over the years everyone has known Russel Brand to be provocative and funny. Well recently on a new talk show he has taken it to the new level. he has invited the westboro Baptist church to come in and interview. he starts off introducing the religion. He then asked a series of questions to see if certain people were going to hell or heaven including gandhi which the westboro Baptist church thought he was going to hell. Russel brand then makes real light of the situation making the audience laugh. through out the show he mocks both sides of the situations. lastly he brings in a few guests that are homosexual he then has the two group of people comfort each other. They seem as if the westboro Baptist church people are not being polite. He then suggest the two group of people to hug each other with the intent of it never happening. when asked to analyze this I came up with the fact of how he can take such two opposing sides together. The westboro babtist church came in wearing nothing but black. they were also standing firm with what they believed in. Through out the skit both party's remained unanimous to their own stereotypes as if it was expected of them. It is incredible that russel Brand could make light of this situation. The most important theory I saw was that he counter attacked the westboro Baptist church in his favor so he can jump start his career.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_X_with_Russell_Brand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBA6qlHW8po
I totally agree that this was a desperate attempt at publicity. He as always been about getting into the public eye, whether it be through his antics or through his relationships, such as, his high profile marriage to singer Katy Perry. I don't however think that it is okay to use serious issues as a platform for entertainment, especially when it's at others' expense. The Church also played right into them. They will use any and every chance they get to spew their messages of hate and intolerance, while justifying it as religion or free speech. In my opinion, both parties were in the wrong.
ReplyDeleteI think that both of you are correct. I have never been a fan of Russel and I think that this was a cry for attention. He has recently stepped out of the spotlight and he felt like he was being forgotten about so he needed a publicitiy stunt.
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