then there's the whole "irish are the blacks of europe, dubliners are the blacks of ireland, and northsiders are the blacks of dublin". no. black people are the blacks of europe.
even at the time i wondered how he got away with this. i actually loved the barrytown trilogy of books in my teens, mainly because of the dialogue i guess, and some of the thoughts of the characters, but i think the van and the snapper are far, far better than the commitments. paddy clarke, ha ha ha is good too.
essentially the commitments has too much of roddy doyle pontificating about culture - the van and the snapper are a lot more about human behaviour - that said the snapper is p fucking weird too. like a character is raped but it's all okay in the end cos she loves her baby.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
That movie about two cork lads finding a bale of drugs from last year looked good.
Sing street was a charming but lazy hackjob.
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
was gonna mention paddy clarke but didnt want to steer us off topic
i feel like doyles characters thoughts are what interest me about his work
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:40 (six years ago) link
Agreed that the van is the best movie from Doyle's books, if that's actually what you said. Because Colm meaney is magnificent.
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
dmac is that young offenders
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
i enjoyed young offenders, was daft but made me laugh
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
Ya. Must catch it
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:45 (six years ago) link
When will technology allow for a third policeman adaptation
I mean really it's about at swimtwobirds but I will accept the Hobbit as a starter
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
young offenders is on us netflix so i'll probably watch that one soon
found an irish lady on okcupid a few weeks ago and she wrote that she didn't read much but to recommend books so i recommended an o'nolan one
never got a response
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
Probably set her off on mega man 4 there when what she needed might've been super Mario land 2
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
what if i don't play super mario land 2
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link
Let her go, twas never meant
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:23 (six years ago) link
So what you're saying is I should've said maeve binchy
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
Was she specifically looking for an Irish book tho
― quet inn tarnation (darraghmac), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link
i want to say no so i know where you're going with this and i actually thought that was my mistake after i sent the msg
no big deal
live and learn
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link