Stephen FryNov 18, 2022

Do watch this to the end

#Qatar #LGBTQ #football #worldcup

Show threadStephen Fry
Now, I can’t guarantee it, but surely this is a (very fine) piece of ironic satire, not reality? I can understand why some of you might think it’s real, and it’s certainly performed in response to a sad reality… but surely it isn’t actually, in fact, truly, really, verily … real?
Nov 18, 2022 at 6:11pmWeb
Show threadHero Tammes BuirsNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry What,what…?
Show threadMike CollinsNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry It's the quite wonderful Exploding Heads. Fine, straight faced satire
https://twitter.com/Exploding_Heads
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Show threadgbfoNov 18, 2022

@MikeCollins @stephenfry and they are here too:

https://mastodonapp.uk/@ExplodingHeads

Exploding Heads (@[email protected])

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Show threadGalacticoNov 20, 2022
@gbfo @MikeCollins @stephenfry thought it was slightly brasseyeish! Take your overall gayness and halve it!
Show threadChris LloydNov 18, 2022
@MikeCollins @stephenfry Indeed so. An underappreciated genius. 'Love to the family. '
Show threadLeftyLaymanNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry it's satire
Show threadzuglufttierNov 18, 2022
I got it as a satire pretty quickly as there are no logos or images in the background. Shows how much training you need these days to differenciate fake from real news...
Show threadBarryNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry satire. if it was saltire it would be Scottish
Show threadblauwbaardNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry The questions were too on-point to be real.
Show threadDannyCNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry It's all very sad. Thank God we can laugh at it still. In public!
Show threadJohn BrophyNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry The US and UK (mainly England) are well beyond parody at this stage, so there's really no way of knowing.
Show threadEd ParnellNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry I can't even promise I am not a parody anymore, let alone stuff online
Show threadJamesNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry beer and football being a fundamental human right? I’ll have to double check the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but I don’t recall it specifically mentioned
Show threadApplemaskNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry Fortunately they included a straightforward punchline as an indicator.
Show threadAtoz 🍁Nov 18, 2022
@stephenfry He thinks the British are "loved the world over"? 😂
Show threadEllesbyNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry A great piece of satire 👍
Show threadgbfoNov 18, 2022

@stephenfry This is just as you said: it is not real, but it is the reality...

The power of satire.

Show threadCowCatNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry it was approximately 2017 that I stopped being able to tell the difference between satire and reality.
Show threadGreysparxNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry the best ironic satire has to have that sliver of truth running through it, along with a dash of humility, and a smidgin of wordplay..
Show threadDuncan BateyNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry yes, it is very much satire, by the very fine The Exploding Heads team https://youtube.com/user/TheExplodingHeads
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Show threadDanie van der MerweNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry wondering also if women can be women, or should that be halved too...
Show threadnamtabmaiNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry I'm amazed anyone could hear "The British have a long tradition of being respectful of other cultures" a keep a straight face, satire or not.
Show threadAlskicavNov 18, 2022

@stephenfry it's very good satire, which they do a lot of in the pastiche of the radio call-in talk show. They're Anthony Richardson and Mark Davison aka The Exploding Heads

They hit the nail on this issue

Love to the family Stephen

Show threadSomersetWhovian 🇺🇦💙Nov 18, 2022
@stephenfry As others have said, @ExplodingHeads are brilliant satirists - well worth a follow.
Show threadCassandraoftheTofuratiNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry it’s almost impossible to tell these days if it’s satire or real.
Show threadKmoorman68 🌍🌤🔶️🌈⚽️🇪🇺Nov 18, 2022
@stephenfry the Talking Heads are excellent. It IS satire, but the real world is so twisted these days, its hard to tell sometimes.
Show threadJoe TurpinNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry, LOL! Oh, love that British humor. Delivered tastefully with the flavor of the cheapest and driest champagne.
Show threadLilacmonkey Miniature ModelsNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry now my head hurts after reading that.
Show threadjndalaNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry it certainly reads like parody to me. The best bit is right at the end where beer and football are juxtaposed against sexuality as actual fundamental human rights. Just exquisite! Really gets to the heart of the mouth service that politics pays to human rights.
Show threadJim Donegan 🎵 ✅Nov 18, 2022
@stephenfry My God...............................
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Show threadAndy PellewNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry this is the sort of thing you’d have to drink to forget ….
Show threadSPEBCHOBNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry
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Show threadLuke GNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry every single thing you say online, I hear it in your voice when I read it. Well done.
Show threadPaulNov 18, 2022

@stephenfry

Hits the mark

Ironic though with them announcing overnight, my time, that they will only allow 0% alcohol beer in the stadiums apart from the corporate boxes

0% gay while in Qatar 🤔

Show threadJohn ButcherNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry now you can’t even be too drunk! Unless your in corporate.
Show threadTante MarciaNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry it has to satire when there’s mention of how the British are known for their respect of other cultures 🤣
Show threadJenny RechNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry My head is in a spin. Was real?.. then not?...don't know whether to laugh or cry
Show threadsquirrellydave ☑️Nov 18, 2022

@stephenfry I'm American (I'd apologize but I'm American and not Canadian) so it's hard for me to recognize when I'm seeing that famously dry Brittish sense of humour..... is this a real thing or is this satire??

Please tell me it's satire....

Show threadKazmertiNov 18, 2022

@squirrellydave @stephenfry

Satire from these guys

https://mastodonapp.uk/@ExplodingHeads

Show threadNeilNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry satire that exposes the truth of a god awful mess
Show threadSpinyNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry please remind me... the year *is* 2022 is it?
Show threadElementalUNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry no no it cannot be … say it isn’t so
Show threadMadHalabiNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry ugh. Great satire but the sad thing is I see why people might think it was real....... Even more disappointing is the part at the end that seals it when the 'no booze' rule is overruled. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Please people......
Show threadPunkinPie 🎮Nov 18, 2022
@stephenfry Definitely satire, and so WTF. The world is such a mess that this even exists right now.
Show threadKimberleyNov 18, 2022
@stephenfry Surely, that must be satire. It's so absurd. Ugh... I hope it's satire.
Show threadElectricSheepDreamingNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry I now live in Australia and am sometimes thought of as a little flashy, even, heaven forbid, a little bit gay.
"Oh no, He isn't gay, he's English" is how my wife explains it
Show threadFieryNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry
Satire.
Show threadpee is stored in the ballsNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry Satire, but based on what James "Not So" Cleverly said.
Show threadGoonrGrrlNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry It's got to be satire. But like @ZuriBella it took me until the "beloved worldwide" line to decide!
Show threadMJonesNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry I live in hope.
Show threadJohroseNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry I certainly took it to be satire and boosted it so I hope it is....
Show threadChigsNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry I feel like you're trying to Fry my brain on this but I'm opting for satire on this one because that's how it felt. Very cleanly executed. As is #Andor. Yes, I'll segue there. Watch #Andor. That is all people.
Show threadThe AnonymouseNov 19, 2022

@stephenfry

It is clever satire - have seen the same guy do various politic skits on the 'other' site.

Show threadGarnoNov 19, 2022
@stephenfry I think social media has made us all a little desensitised and dare I say American! Of course its satire! No one would ban beer at football! ….Oh wait!