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urabell · 13-01-2014 10:44PM

Gabriel Purple Bagpipe wrote: »

Too right. But who said they were? Why even your wit to this contrived argument?

I'm watching the show and it would be easy for someone to jump to that conclusion, I'm just pre empting the unempathetic

13-01-2014 10:44PM

KyussBishop wrote: »

Charlie Brooker has an ok article on it:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/12/benefits-street-poverty-porn-british-fury

Nice comment piece.

Laughed myself silly at this bit:

Some on the left think it's an offensive and misleading example of "poverty porn", which is just like regular porn, minus the money shots.

KyussBishop · 13-01-2014 10:48PM

Candie wrote: »

Nice comment piece.

Laughed myself silly at this bit:

His 'Weekly Wipe' show is good as well, which there appears to be a new series of now - this will probably be in it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brooker%27s_Weekly_Wipe

Eight Ball · 13-01-2014 10:48PM

markesmith wrote: »

Willow Park in Athlone.

I'm sure there are a few streets in Dublin like this?

Ailesbury road. Full of bankers who got hand outs from the Irish taxpayers.

My name is URL · 13-01-2014 10:50PM

There's no way these Romanian lads are for real... just no way.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-01-2014 10:50PM

Hootanany wrote: »

not a area a street then the area

You know that street in Dublin 7... Can't remember the name.....you know it.....they all wear sheepskin lined slippers...deal in second hand cars......what's it called again?????????

Eight Ball · 13-01-2014 10:52PM

Oh Jesus don't press over to RTE 2 Bono on talking ****e alert.

urabell · 13-01-2014 10:55PM

Eight Ball wrote: »

Ailesbury road. Full of bankers who got hand outs from the Irish taxpayers.

Some people get off scorning at benefit hounds others get off scorning at bankers, but we all get off and we all scorn and we're all probably wrong

mickydoomsux · 13-01-2014 10:56PM

They could do numerous concurrent series of this for Ireland.

You could start with Carlow 'town', then Athy, then Clonmel and then move on to the entirety of Wexford county. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to utter kips in around the country.

Gatling · 13-01-2014 10:57PM

Didn't TV 3 already do a version ohhhhh yeah tallifornia

But seriously how entertaining a street where 90% are on benefits long term ,
And now the residents are saying they where conned by C4 and made look like a bunch of lazy scroungers involved in criminality

Hootanany · 13-01-2014 11:01PM

Gabriel Purple Bagpipe wrote: »

You know that street in Dublin 7... Can't remember the name.....you know it.....they all wear sheepskin lined slippers...deal in second hand cars......what's it called again?????????

Stalker alert

urabell · 13-01-2014 11:01PM

Gatling wrote: »

Didn't TV 3 already do a version ohhhhh yeah tallifornia

But seriously how entertaining a street where 90% are on benefits long term ,
And now the residents are saying they where conned by C4 and made look like a bunch of lazy scroungers involved in criminality

'this guy is one of the best shoplifters I've ever met in my life'

entertaining and criminal in equal measure

My name is URL · 13-01-2014 11:03PM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

They could do numerous concurrent series of this for Ireland.

You could start with Carlow 'town', then Athy, then Clonmel and then move on to the entirety of Wexford county. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to utter kips in around the country.

Wouldn't be anywhere near as entertaining as this though, and it's just one small street.

Push Pop · 13-01-2014 11:08PM

Gatling wrote: »

Didn't TV 3 already do a version ohhhhh yeah tallifornia

But seriously how entertaining a street where 90% are on benefits long term ,
And now the residents are saying they where conned by C4 and made look like a bunch of lazy scroungers involved in criminality

I think it is a sad and uncomfortable look at society and how it has failed them and in equal measure how they are failing themselves.
Surely those Romanian guys are a set up, it's like a daily mail readers wet dream.

kneemos · 13-01-2014 11:10PM

Push Pop wrote: »

I think it is a sad and uncomfortable look at society and how it has failed them and in equal measure how they are failing themselves.
Surely those Romanian guys are a set up, it's like a daily mail readers wet dream.

Think they were Greek.

Gatling · 13-01-2014 11:13PM

kneemos wrote: »

Think they were Greek.

No they were all Romanian one or two said they previously worked and lived in greece

Hootanany · 13-01-2014 11:15PM

promised 40 a day the guy said he would only pay them 10 then paid them SFA

Gatling · 13-01-2014 11:17PM

Hootanany wrote: »

promised 40 a day the guy said he would only pay them 10 then paid them SFA

Then again they weren't exactly scared for there lives with the stories of gangs and killing ,

None of them didn't look like they were starving either

PizzamanIRL · 13-01-2014 11:19PM

TV3 will do their own version of this. They love that type of stuff.

Hootanany · 13-01-2014 11:25PM

Yep but where

Fox_In_Socks · 13-01-2014 11:25PM

Fade street.

Quality Street.

Dark Magic.

Lily o Briens.

Though I'd say the best was probably Bailey's chocolates.

What was the question again?

languagenerd · 13-01-2014 11:26PM

Remember when everyone just talked about jam whenever the dole was brought up? Can we just start doing that again? :pac: Mmmm jam...

mad m · 13-01-2014 11:28PM

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

TV3 will do their own version of this. They love that type of stuff.

It's on now, called Skint. But in Uk

Dyr · 13-01-2014 11:28PM

We could do NAMA street

"Our Mercs- Your Money"

Chucken · 13-01-2014 11:30PM

languagenerd wrote: »

Remember when everyone just talked about jam whenever the dole was brought up? Can we just start doing that again? :pac: Mmmm jam...

I tried my best to steer if off track but alas that didn't work

urabell · 13-01-2014 11:35PM

Starting episode 2 now, biting social commentary incoming

urabell · 13-01-2014 11:40PM

'You could have all the money in the world and have nothing compared to what we have here'

*Complains about money for the rest of the show*

Although in fairness she keeps the rest of the street in order and seems like a good mother, she deserves extra money. Here in Ireland they'd make her a 'social liason officer'.

I'll get banned if I start offering my uniquely biting social commentary on the gypsies so I'm afraid I have to call it a night here

Ficheall · 13-01-2014 11:55PM

Chucken wrote: »

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Fuk this I'm going back to the Golden Globes...

Are you getting an award this year? :eek:

Least supporting poster.

On topic: GO BRUMS!

oppenheimer1 · 14-01-2014 12:00AM

westcoast66 wrote: »

This is one program that I could never see RTE doing an Irish version of.

TV3 will however

Lenin Skynard · 14-01-2014 12:08AM

I thought it was funny. I switched over to it from RTE One where Irish people were paying Indian women to have babies that they could take home to Ireland. That was extremely grim in comparison.

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