which will soon spread to all residents of the NT receiving state assistance. Can't have discrimination, can we?
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...Australia is now checking at the border for pron.
It's hard to understate how conservative Rudd is. He may not have enough influence to swing Australia in directions it doesn't want to go, but his group seem to be trying.
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I kind of hate myself now. But I can pretty much recite the words to Dirty Dancing.
As can a huge section of the women I know between about 25 and 35. Generational thing?
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I avoided Monty Python for years when all I'd heard was geeks saying stuff like "He's not the messiah!!! He's a very naughty boy!!!! lolz".
I think that most of the MP stuff just isn't very funny. Some is brilliant (dead parrot), but a lot doesn't travel well in time and space.
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Except for the trailers to horror movies, which seem to delight in spoiling the ending.
You mean there are actually trailers that don't reveal the ending?
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I know the lines better from movies I haven't seen. Trailers are awesome these days.
I don't know why you'd want plot or narrative, or pay money to sit in the dark for two hours. Sit back, relax, and let your mind go blank.
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Oh, and +1 on wanting clarification on how you play scrabble/sex. This thread is throwing up more questions than answers.
More even than a final episode of Lost.