Comments on: This Is Not Dallas, And There Is No A-Team

By: GrahamJ

GrahamJ — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:30 +0000

This are interesting glimpses into various psyches.

I await more with interest.

By: The Cloudgazer

The Cloudgazer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:39:58 +0000

Hi Sarah. Thanks for the feedback, dunno what you mean about the ’set-up’ – I’m not a professional, just an amateur hack.

By: Alex Papadopulos

Alex Papadopulos — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:07:54 +0000

Thanks Sarah, what do you think about the fact that we had this kind of censorship though?

By: SarahB

SarahB — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:21:49 +0000

Nice try. Apart from the monotonous use of the set-up, not much to crow about. Basic. 4 out of 10.

By: Alex Papadopulos

Alex Papadopulos — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:31:43 +0000

I found something interesting and sad at the same time

http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/18/world/south-africa-loosens-gag-and-the-press-pipes-up.html?pagewanted=all
I found something interesting, and sad at the same time

By: The Cloudgazer

The Cloudgazer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:24:34 +0000

My God, Wielie Walie! I’d forgotten about that. I would also love to know what it was about. Lewie Heksie irritated the shit out of me though.

By: Alex Papadopulos

Alex Papadopulos — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:16:22 +0000

I suppose that Afrikaans bothered me for the same reason that it bothered The CG, I didn’t know what was going on – and I really wanted to know what was going on in Wielie Walie, the worm always intrigued me the most.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:30:27 +0000

Afrikaans also never bothered me, I quite liked the language but being drawn to linguistics, no surprises there I guess.

By: theFlipSide

theFlipSide — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:13 +0000

Lucky I guess, but I never minded if something was in English or Afrikaans. I listened/read whatever language it came in. I do think a few kids must have been rather shocked when they realised that the people in Beverly Hills 90210 didn’t really speak any Afrikaans.

Censorship did lead to some ingenious “underground” publications (such as Max du Preez’s Vrye Weekblad) and made books, like Paton’s Cry the Beloved Country, more popular than what it would have been otherwise.

I don’t think censorship ever achieves what it set’s out to do, this being a perfect example.
theFlipSide´s last blog ..ROMA

By: Alex Papadopulos

Alex Papadopulos — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:28:10 +0000

No censorship here, unless I’m in a bad mood