tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post3788739514998261872..comments2024-03-29T09:14:53.583+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: The Meaning of Conchita WurstPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-45521943025664205922014-05-14T20:24:21.339+01:002014-05-14T20:24:21.339+01:00On the good Conchita's name, one of my other E...On the good Conchita's name, one of my other Eurovision-obsessed comrades texted me with this earlier:<br /><br />"I take issue with your translation of "Conchita Wurst". I humbly propose Fanny Sausage. "Conchita" is a real Spanish name with only an oblique reference to female genitalia, unlike "vagina""<br /><br />Who am I to argue with that?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53418897917601401522014-05-13T18:10:24.596+01:002014-05-13T18:10:24.596+01:00Nice photo ;-)Nice photo ;-)Speedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-13070477308599458752014-05-13T13:32:39.789+01:002014-05-13T13:32:39.789+01:00No, other things on my mind. I think everything ab...No, other things on my mind. I think everything about it has already been said, hasn't it?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-6336470524026749772014-05-13T12:50:52.775+01:002014-05-13T12:50:52.775+01:00Will you be writing a follow up article analysing ...Will you be writing a follow up article analysing the difference between the judges and the popular vote at aĺl?EFComradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03448737785635608861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-68085217222503549632014-05-13T10:24:52.025+01:002014-05-13T10:24:52.025+01:00Shock horror, in the absence of serious mainstream...Shock horror, in the absence of serious mainstream coverage of the problematic character of Ukraine's government, people's boos flowed with the dominant Western media narrative.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-76996445221279460842014-05-13T07:53:29.886+01:002014-05-13T07:53:29.886+01:00"How do you know they weren't?"
Erm..."How do you know they weren't?"<br /><br />Erm, they didn't boo Ukraine!<br /><br />But what can you expect of people who turn up and pay money to watch Eurovision, those folks are lost and never coming back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-15419687945572390472014-05-12T21:54:55.826+01:002014-05-12T21:54:55.826+01:00How do you know they weren't? I'm sure the...How do you know they weren't? I'm sure the boos for Russia had everything to do with the ongoing situation.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-91454242924409729262014-05-12T21:32:55.244+01:002014-05-12T21:32:55.244+01:00It would have been nice if the Eurovision crowd wo...It would have been nice if the Eurovision crowd would have shown some support for those heroic souls in the East of Ukraine who are risking their lives to demand something as simple as the right to vote.<br /><br />But no, forget their rights, let them all go to hell because Russia have gay rights we don't like!<br /><br />Eurovision is for philistines anyway, one of the worst spectacles since the Romans threw people to the lions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-43949731769266932022014-05-12T08:37:43.386+01:002014-05-12T08:37:43.386+01:00'Conchita Wurst' means 'Vagina Sausage...<i>'Conchita Wurst' means 'Vagina Sausage'</i><br /><br />Typical bloody man, even appropriating the one thing he definitely <b>hasn't</b> got...<br /><br />I thought Conchita was magnificent & a very worthy winner - it's nice to see Eurovision on the right side of history!<br /><br />I think there's still a discussion to be had about the politics of drag, though. (And this is a drag act - Tom Neuwirth doesn't get up in the morning as Conchita.) What's going on when a man takes on a female identity by adoping the trappings of the most reactionary, gender-polarised, high-maintenance, physically restrictive version of the 'feminine'? Put a woman in that gorgeous dress with the hobble skirt - or in one of Grayson Perry's party frocks - and you'd have a fair slice of what feminism's been against for the last 40 years.Philhttp://gapingsilence.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-72524509847187452762014-05-12T05:51:56.738+01:002014-05-12T05:51:56.738+01:00I wish that last comment were true Phil, but it...I wish that last comment were true Phil, but it's not that simple. Putin knows exactly where his support base lies - in the vodka-guzzling, less educated classes who see him as a hero. And he is a hero to the 80% or so who are his demographic - and these are not the sort of people who watch Eurovision. The chardonnay-drinking set who watch Eurovision aren't Putin fans to begin with.... the real question is why only third place?<br /><br />Simon from Moscow...Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61079024360784397132014-05-11T22:36:43.774+01:002014-05-11T22:36:43.774+01:00Just don't look at the Facebook comments under...Just don't look at the Facebook comments under the Eurovision page...many seem to have been removed (one calling for the gassing of gays with a photo of the SS attached). Many of the nastier comments were obviously Russian but not exclusively so (some Greeks and some very British sounding names). I really, really struggle to see how people can express such vitriol over a beard and dress combo?Alex Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-58556778595908449092014-05-11T22:31:09.608+01:002014-05-11T22:31:09.608+01:00I always thought Putin's shirtless stunts ough...I always thought Putin's shirtless stunts ought to make him a gay icon.<br /><br />Putin's spending more money on the welfare state whereas Britain has Atos so in some ways Britain may be less humane than Vladimir's empire. It all depends which vulnerable unpopular minority scapegoat you belong to, gays or "scroungers" <br /><br />Also there's so much hypocrisy and arrogance in Western foreign policy and the official narrative about Putin that in some ways I find myself warming to the bastard. <br /><br />Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097624792336619525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-2343678509550028782014-05-11T18:37:01.428+01:002014-05-11T18:37:01.428+01:00Come now Robert. For a man who stakes part of his ...Come now Robert. For a man who stakes part of his legitimacy on the promotion of a (strangely homoerotic) masculinity, Conchita has rendered some cultural assistance to liberal, progressive and socialist oppositions to this ridiculous man.<br /><br />The fact Russians rejected official whinging & homophobia might also cause some of Putin's allies to reflect that their roots aren't as deeply embedded in the country's culture as they think.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82147344721072163762014-05-11T18:29:09.855+01:002014-05-11T18:29:09.855+01:00Well I'm sure Putin's shaking in his boots...Well I'm sure Putin's shaking in his boots. I guess confronting the Yanks over Ukraine will be just a warm up act compared to drag queens on Eurovision. <br /><br />Apparently the Russian public gave Conchita third place.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097624792336619525noreply@blogger.com