Dizzee Rascal Vs Jeremy Paxman
Posted In Blog by Speeakz
This interview is getting a lot of attention/heat all over the internets and…facebook.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRTe4q-vR0g]
Now, a lot of people are saying that Dizzee misrepresented black people and/or the youth in general. While I hear what they’re saying, I think I’d kinda disagree. I mean, the boy said what he had to say. I guess a lot of people’s problem was the way in which he ‘expressed’ himself/his choice of rhetoric (lol) and yea, I see their point – It’s safe to say most of us have a certain “telephone” voice we normally adopt in these types of situations and maybe he should have, but then I guess Dizzee was just being Dizzee? Is that such a bad thing? And if he did choose to conduct himself differently, would he really be representing anyone properly? I thought it was hilarious (maybe that’s the problem though right?), especially the last awkward silence from Paxman LOL.
What do YOU think of the interview?
Peace, Love & Dizzee
Speeakz
I think it is literally the best thing i have seen in a long time. People feel misrepresented how? Cos he is not very eloquent? Paxman was being a sarcastic bastard in my opinion…trying to set him up to fail, attempting to make him sound stupid….Dizzee said what he meant whether people understand and whether it’s in slang or not…he made some solid points…Dizzee for PM!
nah, wtf? i like that interview. i won’t use the trite turn of phrase “keeping it real”, but say he was being very much his own colourful self. and if you concentrate on Dizzee’s retorts, despite what could be considered poor communication with a middle-class political pundit as Paxman, dude spoke 95 to 100% unequivocal truth- just in his own manner.
respect that Britain.
and yeah, there were moments when the camera cuts back showing Paxman's demeanour, and it's fucking hilarious how discreetly caught aback he was by Dizee's boisterousness.
love it. shake shit up. don't stop Dizz.
This was beyond a joke, and I am proud to be one of a few hundred people who think so, and have complained to the BBC. No disrespect to Dizzy Rascal as an artist, but asking to speak, at such a momentous time,to a global audience, among guests of such a high calibre was beyond a joke.
Then again…maybe it wasn't. The joke appeared to be intentional.
The BBC were at fault here, they should not of chosen someone with such limited political knowledge and interest to speak at that time. Couldn't they find anyone else???
Paxman was taken aback not because of Dizee being boisterous, but because he was surprisingly making an effort to be polite… I mean, even I would have difficulty not having a crack at the statement that Hip hop got people voting, that was ridiculous. Even though Estelle defended Dizzee, she would have been a better interviewee on a programme like that. At the same time, Dizzee demonstrated how contradictory his statement was, hip hop made them vote, and yet as a hip hop artist he's not aware nor does he care for politics.