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― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 09:48 (twenty years ago)

I love Henry Root, but like Craig Brown Donaldson's biggest failing is his unhidden contempt for the working class. And the snippets quoted in that article aren't very funny, are they?

― Le Marquis de Salade (noodle vague), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 09:52 (twenty years ago)

do you think that's true of craig brown? he's the only name of those three that i know, and while he new one seems a bit dud, he has done some great work.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

I used to like a lot of Craig Brown's stuff, but every Diary he did for an oik used the same comedy all-purpose WC voice. Maybe it's fairer to say he's a Fogey, but that amounts to the same thing really. (For me he crossed the line when he had a pop at Mark and Lard in a style that indicated he just didn't get what they did).

― Le Marquis de Salade (noodle vague), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 09:57 (twenty years ago)

I like Craig Brown, but his new history "satire" is really fucking awful.

― Masked Gazza, Wednesday, 16 November 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

And when I started to doubt him, I found that the Diary scored a lot more misses than hits. He seems to be repeating himself, or just coasting.

― Le Marquis de Salade (noodle vague), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 10:01 (twenty years ago)

he's probably doing too much.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

I guess that Public School snobbery is part of Private Eye's schtick (and its charm) but sometimes it gets wearing.

― Le Marquis de Salade (noodle vague), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

true. i hadn't read it for ages, and picked one up from the summer, and there was this 'how to spot a moderate muslim thing' which was *way* off-base.

this book confuses me, the co-author generally writes about celebs for a living.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 10:08 (twenty years ago)

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