Whilst, technically speaking, it is not anti-semitic to state that someone is Jewish as a simple fact, there is a position from which it could be argued that the unnecessary inclusion of the word 'Jew' in an otherwise derogatory post about her suggests that the poster thinks of being Jewish as a...
Well, as I said, I had never heard of Elaine Stritch before Morrissey mentioned her, and so I went away and watched several videos of her doing her thing, and I didn't laugh once. She shouted a lot and her voice was very grating. I did the same thing with Joan Rivers, with much the same result...
Disagree. The 'schtick' was what she chose to do, and that entailed criticising female celebrities for their appearances, which, in my opinion, is a contributory factor in how messed up so many women are about how they look. Eating disorders, mental problems and numerous other miseries are...
I didn't like Joan Rivers at all - it's very easy to be nasty about people's outfits and create laughs by being unkind. What takes real talent is making people laugh without doing that.
I love Nick Cave . . . 'Straight To You' and 'The Ship Song' are two of my favourite songs ever. He signed my arm when I saw him in Glasgow, and I got it tattooed over. I want Morrissey's signature on the other arm, but that doesn't look it will be happening any time soon.
No, I know she's dead - people can continue to be annoying after they die. Especially famous ones of whom there are lots of recordings of them yelling.
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