Comments on: Fairytale of Kathmandu http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/ Clucking away crookedly through media, politics and life. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the chancer » Blog Archive » Chancer TV: ‘Pussycat, Pussycat…’ http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-50237 the chancer » Blog Archive » Chancer TV: ‘Pussycat, Pussycat…’ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:23 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-50237 [...] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt9uWLdioBs more: Fairytale Of Kathmandu: The Website Maman Poulet On Fairytale Of Kathmandu [...] [...] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt9uWLdioBs more: Fairytale Of Kathmandu: The Website Maman Poulet On Fairytale Of Kathmandu [...]

]]> By: Dermod Moore http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49469 Dermod Moore Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:48:07 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49469 "they felt like they were facilitating O’Searcaigh on his quest for acceptance." Just had to say that's the most insightful comment I've seen yet on the relationship he had with his young friends. “they felt like they were facilitating O’Searcaigh on his quest for acceptance.”

Just had to say that’s the most insightful comment I’ve seen yet on the relationship he had with his young friends.

]]> By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Cathal Ó Searcaigh - Remove his poetry from the syllabus http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49394 Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Cathal Ó Searcaigh - Remove his poetry from the syllabus Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:28:03 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49394 [...] If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my site using a feedreader or email. Thanks for visiting - Damien.So now that more people have seen the documentary about Cathal Ó Searcaigh there’s a greater number of opinions out there than there were at first. Suzy has pointed out her thoughts on the matter and I think she was quite balanced about it and dare I say it quite political correct. While it seemed obvious the documentary maker turned what would have probably been a rather bland docu into a sensationalist piece and got a huge amount of attention, the most damning thing about all of this is the way gay people and those in the Arts have twisted the stark reality of the situation and common logic to apologise and forigve the predatory acts of Cathal Ó Searcaigh. This guy is a serial abuser and the documentary, rough as it was, showed how he got whatever he wanted due to the massive power imbalance between him and the boys he “treated”. [...] [...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my site using a feedreader or email. Thanks for visiting – Damien.So now that more people have seen the documentary about Cathal Ó Searcaigh there’s a greater number of opinions out there than there were at first. Suzy has pointed out her thoughts on the matter and I think she was quite balanced about it and dare I say it quite political correct. While it seemed obvious the documentary maker turned what would have probably been a rather bland docu into a sensationalist piece and got a huge amount of attention, the most damning thing about all of this is the way gay people and those in the Arts have twisted the stark reality of the situation and common logic to apologise and forigve the predatory acts of Cathal Ó Searcaigh. This guy is a serial abuser and the documentary, rough as it was, showed how he got whatever he wanted due to the massive power imbalance between him and the boys he “treated”. [...]

]]> By: Viewer http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49336 Viewer Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:48:08 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49336 The film's presentation a bit fey. But I cannot really understand the literati's objections to the film maker. She presented what she found and produced a film that was painful, but revealing. If she had suppressed the film, the poet might still be over there picking up these apparently innocent teenagers. The film raised all sorts of issues about sexual exploitation and the gay issue is beside the point. To present O Searcaign as the victim really twist morality to breaking point. The literati come over in this episode as a blinkered, self-serving clique. The film’s presentation a bit fey. But I cannot really understand the literati’s objections to the film maker. She presented what she found and produced a film that was painful, but revealing.
If she had suppressed the film, the poet might still be over there picking up these apparently innocent teenagers. The film raised all sorts of issues about sexual exploitation and the gay issue is beside the point.
To present O Searcaign as the victim really twist morality to breaking point. The literati come over in this episode as a blinkered, self-serving clique.

]]> By: Dermod Moore http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49325 Dermod Moore Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:10:31 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49325 Me, patronise her? She has proved to be an extremely powerful woman. Patronage is in the eye of the beholder, surely. By pointing out the difference in sexuality between men and women, and by raising the issue she brought up herself in the film's website, the fact that she was nursing a child at the time and it may have influenced her, I appear to have offended quite a few women. No offence was intended. I am trying to work out why she was so naive and avoided asking her gay friend about his cruising and his sex life, until after he had left Nepal. Comparing clerical sexual abuse of children to Ó Searcaigh's relationship to his friends is really not fair. Because that is exactly the perspective from which Ní Chianán views him, and without offering a balance, a different perspective, how are we to make up our own minds? Me, patronise her? She has proved to be an extremely powerful woman. Patronage is in the eye of the beholder, surely. By pointing out the difference in sexuality between men and women, and by raising the issue she brought up herself in the film’s website, the fact that she was nursing a child at the time and it may have influenced her, I appear to have offended quite a few women. No offence was intended. I am trying to work out why she was so naive and avoided asking her gay friend about his cruising and his sex life, until after he had left Nepal.

Comparing clerical sexual abuse of children to Ó Searcaigh’s relationship to his friends is really not fair. Because that is exactly the perspective from which Ní Chianán views him, and without offering a balance, a different perspective, how are we to make up our own minds?

]]> By: Betty http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49112 Betty Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:42 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49112 Only caught a few minutes of it (the bit where he was having a good guffaw over one young man's misunderstanding of maoists and mouse. Why didn't this colonial wannabe actually try and learn their language?). Had to switch over because it was so cringe worthy have to watch him be so patronising to the young men. I can't believe that those who have seen the documentary and are defending him to the skies have chosen to completely overlook this very unpleasant of his behaviour. Only caught a few minutes of it (the bit where he was having a good guffaw over one young man’s misunderstanding of maoists and mouse. Why didn’t this colonial wannabe actually try and learn their language?). Had to switch over because it was so cringe worthy have to watch him be so patronising to the young men. I can’t believe that those who have seen the documentary and are defending him to the skies have chosen to completely overlook this very unpleasant of his behaviour.

]]> By: M O Gruagain http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49110 M O Gruagain Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:37:19 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49110 There are many questions arising from "Fairytale of Kathmandu". Apart from the obvious, there is the matter of the film maker's objective in making it. It is not a lyrical piece, nor is it a serious exposé of dubious practices surrounding foreign aid. It emerges however as the agent of the destruction of Ó Searcaigh's reputation. Neasa Ní Chianain's unconvincing soulsearching does not wash - the treatment of the issues is shallow, sensationalist and utterly devoid of rigour. The young Nepalese who spoke to camera were painfully exposed, and may well not have understood the extent to which the interviews would be publicised. Ó Searcaigh's complete lack of a sense of self-preservation led him to appear ridiculous in several ways. It is very easy for a film-maker to do that. It advances the debate on the serious issues not at all. Cui bono? Corcaíoch mná There are many questions arising from “Fairytale of Kathmandu”. Apart from the obvious, there is the matter of the film maker’s objective in making it. It is not a lyrical piece, nor is it a serious exposé of dubious practices surrounding foreign aid. It emerges however as the agent of the destruction of Ó Searcaigh’s reputation. Neasa Ní Chianain’s unconvincing soulsearching does not wash – the treatment of the issues is shallow, sensationalist and utterly devoid of rigour. The young Nepalese who spoke to camera were painfully exposed, and may well not have understood the extent to which the interviews would be publicised. Ó Searcaigh’s complete lack of a sense of self-preservation led him to appear ridiculous in several ways. It is very easy for a film-maker to do that. It advances the debate on the serious issues not at all. Cui bono?
Corcaíoch mná

]]> By: Norma http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49049 Norma Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:02:49 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49049 I watched this programme with disgust.. As a regular visitor to Asia, I know too well how these poor poverty-stricken people view us Westerners. I remember on my first trip to India feeling like Princess Diana - bus loads of children waving at me, for no other reason than the colour of my skin, which to them meant "wealth". I doubt any visitor to Asia would contradict me in saying that Westerners are indeed almost idolised and looked up to. (Lord knows why - they have very little over there, but they're a lot happier than us living in this Materialistic culture!) Cathal O'S wouldn't get away with his actions in Ireland, so he travels to the third world, where adolescents are vulnerable, desperate for money and somewhere where he can feel godlike. I find this man repulsive. Another sleezebag from the world of entertainment springs to mind - Garry Glitter. He too chose Asia to prey on his victims.. Well done Neasa - I admire your courage in completing this documentary. I watched this programme with disgust.. As a regular visitor to Asia, I know too well how these poor poverty-stricken people view us Westerners. I remember on my first trip to India feeling like Princess Diana – bus loads of children waving at me, for no other reason than the colour of my skin, which to them meant “wealth”. I doubt any visitor to Asia would contradict me in saying that Westerners are indeed almost idolised and looked up to. (Lord knows why – they have very little over there, but they’re a lot happier than us living in this Materialistic culture!) Cathal O’S wouldn’t get away with his actions in Ireland, so he travels to the third world, where adolescents are vulnerable, desperate for money and somewhere where he can feel godlike. I find this man repulsive. Another sleezebag from the world of entertainment springs to mind – Garry Glitter. He too chose Asia to prey on his victims.. Well done Neasa – I admire your courage in completing this documentary.

]]> By: Susie http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49047 Susie Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:51:28 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49047 I can't believe I missed this last night! I've been waiting to see it for weeks, but thought it wasn't on until tomorrow night. Does anyone know if it's going to be rebroadcast and, if so, when? Or if not, if it's available for viewing on the internet somewhere? I can’t believe I missed this last night! I’ve been waiting to see it for weeks, but thought it wasn’t on until tomorrow night.

Does anyone know if it’s going to be rebroadcast and, if so, when? Or if not, if it’s available for viewing on the internet somewhere?

]]> By: swimmer http://www.mamanpoulet.com/fairytale-of-kathmandu/comment-page-1/#comment-49036 swimmer Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:09:21 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=349#comment-49036 Must say I felt eerie watching it as couldn't believe she didn't questioned him earlier in her filming but waited till the end to do so. Also she didn't questioned his "spirtual" son about Cathal bringing young lads to his hotel room. Haven't never seen a docu like it as all over the place in that it suppose to be about an tribute to him but unfolded to reveal a darker side to him. Found his behaviour at times to be so childlike & his sense of reason so far out there. Must say I felt eerie watching it as couldn’t believe she didn’t questioned him earlier in her filming but waited till the end to do so.

Also she didn’t questioned his “spirtual” son about Cathal bringing young lads to his hotel room.

Haven’t never seen a docu like it as all over the place in that it suppose to be about an tribute to him but unfolded to reveal a darker side to him. Found his behaviour at times to be so childlike & his sense of reason so far out there.

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