by philipchevron Fri May 16, 2008 2:20 pm
Jon wrote:He’s got our vote for best lyricist of the 20th century, and he’s a singer who can bring grown men to tears with just one well-turned phrase. Is he a drunk and a now-and-then junkie? Sure. But the fans that find amusement in that, the ones who hold him up as some kind of mascot of Irish debauchery, are missing the point entirely. That’s a simpleton’s way of looking at Shane. That’s how fucking Walt Disney probably saw the Irish.
What a fantastic opening paragrah, love the Disney quote!
Although it fails to take into account Disney's actually-rather-good cod-Irish movie
Darby O'Gill And The Little People (1959) starring Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Albert Sharpe, Jack MacGowran and, especially, Ireland's greatest ever comic, Jimmy O'Dea.
[quote="Jon"][quote]He’s got our vote for best lyricist of the 20th century, and he’s a singer who can bring grown men to tears with just one well-turned phrase. Is he a drunk and a now-and-then junkie? Sure. But the fans that find amusement in that, the ones who hold him up as some kind of mascot of Irish debauchery, are missing the point entirely. That’s a simpleton’s way of looking at Shane. That’s how fucking Walt Disney probably saw the Irish.[/quote]
What a fantastic opening paragrah, love the Disney quote![/quote]
Although it fails to take into account Disney's actually-rather-good cod-Irish movie [i]Darby O'Gill And The Little People[/i] (1959) starring Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Albert Sharpe, Jack MacGowran and, especially, Ireland's greatest ever comic, Jimmy O'Dea.
