BACK IN JANUARY, The Late Late had a panel discussion on the upcoming 1916 centenary celebrations – and Blindboy Boatclub of The Rubberbandits was the star of the show.
Last night, he was back on – this time by himself.
Now, long-time followers of The Rubberbandits will know very well what that term means, but Blindboy explained it for those that might not be so familiar:
We view ourselves 100% as artists. Our artistic movement is called gas c**tism. We use gas c**tist inquiry as a means of using comedy and entertainment as an artistic medium – so our grounding is very academic and very solid. Gas c**tism is a type of socially engaged art.
And he was well aware of the power of language on primetime TV:
I’m saying it, you’re not saying it. I’m a bit annoyed, because one of the reasons I called it that is because I want to have an art movement that I can’t say on the Late Late and now I’ve just done it.
In one of the highlights of his appearance, Blindboy said that Irish men need feminism:
I personally think that what these young men need is feminism – because when I’m down in Limerick speaking to lads that I know who are suffering from mental health issues, when I actually speak to them and get to the core of ‘what’s bothering you man?’ what they always say to me is ‘I have nothing to offer a woman’.
The fact of the matter is that is a patriarchal attitude that is no longer relevant to us in the 21st Century.
Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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