"someone as pretentious, egotistical and manufactured as Bono"
a lot of people seem to believe bono to be those things and i could certainly understand where this is rooted. however, i think this is a media perspective and sort of gloss labeling. i think if people who thought this about bono may not have invested time or energy (understandably, rightfully so; bono/u2 is not for everyone) into other shades of the man. for instance, in jann wenner's 2005 interview, the book "u2 by u2" and etc. one could see a bono who indeeds understands the pretentious, egotistical and manufactured tendencies in himself but one could also experience the doubt, humility and vulnerability as well. bono is fallible and flawed but also someone who seems to want some truth and exploration as well. i think he is admittedly self-conscious and insecure as the next person, not alone, public figure.
i think the fact bono was moved and lit up by buk's work lends credence to the fact that buk was painting with a broad brush and could seep into anyone's work. yes, the bono of the past 20 years seem incongruous to bukowski''s work. but bono as a boy/man in dublin and in the early years of u2 is consistent to buk if you were to look into it.
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etbeard1
14 years ago
sfdersh-1, are you actually Bono?? the thought of Bono in a Bukowski doco did rankle me at first but i did find his contribution interesting and thoughtful. though maybe he tried a tad too hard to be making quotable observations. I can forgive Bono's egomania as I'm sure the constant adoration of him and his kind makes someone prone to this condition.
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CannibalsOnCannabis
14 years ago
Bukowski called Bono a "millionaire rock-star, a part of the establishment regardless of what he says".
Of course, I'm getting this from Wikipedia, so who knows how accurate that is...
"The Losers Club"
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sonnyt90
12 years ago
Bono is a fraud and a prick. Did anyone notice how hard he was trying to read that poem? The camera obviously cut out somewhere in the middle, I bet he made them record that ten times. No one else in the doc tried to read his poetry with that phony sense of emotion because no one else was an egotistical bitch worried more about their own image in the film than talking about Bukowski. *beep* Bono.
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