Festival of WHAT?
Jan 28th 2013, 6:37 am
#16
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
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I think they knew exactly what they were getting and consciously went for the big-name celebrities rather than proper authors. It wouldn't surprise me if Jordan is on next year's list.
Meanwhile, I'm also unsure how they reconcile promoting a festival headlined by such a despicable ex-criminal (destroying other peoples' careers by lying under oath about paying off a prosititute, remember?) with the various sanctimonious public pronouncements about the need to respect Dubai's cultural sensitivities.
There is form for this kind of thing, albeit not for a convicted criminal. Remember Mylene Klass being the 'face of Dubai or some such in a load of advertising? This despite her being an unmarried mother.
Here's one of the ads.http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA12772 . As if they'd let a taxi driver into Meydan...
I think they knew exactly what they were getting and consciously went for the big-name celebrities rather than proper authors. It wouldn't surprise me if Jordan is on next year's list.
Meanwhile, I'm also unsure how they reconcile promoting a festival headlined by such a despicable ex-criminal (destroying other peoples' careers by lying under oath about paying off a prosititute, remember?) with the various sanctimonious public pronouncements about the need to respect Dubai's cultural sensitivities.
Here's one of the ads.http://www.tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA12772 . As if they'd let a taxi driver into Meydan...
Last edited by Meow; Jan 28th 2013 at 6:40 am.
Jan 28th 2013, 7:29 am
#17
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
I read a few of Archers books in my early teens and loved them. I then moved onto Wilbur Smith, which I loved too. Neither would interest me now. The man has a talent for invention 
. Not worthy books but there are many tv shows/ films etc that aren't clever but hugely popular too.
As for his guilt, I'm sure he's rubbing shoulders with many peers here.
. Not worthy books but there are many tv shows/ films etc that aren't clever but hugely popular too.As for his guilt, I'm sure he's rubbing shoulders with many peers here.
