by philipchevron Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:14 pm
goodmanyourself wrote:You scumbags, you maggots… leave that sacred Pogues song aloneSanta's on coke, Sherlock's sexed-up and Helena Bonham Carter is newly honoured, but some seasonal institutions should remain beyond parodyread on @
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... sfeed=true
If something is so precious it is beyond parody, it should probably be put out of its misery. The trick, however, is to send it up
well, which Mr McIntyre (a name new to me, I must say: did he pay that audience to attend?) could never be accused of.
[quote="goodmanyourself"][size=150]You scumbags, you maggots… leave that sacred Pogues song aloneSanta's on coke, Sherlock's sexed-up and Helena Bonham Carter is newly honoured, but some seasonal institutions should remain beyond parody[/size]
read on @
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/08/stewart-lee-christmas-traditions-pogues?newsfeed=true[/quote]
If something is so precious it is beyond parody, it should probably be put out of its misery. The trick, however, is to send it up [i]well,[/i] which Mr McIntyre (a name new to me, I must say: did he pay that audience to attend?) could never be accused of.
