posted by davidt on Tuesday June 10 2003, @09:00AM
Shaun Goater writes:

From today's Manchester Evening News, a review of last night's Channel 4 Docu

In my view: The Importance of Being Morrissey by Eric Jackson, ManchesterOnline. Excerpt:

THE title of the programme was The Importance Of Being Morrissey (Channel 4, Sunday), but, to borrow another line from Oscar Wilde, it could have been called I've Nothing To Declare But My Genius.

Because Steven Patrick Morrissey, formerly of The Smiths, professional Mancunian and undoubtedly the greatest writer of pop lyrics ever, gave absolutely nothing away about his personal life in this one-hour documentary.
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  • I do not agree with any of this really...except the parts that I do agree with.

    I wonder what exactly people want to know about Morrissey that we do not already know. To my mind their are three "big" questions...

    1) Is he gay? Anyone with half a brain should be able to work out that if Morrissey is not gay then he certainly isn't straight. I think it is obvious from what was said in the doc. that Morrisey is no longer celibate and that his constant refusal to be bogged down by the prefixes hetero, bi or homo mean that he has probably had daliances with "all sorts".

    2) Is he racist? Do we really need to go into this? Obviously he is not racist. He may not be p.c but he is not a member or sympathiser of any ultra-right or right wing group. HE loves the Mexican commuinity and he has worked with Asian musicians...not a shred of evidence exists to support this and as he said in the doc. "What would I be trying to achieve?"

    3) Is he "bad" at business? Yes.

    What else do we need or want to know?
    Anonymous -- Tuesday June 10 2003, @10:14AM (#64853)
  • A treat and a delight from start to finish. I think the programme did Morrissey justice, capturing as it did the unique atmosphere of his live shows and giving us the opportunity to hear his latest pearls of wisdom. It was great to see and hear him again and good to see he is as stylish and witty as ever. However, I did wonder why they called on Miranda Sawyer, Noel Gallagher and JK Rowling to chip in their comments - Sawyer is a competent journalist but had few startling insights, Gallagher seems like a decent bloke but can barely string an intellingent sentence together without repeated use of the "f" word and JK Rowling may be richer than the Queen but had nothing remotely interesting to say about Morrissey. I would have preferred to see more footage of Morrissey performing or more analysis of his lyrics. The most priceless moment of the whole show was the sight of Morrissey blow drying his famous quiff. There were one or two embarrassing moments: poor old Morrissey being hugged by a spaced out Nancy Sinatra -(one word, Morrissey, why?) and, inexplicably, Morrissey in a burlesque club watching a woman strip - equally baffling, I cringed just as he did in the audience. Other than that, the best telly I've seen all year. The greatest living Englishman is back! Long may it last!
    Anonymous -- Tuesday June 10 2003, @11:04AM (#64863)
  • ...with at least one thing, the man is certainly bursting with HATE.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday June 11 2003, @01:38AM (#64984)


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