Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

Voltex

Why do people find this program so fascinating?

galwayrush

I don't.

martic

It satisfies my big dress fetish

HondaSami

I want to know who pays for the big dresses and the gigantic cakes and why is the price such a secret.

Schnitzel Muncher

Who are the people who watch this sh**e? Wanna be Gypsies?

Prodigious

At least we know they don't get their dresses from Abercrombie and Fitch

Schnitzel Muncher

HondaSami wrote: »

I want to know who pays for the big dresses and the gigantic cakes and why is the price such a secret.

Father / parents of the bride I guess?

Lisha

Schnitzel Muncher wrote: »

Father / parents of the bride I guess?

Yes ok, but where did they get their money?

My name is URL

Voltex wrote: »

Why do people find this program so fascinating?

I dunno. Why do people find watching parasitic wasp larvae dig their way out of a still living caterpillar so fascinating?

Big Nasty

Some of dem wimmins I'd love to leave with a face like a painters radio.

That's as close as I would like to get though.

Lisha

I want to understand the dresses. for instance why anyone would think its a good idea to put a communion child in a dress with no skirt at the front.
Yes the communion dress had a long train/skirt at the back (think November rain video ) but the front ended at the waist and there was a pair of spangly hot pants on show .

True story this, seen in ncw this week

Tom_Cruise

Lisha wrote: »

Yes ok, but where did they get their money?

Working, where else?

You're not trying to suggest that travellers rob, steal, scam and commit crime to pay for such things, are you?

Voltex

In the one episode thats running in the background Iv gathered that the Groom is Mammy'd, the Bride was taken out of school at 14 and became a slave...the groom has been arrested for something but bailed by the parents..then coped off with a stripper on his stag night/first night out of jail.

Does anyone find the showcasing of a minority group that have Irish accents a tad cringe inducing?

Cody Pomeray

I mainly watch it for how unsettling it is.

Same reason I like horror movies and AH.

Herb Powell

"Oh look at those stupid travellers, they're thick as shiit, aren't they? Glad we're not like that."

That's why.

Pure exploitation TV like Jerry Springer tbh.

Schnitzel Muncher

Lisha wrote: »

Yes ok, but where did they get their money?

No idea. Hard work I guess, the same as the rest of us.

Schnitzel Muncher

Voltex wrote: »

In the one episode thats running in the background Iv gathered that the Groom is Mammy'd, the Bride was taken out of school at 14 and became a slave...the groom has been arrested for something but bailed by the parents..then coped off with a stripper on his stag night/first night out of jail.

Does anyone find the showcasing of a minority group that have Irish accents a tad cringe inducing?

Was the stripper hot?

stefan idiot jones

I like watching the various tones of orange that the 'ladies' are morphing into.

It's so I can feel superior in the face of spectacularly crass consumerist vulgarity, believed to be the epitome of good taste by the undiscerning.

It works.

Sam Kade

Voltex wrote: »

Why do people find this program so fascinating?

you actually watched it.

Sound of Silence

Because when you watch it you're able to momentarily convince yourself that you might not be as fucked up as you think you are.

kneemos

Don't think they've done themselves any favours by exposing their culture on TV.

Catphish

Car crash TV. Few will admit to watching it because there is nothing to gain from it other than satisfying their curiosity. So, I'm going to admit it. I've watched it, and other such documentaries. They are a mysterious bunch.

I challenge anyone to go up to a lad that soaks his fists in petrol to ask him how he made his money for his daughters wedding. I'll get my popcorn.

up for anything

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Some of dem wimmins I'd love to leave with a face like a painters radio.

That's as close as I would like to get though.

This says more about you then it does about them. There is so much wrong with your post.

SEPT 23 1989

I am waiting for the episode where UK CAB and revenue arrives and demands to know where the money came from to pay for these tacky tasteless freak shows

Big Nasty

up for anything wrote: »

This says more about you then it does about them. There is so much wrong with your post.

Well like, that's just your opinion. Mine is that some of these ladies are like scooters: fun to ride if no one sees ya!

Sala

kneemos wrote: »

Don't think they've done themselves any favours by exposing their culture on TV.

Don't think this is fair - there was a woman on RTE I think it was one evening. I've seen her on a few things speaking about being a member of the travelling community, and she said a lot of this show is not representative of travellers in general, and some of the things (i.e. grabbing) they had never even heard of

Teyla Emmagan

To feel superior.

up for anything

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Well like, that's just your opinion. Mine is that some of these ladies are like scooters: fun to ride if no one sees ya!

Oozing with charm.

Freddy Smelly

HondaSami wrote: »

I want to know who pays for the big dresses and the gigantic cakes and why is the price such a secret.

the social welfare office pays for them of course... have you ever met a gyspy that doesn't sign on?

Schnitzel Muncher

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

the social welfare office pays for them of course... have you ever met a gyspy that doesn't sign on?

Signing on is part of their culture, you can hardly deny them that.

King of Kings

Schnitzel Muncher wrote: »

Signing on is part of their culture, you can hardly deny them that.

it would be racist to deny them that.

Annasopra

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

the social welfare office pays for them of course... have you ever met a gyspy that doesn't sign on?

I have met travellers who don't sign on yes

awec

I too would love to know how they afford such lavish events. I suppose we can all pretend that we don't care in the interest of equality.

gallag

awec wrote: »

I too would love to know how they afford such lavish events. I suppose we can all pretend that we don't care in the interest of equality.

Your just a big old fat racist for asking such things!

Death and Taxes

gallag wrote: »

Your just a big old fat racist for asking such things!

Awec is not fat, thats a shocking accusation to make!;)

Annasopra

awec wrote: »

I too would love to know how they afford such lavish events. I suppose we can all pretend that we don't care in the interest of equality.

The producers actually pay for some of them

dd972

Another pointless Traveller thread, they're like Death and Taxes, and they're a minuscule fraction of the populace in Ireland or the UK.

Pumpkinseeds

It's car crash tv that makes the viewer feel superior. Its the same reason people watch X Factor etc. I haven't watched gypsy weddings this year and if gypsy weddings bothers you then for God's sake don't watch Honey Boo Boo child. I've seen the ads for that and it makes me shudder. A fat,obnoxious, precocious kid with a pet piglet and a white trash family of knuckle dragging idiots. I won't be watching. Celebrating white trash, we must be near the bottom of the entertainment barrel now, surely

Jonty

caravans for some, miniature Irish flags for everybody.

thecatspjs

I wonder the same thing.

But then again, I get my kicks by watching 22 millionaires in shorts kicking a bit of leather around.

Why does anyone watch anything? For funsies of course.

wicklowstevo

mango salsa wrote: »

I have met travellers who don't sign on yes

prove it

grandfella

Herb Powell wrote: »

"Oh look at those stupid travellers, they're thick as shiit, aren't they? Glad we're not like that."

That's why.

Pure exploitation TV like Jerry Springer tbh.

to be fair, they are well up for it.

joe stodge

mango salsa wrote: »

The producers actually pay for some of them

Because a show like that is gonna spend €30,000 to €40,000 on a wedding.

meoklmrk91

joe stodge wrote: »

Because a show like that is gonna spend €30,000 to €40,000 on a wedding.

To be fair it would be well worth their whole to do so, the bigger and fatter the gypsy weddings are, the more lavish they are, they more shocked the viewer at home is going to be. I would say the producers easily drop €10-€20k on each wedding for access.

Wibbs

Herb Powell wrote: »

"Oh look at those stupid travellers, they're thick as shiit, aren't they? Glad we're not like that."

That's why.

Pure exploitation TV like Jerry Springer tbh.

This. So much this. Plus it's a small subculture within Travelers. Mostly UK based ones.

CruelCoin

Voltex wrote: »

Why do people find this program so fascinating?

It's that horrifying thing you can't bear to watch but can't turn away from.

valknut

Wibbs wrote: »

This. So much this. Plus it's a small subculture within Travelers. Mostly UK based ones.

No its not, its glamorized for television obviously but travellers go all out for weddings communions family gatherings etc no expense spared.

Couldn't watch this show or how any working person could who pays taxes. I hate seeing them in real life and I damn sure don't want them on my tv screen becoming z list celebs!

ronan45

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtwV2-px0e4

Annasopra

wicklowstevo wrote: »

prove it

Seeing as you live in Wicklow I'd be happy to bring you to meet them

gobnaitolunacy

Point-and-laugh tv, like the plainly useless X Factor contestants led to the slaughter.