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Does Russell Brand have a Messiah Complex?
- Published_at:2013-06-20
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:TheYoungTurks
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- description: "This video of Russell Brand laying waste to the cast of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC has been making the rounds, and it's devastating. They start by oddly baiting him ("He's a really big deal... I'm told this. I'm not very pop cultured, I'm sorry") addressing him in the third person, and at some point calling him Willy? I think? It's unclear what they think they're doing. And about six minutes in, he commandeers the show and marches off with it, leaving no survivors. ("Is this what you all do for a living?" he asks, later adding, "These people, I'm sure, are typically very good at their jobs. You're conveying news to the people of America? People of America, we're going to be okay.") I would liken the hosts to a kitten pouncing on what it assumes is a dazed snake and discovering it has latched onto the tail end of a dragon. It's cringe-inducing. "You're talking about me as if I'm not here and as if I'm an extraterrestrial," he observes. Never mock someone with a British accent."* *Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/06/19/russell-brand-devastates-morning-joe-does-he-have-a-point/
| ranked in date | views | likes | Comments | ranked in country (#position) |
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| 2013-06-22 | 34,350 | 1,937 | 1,187 |
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