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The perils of technology for all to see (The Catholic News)

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    3. well, tat's that

      I wonder how the films about the Catholic Church compare? Song for a Raggy Boy and The Magdalene Sisters combined gross would be a fair comparison.

    1. george

      The BBC didn’t make the Mrs Brown film they distributed it. It was a co-production between Irish and British companies and the creative “talent” was Irish.

      As for Fr Ted. It was paid for by channel 4, produced by a British company and made by mostly Irish people including the writers, cast and 2 of 3 directors.

  5. Annie

    I actually thought Panti’s film was quite good. In fairness though, the Irish Catholic were hardly going to give it a ringing endorsement now were they?! Still, I’ll bet Michael Kelly secretly thought it wasn’t too bad either but he has sort of made his bed at this stage. It takes all types, I guess…

  6. CousinJack

    I which the Irish Catholic had a comment section. Such fun coul;d be had bring enlightenmnet and science to the medievalists

    3. Fardays

      ‘Medievalist’ (‘medievalists’ in the plural) refers to scholars who focus their research on the Middle Age. I’m biased here, but we are no less – or indeed no more – enlightened than the average person. Again, I can’t speak for all, but a significant majority of those I know enjoy scientific subjects, and indeed have offered some valuable research in the field of the History of Science. Seen from this perspective, I would argue that this particular group of medievalists help brings science to the public sphere.
      In the UK we constantly get accused of being lefty liberal bastards, so I would argue that many would happily support Panti and the important success of the marriage referendum (at least all the medievalists I know were delighted about the result…there was one classicist who was upset, but we don’t talk about him). If you are interested in medievalist studies of homosexuality I can recommend, J. Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century (Chicago, 1981).
      I think I know what you meant, but I don’t think there’s a word for that (‘backward looking’ ‘regressive’ ‘uncivilized’ are suggestions for alternatives).

          3. Lilly

            Have at it but go easy on the cat nip. Tis time to go to bed when I start posting on threads that don’t interest me. Good night moggies.

          8. Don Pidgeoni

            @deluded -that was meant for lily. But of course shes asleep now.. I thought your joke was funny and bang on.

          13. Lilly

            And you, Don, are Dorothy Parker reincarnated. Such wit; I come here wondering ‘what zest does she have for us today’.

          16. Dόn Pídgéόní

            Thank you for your input Frida, it’s been urgently forwarded to head office where someone might give a cr**

  9. ollie

    Panti is nothing more than an attention seeking drama queen. He does nothing for the gay community other to reinforce the stereotypes.

      1. ollie

        here’s my speech. Sexual orientation doesn’t define anyone. We are all the same.
        Wearing a feckin dress and makeup reinforces stereotypes.

        1. FreshFish

          I recall Rory wasn’t wearing a dress when he first spoke so eloquently on that TV show.

          Here’s another fact for you: dressing up in drag is adopting a character for dramatic effect. It is a time honoured way of making fun of stereotypes.

  10. newsjustin

    Yeah – the comparison wax made to a) put the film’X takings in some kind of context and b) to compare it to another film where a man dresses up as a woman.

    Panti seems not to have realised the similarity between the two films.

  11. ollie

    And face facts: €48,000 takinsg in the opening week makes the film a monumental flop. Why? because irish people know self publicity when they see it, or don’t see it in Rory’s case.

    2. Nially

      If it were a blockbuster being screen in Ireland, yes, that would be true. It’s a documentary made on a shoestring, showing on limited release, and it had the highest opening weekend of any Irish documentary ever, with a decent per-screen total. The amount of money it’ll make needs to be judged in context of how much other documentaries make and how much this one cost to finance, and by those metrics it looks like it’ll be a financial success as well as a critical one.

      I also love the lads above saying “God, can you not criticise Panti without being called homophobic?” You obviously can, but like, when you actively seek out ways to try to bash someone, and insist that they’re terrible and that you don’t care at all about them (in your 1,048th comment on an article about them) people will naturally start to wonder why you’re so obsessed with that person, and odds are it’s either “homophobia” or “you have a BIG LESBIAN CRUSH ON THEM”.

  13. some old queen

    This project was crowd funded. Given the financial constraints it is pretty good work. The fact that a Catholic rag is trying to have a swipe at does it no harm at all.

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