ptrbryant
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Caveat: I'm in the U.S. and primarily know of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross through listening to their podcasts--esp. Ross', which I really enjoy--and seeing youtube clips of Ross' Friday Night show (again, find it fun and interesting) and seeing some Russell Brand clips on youtube. I'm much more undecided on Brand since he can, at times, be smartly, hysterically funny and other times, just much too crude/profane.
I was following on the UK news as this whole controversy unfolded. I completely agree that they were out of line with their immature prank, but I do wonder that someone at the BBC didn't stop it from airing. What puzzles me is
1. Why it seems that the massive outrage came days after the event
2. Given other questionable things I've heard/seen on the BBC or BBCAmerica, it doesn't seem that this was so much worse than many of Graham Norton's rude phone calls, etc., yet there's clearly more outrage over Brand/Ross
3. Andrew Sachs' granddaughter, if I've got this right, is an exotic dancer with a group called the Satanic Sluts and has photos on her myspace page that match the description. I don't understand the insistence that the incident would mar her reputation.
Not trying to stir the pot, I'm just trying to understand how this became such a phenomenon.
Karla B.
I was following on the UK news as this whole controversy unfolded. I completely agree that they were out of line with their immature prank, but I do wonder that someone at the BBC didn't stop it from airing. What puzzles me is
1. Why it seems that the massive outrage came days after the event
2. Given other questionable things I've heard/seen on the BBC or BBCAmerica, it doesn't seem that this was so much worse than many of Graham Norton's rude phone calls, etc., yet there's clearly more outrage over Brand/Ross
3. Andrew Sachs' granddaughter, if I've got this right, is an exotic dancer with a group called the Satanic Sluts and has photos on her myspace page that match the description. I don't understand the insistence that the incident would mar her reputation.
Not trying to stir the pot, I'm just trying to understand how this became such a phenomenon.
Karla B.