Althouse: "... Nazis of UK media... We demand freedom..."

May 13, 2018

"... Nazis of UK media... We demand freedom..."

As Israel's Netta won Eurovision 2018, UK's SuRie was interrupted by a man rushed onto the stage, grabbed the microphone, and shouted "... Nazis of UK media... We demand freedom..."

26 comments:

Ralph L said...: That's one way to wake up.; 5/13/18, 6:14 AM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: This is the blurb for the stage invaders book:

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Should find a sympathetic audience here.; 5/13/18, 6:22 AM
Amadeus 48 said...: OMG.; 5/13/18, 6:57 AM
MayBee said...: When I lived in London, Eurovision was one of the best nights of the year. So ridiculous. It isn't the same to watch it here, so I rarely do. But there just aren't that many 1 night international joyous spectacles anymore.; 5/13/18, 7:40 AM
robother said...: I don't understand. Is Israel and the rest of the Middle East now considered part of Europe? Or is Eurovision a world-wide competition?; 5/13/18, 8:22 AM
Sebastian said...: The Eurovision song fest is the ultimate proof of the continent's cultural superiority.

I bow down before my betters.; 5/13/18, 8:27 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Eurovision's a weird thing. A national song contest?

Funny how many of them Israel wins.; 5/13/18, 8:30 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: That was a horrible song, BTW.

What's the point of judges doing this shit? I get that it's not the same to go by chart performance on a continent with so many language differences, but still.; 5/13/18, 8:33 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Funny how many of them Israel wins."

Israel hadn't won in 20 years. Before that win, 20 years ago, it hadn't won in 19 years.

Looks to me like the wins are spread around pretty well.; 5/13/18, 8:38 AM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: I agree with robother.

Why is Israel, Cyprus and Australia (for God's sake) in Eurovision?; 5/13/18, 8:39 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Eurovision (and Israel's entries) have sunk a long way since Milk and Honey's Hallelujah. Hell, even since Dana International's Diva.

Apparently Israel always seems to enter songs translated into and performed in an English-language version. Not a bad "strategy."; 5/13/18, 8:39 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: Looks to me like the wins are spread around pretty well.

Maybe so, but when those wins are spread to mid-east countries, etc., then I guess that stands out.

It's probably in that contest for whatever reason(s) it's in the UN's Euro bloc.; 5/13/18, 8:43 AM
Ralph L said...: Someone needs to calculate wins per capita. Of course, it's like the Presidential vote going to the House, every country gets one vote each year. The Vatican only needs one win; perhaps they could ordain a ringer--a funky chunky Jewish girl from Israel with Mickey Mouse hair.; 5/13/18, 9:08 AM
robother said...: The Vatican! I can see a Billy Joel-type belting out Only the Good Die Young for the win.; 5/13/18, 9:17 AM
Anonymous said...: Bill, Republic of Texas;

I agree with robother.

Why is Israel, Cyprus and Australia (for God's sake) in Eurovision?

Makes sense to me. Cyprus is an EU member state. I would guess that Israeli descendants of European Jews (the majority of Israelis?) would feel more affinity to Europe than to any other international cultural association. (If you want to append the adjective "cultural" to Eurovision.) As for Australians, well, sidere mens eadem mutato, as the motto went, and the majority of Australians are still those of European descent.(And Queen Elizabeth still reigns there ceremonially, after all.); 5/13/18, 10:04 AM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Sydney University dropped the motto, by the way.; 5/13/18, 10:48 AM
Anonymous said...: BCARM: Sydney University dropped the motto, by the way.

Of course they did. Quite a while ago, iirc. (I remember Robert Hughes talking about it. Remember when Time magazine had writers the caliber of Hughes?) Though they could have reasonably replaced it with its Chinese equivalent.; 5/13/18, 11:05 AM
Lyle said...: UEFA includes Israel and Turkey. UEFA even includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia. The Mediterranean basin was all part of the Roman Empire and the Caucasus too.; 5/13/18, 11:17 AM
Lyle said...: The media are also kind of fascist, right? Someone in Europe gets it.; 5/13/18, 11:21 AM
Marc in Eugene said...: Please don't put ideas into the heads of any of the loopy ones currently running things at the Holy See! after having sent the Choir of the Sistine Chapel (or part of it) to the #MetGala, who knows what those people might decide to try.; 5/13/18, 11:35 AM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Hughes was a wonderful writer and presenter. I am not very arty but I was very impressed by 'The shock of the new'.; 5/13/18, 11:51 AM
Anonymous said...: BCARM: Thanks for reminding me about The Shock of the New. Put that on the look-up and re-watch list.; 5/13/18, 12:15 PM
MayBee said...: Australia is still part of the Commonwealth. Perhaps that's how they are part of it.; 5/13/18, 12:25 PM
Martin said...: I find it interesting that all the descriptions and "play-by-play" are about the nations, not the performers as individual people.

But hey, just keep lecturing the US about "nationalism."; 5/13/18, 12:31 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: I'm going to petition for my freedom, and the only people who can give it to me are Nazis.; 5/13/18, 3:08 PM
Bad Lieutenant said...: Israel probably isn't welcome, as in, probably isn't safe, in contests centered on Southwest Asia.; 5/13/18, 4:14 PM