*Cough, Choke, Die.*
Is this just too much beer talking, or is Arundhati Roy the sexiest person alive? I mean, she’s just the most intelligent, down-to-earth, sensible person on the planet, and even though she’s about forty she’s cute as a bug. She was on Denton tonight, talking about being famous and stiring up trouble with the Indian government - I wanted to move away from the television but I couldn’t. In fact, the mere possibility of seeing more Arundhati on TV is the only good reason I can think of for not throwing out my TV set. Oh, she’s so wonderful :D
In case you weren’t aware, Arunhati Roy is an Indian writer. She wrote The God of Small Things (which I actually haven’t read, on account of it looking a bit like a Bryce Courtney book or a Tim Winton pile-o-soppy-crap), which is seen as being critical of the Hindu caste system, and she also spends a lot of time, apparently, being taken to court for being so outspoken on social and environmental issues. She is an excellent speaker who has the rare gift of being able to talk politics without oversimplifying things or being dogmatic; and as mentioned above, she’s very good looking.*
*Arundhati Roy rates about a 9 on the Gillian Anderson Scale of Sex Appeal in Older Women.
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awwww…. :-D
she is sexy and smart….
Comment by Marisa — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 12:54 am
“GoST” was for sale down at my local 2nd hand booko.
Saw it, didn’t watch it. Andrew Denton is rapidly cementing his position as a lightweight version of Ray Martin. Sex in the City - jesus when did that show start smelling so bad. As for Cooks -ahahahahahahahahahaha
Comment by anthony — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 7:04 am
Ah, thought her name looked familiar. I’ve read The God of Small Things. I liked it - it’s not particularly soppy (I wouldn’t have been able to stand it otherwise). It’s a very flowy book; she’s very descriptive (as opposed to me, hence this crap attempt at a book review).
Comment by T. — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 8:30 am
Wow.
Comment by Robert — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 8:53 am
I have a theory on that - women who have big foreheads are always very cute. Maybe it’s a foetal thing.
Comment by mellipop — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 10:33 am
Hmm, I’ll have to think about that one for a while. (I’ll be checking out plenty of forehead this week, I tell you.)
Meanwhile, I don’t think Andrew Denton is trying to be like Ray Martin… It’s not a current affairs show. But even if he isn’t your cup of tea, you have to admit he has some good guests.
Comment by Mark — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 11:52 am
I actually think Denton is fast becoming one of the country’s best interviewers… a Kerry O’Brien with a sense of humour if you like. I especially like the way he encourages the humanity in guests.
Comment by James — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 7:43 pm
Andrew Denton once had zing and zap - anyone can get guests, that’s what publicists are for. Kerry O’ Brien is the funniest man on telly bar Tony Jones. Tony Jones gets Downer and Abbot - and then I said - “it was confession” - hiiiiiiiiiilarious.
Comment by anthony — Tuesday October 19 2004 @ 11:29 pm
Right on, James. Y’know - I’m surprised there isn’t a Tony Jones fanclub with Tony Jones T-shirts and Tony Jones posters for your wall. It would work, lemme tell you.
Comment by Mark — Wednesday October 20 2004 @ 6:04 pm
Disqualification
Honestly, why do they let Gerard Henderson have a whole column every week? He rarely makes any sense at all. This week’s effort is a piss-weak attack on Arundathi Roy, which is debunked by Henderson himself.
The crux of his argument is that “[i]n …
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