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Is this Winterbottom's ultimate postmodern wind up?

posted 9 years ago by davy_dodds
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I saw the trailer for this last night; the following questions occurred to me:

Why is a man with £15M in the bank at the head of a film about inequality?

Why is a man with £15M in the bank pretending to be one of the 99%?

As Russell Brand was at the house of Lord Rothermere, who he alleges is a tax evader, is he also at the offices/homes of the owners of the Guardian who actively dodged tax on the £850M they got from the sale of Autotrader? Is that bit in the film, just not the trailer? If not, why not?

Why is Russell Brand repeating the untruth that the bankers 'stole' money; when it was handed to them quite willingly and legally by the Labour Party and Gordon Brown? (Hundreds of billions of pounds of borrowed taxpayers money).

If it's OK to demonise bankers for accepting money from the Government that the country cannot afford; is it also OK to demonise migrants for taking money from the Government that the country cannot afford? If not, why not?

Is this movie a massive pi$$take? Has to be, surely...?

[–] fliffster 9 years ago

Why is a man with £15M in the bank at the head of a film about inequality?

Because despite having made some money himself he can still have empathy for others and he's not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Plus with his celeb status and popularity he knows he can reach more people. Good for him and even better for us!

Why is a man with £15M in the bank pretending to be one of the 99%?

He isn't pretending to be anything, he's standing up for others whose voices haven't been heard.

As Russell Brand was at the house of Lord Rothermere, who he alleges is a tax evader, is he also at the offices/homes of the owners of the Guardian who actively dodged tax on the £850M they got from the sale of Autotrader? Is that bit in the film, just not the trailer? If not, why not?

I don't know? Is his landlord in it too? Allegedly he's a bit of a dodger.

I think the bankers and the government are as dodgy as hell! They certainly don't give a toss about the taxpayers. Russell seems to.

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[–] waffleman101 9 years ago

the problem with the banks is that they use their money and influence to create a situation where we HAD to bail them out or the consequences would be far worse, according to economists, who work for the banks...
the fact you are defending the current banking system is sad and very ignorant because there is very little good about it short of some convenience of getting money when you want it.

you ask why he goes after one person over another? really? you expect one documentary, one crew of people to go after all of the bad people? come on get real.

the difference between a poor person and a bank taking free money is that we don't need banks to survive and people need money to survive, thanks to...banks!

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Is that bit in the film, just not the trailer? If not, why not?

wait are you talking bollox about a documentary you havn't even seen yet?

[–] laurendorward-990-190608 9 years ago

Russell Brand does a hell of a lot for the poor. Not only did he give all the profits of scandalous to charity but the proceeds from his children's book go to the primary school he used to go to. He has set up a soup kitchen and is active in drug rehabilitation.
He helped the women on the London estate get the press they needed to stop them losing their homes.
Yes he is wealthy, so what. At the end of the day at least he is trying to do some good.
Maybe watch the doc before you bang on about something you have no idea about.

[–] Hotbreaks 9 years ago

I would love to see how this film would have been received had it been presented and headed up by a homeless person.

If the only issue some viewers have with this movie is Brand's net worth... well... must be a good movie!

And it is.

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