Well today was Red Nose day. It seems to have turned into an excuse for the cynical and hard hearted to bleat and moan about smug celebrities and charity to begin at home. Well, I cannot think of a polite way to put this, but frankly, if you don't like it, just fuck off and do something else. Yes, some of the programme, in fact large parts of it, can be cringe worthy, embarrassing and toe curling, but my kids both look upon it as a chance to do something, to make a difference. Hundreds of thousands of kids up and down the country were working to do something selfless, and yet still people find time to moan about it. I have not heard one single argument to convince me that the whole scheme is anything other than a rather lovely way to help people. The "charity begins at home" brigade inevitably come out, and of course there has never been a convincing argument for them. Especially as Comic Relief has done so much for home based charities anyway...but that is not to excuse their arguments....quite simply, we are over privileged and spoiled in this country by comparison. I take my hat off to everyone involved, and if it helps the careers of some celebrities, that I don't really care for...so what? Big corporations donate to charity to help their profile and profit margin and use them as tax breaks...and the moaning twits who were out in force this week didn't seem to have one word of criticism for them. Just keep your hands in your pocket, watch something else, and remain happy in the fact that you believe you are our moral guardians, you selfish, half witted oafs.
In other news, we had final rehearsals before our festival plays next week, which seemed to go pretty well, and spirits seem good overall. I hope we get a little recognition again, but it is, after all, all about the play, and not the competition.
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