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Friday 26 April 2013

Are You A Beautiful Man? Don't Go To Saudia Arabia!


Right Said Fred was too sexy for his shirt and no one batted an eyelid. Now, three men have been told that they are too sexy for a whole country and Saudi Arabia has evicted them.

Local newspapers have reported that the men were delegates from the United Arab Emirates and attending a cultural festival in Saudia Arabia when they were first spotted.  Officers from the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice decided that the men would be too distracting for the women in attendance so did what any sane person would do when faced with a dilemma like this - promptly evicted them.

Wednesday 24 April 2013

In Response to the Man of Steel Haters: Calm Down. It’s Not Even Out Yet


It’s been two years since news of a new Superman film emerged and the Internet had another of its little meltdowns. What caused it this time, exactly? Just the identities of the film’s director and producer: Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) and Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception). These fans weren’t simply outraged but pro-active, too. Articles, videos and whole blogs (one cheerfully alliterative, “Snyder’s Superman Sucks”) sprang up overnight to denounce this film. However, if you wade through the frothing rage, you find their central issue: this Superman isn’t faithful.