Dan Radcliffe / Jonathan Ross - New Interview

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

Geoff:
> > Speaking as a Brit, I wasn't in the least upset with
> > some of the innuendos and humorous references - rather
> > the opposite. The only time I quirked an eyebrow was 
> > over one of Jonathan Ross' comments very near the end
> > of the interview.
 
> > It was a change from some chat shows where the 
> > language leaves far more to be desired.

bboyminn:
 
> By any chance is the part you objected to at the very end
> when J.R. says something to the effect that if you want
> to see Dan Radcliffe in Equus, or it you just want to see
> Harry Potters... /**cough**/ (polite term 'willie')...?

Geoff:
Yes, it was the point where he refers to Harry Potter's cock. 
Let's use the word; it's a fairly harmless one...

Although I am a practising Christian, I have no hang-ups 
about using informal terms of this type which refer to sex 
in one way or another. However, in this instance, my 
gut reaction was that Jonathan Ross' comment seemed to 
run against the "feel" of the interview and, as a result, it 
jarred with me. But I am merely remarking on what was 
purely a subjective reaction on my part.

In terms of questionable language, what I do strongly object 
to is the use of the f-word and the c-word because their use 
often extends beyond their Anglo-Saxon meaning with 
reference to sexual activity and they are often used as 
pejorative terms in order to inbsult or express anger and 
they therefore carry much more in the way of undertones 
than the word we mentioned above.

Please note that this post was written after the 9.00 pm 
British watershed.
:-)