Comments on: Winklepedia

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:23:44 +0000

Obviously take the point about criticism of her appearance, but it’s surely a valid point that a hell of a lot of people in the media do get a significant hand up from their family connections.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:17:56 +0000

“Littlejohn” vs. “Winkleman”?

Heheheheheh.

Andrew.

… lowering the tone since 19-something-something …

By: Mr Larrington

Mr Larrington — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:52:36 +0000

James, you are a Bad Man, run a Bad Railway and owe me a keyboard.

On a purely personal and bitchy level I’m glad it’s not Kermode. He’s been persona non grata round these parts ever since he dissed Dr Larrington on national radio.

By: links for 2010-03-31 « pootling

links for 2010-03-31 « pootling — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:30:26 +0000

[...] Anton Vowl looks at the Daily Mail readers views on Claudia Winkleman (and women in general) Clearly it makes for depressing, misogynist, reading. Personally, I don't mind Winkleman, and although I wouldn't have thought of her first, she might work out well. (tags: claudiawinkleman film2010 tv dailymail blog post enemiesofreason antonvowl misogyny) [...]

By: James Aylett

James Aylett — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:12:25 +0000

I particularly liked the comment that “I’m surprised they didn’t shoe-horn in Mrs Ross”. That would be Hugo Award winning screenwriter Jane Goldman. Yes, I can see that having her host a film programme would be utterly ridiculous.

By: Banner

Banner — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:05:38 +0000

The delightful comments by the Daily Mail readers made me a little bit sick in my mouth.

Thing is, maybe they do find her immensely irritating. Fine. They’re perfectly allowed not to like her – it’s the fact that they can’t express this dislike without also dribbling a lot of sexist rubbish. It makes me wonder which comes first – do they dislike her because she’s a woman? Or do they dislike her, and then frame their criticisms of her in a sexist way because that’s the only way they know to go on the attack?

I’m probably overthinking this.

(Also, Hazel Dean’s post *has* to be a piss-take, surely… “SHE HASN’T TALLENT SHE HAS TO WROK AT BEING STUPID ALL THE TIME”. I think it takes tallent to be as stupid as Hazel, personally. Although I’m sure she wroks at it.)

By: Miss Suffragette

Miss Suffragette — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:19:48 +0000

Hang on, hang on… when Carol Thatcher became part of The One Show team, no one kicked up a fuss by the fact she was the daughter of Conservative Prime Minister….Oh. Of course, silly me.
I forgot that Daily Mail saying: “If it’s blue or conservative it’s dandy but if it’s red or labour then it needs a good spanking.*”

*Made this shit up. In true Daily Mail spirit.

By: Anton Vowl

Anton Vowl — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:32:46 +0000

Perhaps it’s possible to be both better and worse. Who knows?

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:55:14 +0000

I’m glad it’s Winkleman, mainly because when I first saw the photo I thought they’d given the job to eye-catchingly-titled-yet-ultimately-tedious-’documentary’-'maker’ Dawn Porter.

“The film tells the story of a man who tries to lift his house into the sky by attaching balloons to it. But how realistic was it? Does the plot stay true to life? There was only one way to find out; I, Dawn Porter, would have to try and make my house float. First, I’d need to write down some some rules for my mission on a needlessly large A1 sheet of cardboard. Next, I’d need to speak to someone who knows all about making things float, so I found Dr Adam Twatt, head of the Department of Staving Off Employment at Rutland’s prestigious Bumhole University”

By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:28:35 +0000

I don’t want to lower myself to their level, but I’m going to; Claudia Winkleman is properly fit. Of course I realise that has no bearing on her ability to host Film 2010. However I will probably watch it now because she’s on it. Am I better or worse than the screeching harpies on the Mail site? I’m so confused.