The Dutch did it again
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The Dutch did it again
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Re: The Dutch did it again
unfortunately they did it in dutch
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Re: The Dutch did it again
If you scroll down a little to the embedded video, you get the real deal.
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Re: The Dutch did it again
You can see it at-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-o9pwWUzz0
3min 14secs
The first 12 seconds are subtitled in English, and the rest of the video is in English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-o9pwWUzz0
3min 14secs
The first 12 seconds are subtitled in English, and the rest of the video is in English.
Re: The Dutch did it again
In my early days on this site someone called me out in very, very uncivilised terms because I genuinely and in interest asked why many Americans are almost fanatical but mostly interested in guns and their right to kill. I don't want to go there again. Interesting but let's just drop it as being a subject that's on the banned list. There will not be any satisfactory answers that will solve the problem - I think it runs too deep, is too widespread and the gun lobby is too powerful with too many politicians in their pay.
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I did not wanted to stir the ants nest but show that there is satire outside the borders of the USA that could compete with the American satire. For me the form and format counted much more than the content or subject.
Sorry if I went against the grain.
Sorry if I went against the grain.
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Nah, that's all right. I appreciate the satire and in that respect it's very English as well, but then you are just across the North Sea River from us. Just trying to head off trouble at the pass that's all. I didn't know if you knew about some of the vicious banter that went on in a thread or two about this topic. Cool, man.
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Re: The Dutch did it again
I recognised it pretty much right off as satire, and pretty good satire as well. Yes, it was typically European, but very good all the same.
Where one runs into problems is when satire blurs perfectly into what passes for reality -- and that's where the USA is at the moment. One doesn't know whether to laugh, cry, be very afraid, or all of the above. For all we know it's a case of, "Eat, drink, and laugh gentlemen, for tomorrow we'll all be dead."
It may be apocryphal, but the reason that Tom Lehrer gave for his retirement from musical satire was, "In a world where Henry Kissinger can win the Nobel Peace Prize, there is no room for satire." Things has not improved.
Where one runs into problems is when satire blurs perfectly into what passes for reality -- and that's where the USA is at the moment. One doesn't know whether to laugh, cry, be very afraid, or all of the above. For all we know it's a case of, "Eat, drink, and laugh gentlemen, for tomorrow we'll all be dead."
It may be apocryphal, but the reason that Tom Lehrer gave for his retirement from musical satire was, "In a world where Henry Kissinger can win the Nobel Peace Prize, there is no room for satire." Things has not improved.
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If I'm not mistaken there are two ponds between beachlion and sinned wit Ireland somewhere in between. As to the Lubach satire, if I'm not mistaken he is no longer on prime time as it's not in line with the normal accepted satire.
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That's a shame because it was actually an excellent article worthy of the best topical comedy around.
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