tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post2111670604831694426..comments2023-10-01T00:16:36.045+13:00Comments on Opposable thumb: Apology to Clive SimmonsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-4009764494594728432009-01-08T18:05:00.000+13:002009-01-08T18:05:00.000+13:00Why has the interview been removed from the Listen...Why has the interview been removed from the Listener website then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-87055928661167645582009-01-07T15:38:00.000+13:002009-01-07T15:38:00.000+13:00So how come, if Cohen always wheels out this parti...So how come, if Cohen always wheels out this particular quote, we don't see it used anywhere else? Seems a bit queer to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-30490851259707081882009-01-07T14:06:00.000+13:002009-01-07T14:06:00.000+13:00I've seen Robert Fisk at writers festival sessions...I've seen Robert Fisk at writers festival sessions two and a half years apart in Wellington and Christchurch and he told identical stories each time -- word for word, with identical intonation during the most chilling Baghdad hospital anecdotes. You realise that the interview is a performance, whether onstage at the Embassy before hundreds or in a hotel before one man and a dictaphone. As the other anonymous says, you can reveal a lot and still keep yourself guarded. <BR/><BR/>Ditto with Leonard -- he's obviously found a perfectly polished answer for questions about difficult times in his life. Fair enough. You'd hate to hear him interviewed by a Kim Hill or a Mary Robinson, frustrated that he won't let his guard all the way down and give them something fresh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585898215305748248.post-25215338606362401082009-01-07T09:51:00.000+13:002009-01-07T09:51:00.000+13:00No offense to anyone intended here, but celebritie...No offense to anyone intended here, but celebrities in general, from actors to singers to fashion models, often repeat themselves. How many times can you be asked the same dumb question without smacking down the journalist/reporter/curious fan? The antidote is to get a great line and repeat it. They all do it. It suggests a consistency that none of us really have and patience that no human being could possess. In other words, it is an effective method to give yourself to the world while really keeping much of yourself protected and guarded. Hallelujah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com