You might have heard of Giles Coren. He's primarily a restaurant critic for The Times, but he's done a few TV programmes now: he was on the first series of The F-Word, had a film review show on Five and does those historicalSupersize Mes for BBC Four.
In the world of journalism, though, he's now best known for a series of abusive emails he's sent to various sub-editors who have edited his work, as well as to a fellow critic. How we've all laughed at Giles' outbursts – some have sided with him, wishing they'd written the emails themselves, while others have called him bad names and said he's a rubbish writer who needs editing anyway.
I mention this all because of an exciting new trend. Remember the Torchwood/Hitler crossover video (which you can now find over here)? Well, now someone's done it to Giles Coren, too (it'll have helped to have read his emails first):
Coren's response:
'I'm fluent in German, so watching it with subtitles is not quite as funny for me as for everybody else. There was a time when an Englishman could speak fluent French and German, but I suppose the YouTube generation spends its time doing this instead. It would be funny for me if it was in Russian.' But he went on to concede that he 'laughed a lot' at the video.
I think that tells you everything you need to know about him.
From today's Guardian, in a piece on The Wire by Charlie Brooker:
A few weeks ago, I went to New York for the premiere and got to interview several members of the cast… Incidentally, both Bubbles and Omar recognised me, having seen the Screen Wipe segment on YouTube. And yes, I'm bragging about that. As Wire devotees will understand, it was possibly the most thrilling moment of my life.
That would be me who uploaded it. Do I get a reward? Anyway, in case you missed it, here's Charlie on why you should watch it. The good news from the piece, UK viewers, is season five is coming to FX in July. Remember to watch it/get Sky by then.
A couple of good articles on The Wire for your delectation. The first is from the Columbia Journalism Review, which discusses the history behind The Wire, as well as David Simon's views on journalism and his relationships with his ex-colleagues. The Chicago Tribune has a similar piece as well, but is more focused on the TV show than the CJR piece.
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