Newsnight Review - Friday, 11 May, 2007
- 11 May 07, 06:00 PM
The panel discuss:
The film Jindabyne; Don DeLillo's latest Falling Man; Vernon God Little at the Young Vic Theatre; and 大象传媒 Three's Gavin and Stacey.
Comment on the programme here and let us know if you agree with the views of Paul Morley, Germaine Greer, Lionel Shriver, Kwame Kwei-Armah
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re Jindabyne panel discussion - I would ask/implore your presenter and Germaine to listen to Paul Kelley's track 'I'll Forgive But I Wont Forget' - 1996 - Track 3: Deeper Water album - Mushroom Records. Tell me then that it hasn't been done before and how well Paul K does it.
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The Hardeep Singh Kohli suit. We must admire the purity of the paradigm. If the role of art is to question ourselves then was it fluorescent pink or was it tomato? A troubling exploration of colourtone that leaves us in limbo between prose and poetry, haunted by the suit's very insatiablity. As outcasts of a better more complicated world the suit leaves us pondering, could we have found our way back if only it had been in banana?
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genius. you clearly watched the whole show...
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Paul Morley and Kwame are the two worst pannellists on Newsnight Review. Lazy, shallow, unresearched opinions, poorly expressed. Please ditch them now.
Greer is always great. Shriver is a bit odd but watchable.
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Never a disabled panelist yet one third of theatre tickets are purchased by disabled people.
This programme format is tired now I think Martha and Kirsty have ruined a great show..
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Equality and Inclusion (number 5).
How do you know? Surely, you realise that a disability isn't always visible.
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I thought Friday's show was one of the best in a long time, despite the best efforts of Paul Morley and Kwame Kwei-Armah. Morley just isn't a good critic, even by NME standards, while Kwei-Armah, though seeming like the nicest guy in the world, still can't come up with anything partuicularly meaningful.
Hardeep was an excellent host again, leading the debate well and ensuring it never descended into the shouting matches seen in recent weeks. Greer and Shriver were also predictably excellent.
Not wishing to drag out a point made every week, but the show really needs three guests instead of four. I propose two permanent panellists with a special guest every week. Having four guests imposes unnecessary time constraints on each person as they talk, rarely allowing them to go into any detail. Having just one guest per week could also avoid the awful shouty shows because a single guest might feel more obliged to be polite in the company of three resident personnel.
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Can I just say that bbc3's gavin & stacey is absolutly fantastic. The story and humour is an absolute belter. I have told all of my friends after watching the first episode and they have all been transfixed since. I have even recieved a thumbs up from my grandad Mervyn Haisman (a former bbc script writer, howards way etc)which is very rare!!!
If I am to be completely honest the only two annoying things about this programme is that we have to wait a WHOLE WEEK for the next episode and it is ONLY HALF AN HOUR each time.
My friends and I very seldom watch the 大象传媒 channels anymore only sky as the stories either cover murder, rape or political rubbish or poor story lines, which to be honest is just depressing.
Will Brian Connelly ever come back?
It does make a great change to have some enjoyable unpredictable comedy which puts you in a great mood for the coming weeks.
大象传媒3 is starting to produce a great variation of interesting programmes which I feel is desperatly needed. You are targeting the the right topics for 25-35 year olds which I feel makes complete sense.
Thanks bbc3 keep up the good work!!!
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