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LAST NIGHT, EVERYONE’S favourite defence attorney Dean Strang appeared on The Ray D’Arcy Show to chat about Making A Murderer, that hurling statue and his Irish roots.
Unfortunately for those who tuned in, the interview didn’t quite live up to expectations.
Many criticised D’Arcy for essentially summarising Making A Murderer and not asking more in-depth questions.
Over the course of the interview, D’Arcy asked questions about the case at the heart of Making A Murderer to set the scene for viewers who hadn’t yet bingewatched the series.
Unfortunately, this meant that Making A Murderer fans were left a little bored by the whole thing.
Why does Ray Darcy keep asking questions that we already know the answers to??? Grrr. #DeanStrang#MakingAMurderer
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Sad sad people who would even watch this crap, some people need to get a life, the same ones give out about rte and it’s shows but are the same ones watching it over and over again, it’s these people who keep it going
Moderate Michael- are you saying only these that don’t watch RTE can complain about it?
Surely only those that have watched it are in a position to complain about it.
That like saying if you ordered dinner in a restaurant you have no right to complain if it wasn’t good. But the guy in the table next to you could complain about what you ate.
How in the name of God could you complain about something if you don’t watch it, hello, anyone home , plus what else can the saorview generation created by our new poverty watch. Use ur marbles please.
Can’t stand D’arcy. Didn’t he say he’d emigrate if Enda Kenny became Taoiseach?
Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a fianna failer. Has the smug sense of entitlement!
D’arcy and his hipster ‘I hate the Church’ routine, his feigned sincerity doing “sensitive” issues, his rabble rousing and his boring personal life make him the teacher at school who thinks he’s cool and everyone like him but everyone secretly thinks he’s a knob.
Just watched 10 minutes of the meaning of life with Gay Byrne and to be honest…it’s disgraceful to have people of the country who probably believe his opinion and ways.RTE depressing the nation.
I hate the way Ray Darcy leans over on his desk,he’s nearly on top of the guest. It must be very annoying. Interview was shocking too. Usual crap from Darcy.
You are right but I’d at least expect him to have watched the show. It hadn’t a fcuking clue. Getting paid ten grand a week and he couldn’t be arsed to research his guest.
D’Arcy gave off about RTE for years nearly thinking he was above them. When they waved their cheque book he came running. They should have left him out in the cold. Brendan o’connor was much superior. Can’t understand why they cut him when show was doing well.
Nothing new in the interview. Was waiting for it to get more interesting but it never did. Was hoping to hear a different angle. Absolutely pointless interview.
Maybe he wasn’t allowed ask certain questions, American TV guests rarely go.on tv without their lawyers having a look at what will be asked first. If he was in Ireland to talk he would have been on late late show , he is on a self promotion tour it seems
Again then maybe he doesn’t want to answer certain questions, I suppose of its to be back in court he might not be allowed comment either so they just don’t ask
I’m not on twitter and I missed the show. I found it mildly informative. The real question, why did you click on it? I mean, the headline betrays the content aftercall!
Yes. The Daily Edge needs an overhaul. I presume it started out to be an entertainment section of The Journal but now it’s just an outlet for ‘child watches father download anti-virus’ and ‘this hero said big fancy words on University Challenge last night and EVERYONE went crazy’
“Eh like eh y’know is he guilty, eh like where did u get the hurling ornament, your eh a sex symbol, eh thanks for coming” Worst interview I’ve ever seen, so many questions he could’ve asked, very frustrating.
Ray D’Arcy has, to my mind, taken Bono’s throne as chief Irish pox. While I don’t like U2, at least they produce music that pleases some. I’m not sure D’Arcy could please himself at this stage
As wooden as Kenny is he could manage to conduct a decent interview on occasion. Ray D’arcy went from being the sidekick of puppets to a bubblegum ”look how mad I am” radio show, he is completely not the right person for the gig… Even Brendan O’Connor is infinitely better, and that is saying a lot. RTE really is a cesspit of completely useless, absolutely talentless and incompetent people, most of whom got their jobs through nepotism and/or their connections within RTE.
It’s so rare that RTE actually get a guest worth interviewing, yet when they do they don’t treat them any differently than when they convince some weather girl to talk about her dating life or some farmer to tell us about the rights of rural drinkers. I remember that at the height of the Lance Armstrong scandal Ryan Tubridy rushed through an interview with David Walsh and Emma O’Reilly – two of the most in-demand interviewees in one of the world’s biggest stories at the time – so that he could move on to an interview with Anne Doyle or Thelma Mansfield or something equally pointless. At the time, an hour long special on the Armstrong story would have been the right decision for any credible talk show. The same is probably true for the lawyer last night.
Why is it that when there’s a foreign guest on rte they’re obsessed with their “irish” roots? Ice cube the night before and strang last night. It’s ridiculous
That is just filler used by lazy people who are not smart enough to think up some real questions. Whenever i hear that ”Irish roots” crap trotted out I just cringe. It is like that freakshow town in Offaly, Moneygall, pure cringe.
It’s unfortunate that RTE and its presenters, similar to our Politicians, can be summed up in one word, a word that we are becoming accustomed to, day after long drawn out fcukin’ day….. ‘substandard’. It’s a pity, because we’re so much better than this. We need another Revolution.
Why is anybody surprised about D’Arcy? While on Today FM, he constantly disgraced himself and the station with his completely amateur, inappropriate and self centred interview technique and statements. When Anton Savage came on the odd time to replace him, it was like a breath of professional fresh air in comparison. D’Arcy should not be allowed on local radio even on 3 am slots, let alone national television – what were RTE thinking?
Darcy is typical of the boring highly paid non – entity RTE is renowned for. He is totally out of his depth, no interviewing technique, utterly clueless, unwatchable drivel.
Why I why is this train wreck of a show continuing, awful stuff only trumped by the equally dreadful radio show. Never has a presenter ever been so obviously been out of his depth and comfort zone since moving to RTE.
Shocking interview, Dean Strang looked bored… What a waste of his time… And playing the #man trailer while he talked.. Good suffering Jaysus. Such potential to pic his brains for 20 minutes instead I was left picking my nose.. Darcy left Today Fm to do half the work for double the pay at RTE.. Gobsheens
Ray Darcy is an overpaid, lightweight idiot. He makes Ryan Tubridy look and sound like David Frost. That assinine grin that seems to be permanently on his face makes me want to vomit.
Ray should be given redundancy and told to exit stage left but who ever gave him the lob should be FIRED for incompetence and given a kick up the hole and nothing more. Thank god for Jonathan Ross on ITV on a Saturday night.
People have to vote with their remote if they don’t want D’Arcy on the box. Whether you like the show or not, once you’re watching it that’s all RTE and the advertisers care about.
I just don’t understand how anyone can sit down and watch a show that they vehemently dislike. Personally I just won’t allow myself to, haven’t seen one episode apart from watching Pam Anderson’s interview on playback after reading so much press and friends talking about it.
All producers care about is audience share and advertising revenue, keep tuning in on Saturday night and D’Arcy will retain his position.
If people keep watching him the ratings stay high ! Advertisers stay happy and that’s all RTE care about !
STOP watching this drivel !! I never do ….not since Pamela Anderson which I had recorded . He is pure shite but everyone here is keeping him in this job if they keep watching it every Saturday night ….duh!!!!
Usual inept D’arcy interview. Have heard this type of interview conducted by him quite a lot on his radio show – have switched away – no longer a listener. He needs to put in professional effort into pre interview preparation and he needs to be trained in interview tecniques.
It doesn’t help of course that he is very much a believer in his own worth and importance.
I finally gave up on him on Friday when on his radio show he had a guest who was an expert in online passwords and online security. It was embarrassing listening to Ray basically telling him there was no need for passwords and he would carry on the way he has always done. Not the first time he has done this to guests on his shows.
I can’t watch Darcy without covering my face and squinting through tensed fingers. If I was washed up on a deserted island with him and a tin of tuna, I’d eat Darcy and talk to the tuna.
When RTÉ get a big scoop like Dean Strang or Pussy Riot, why don’t they get a proper interviewer instead of Ray D’Arcy or Brendan O’Connor? It’s not like they’re short of cash.
Time to bring back gay byrne and mike murphy. Gerald kean and the lovely lisa should have been invited onto the show.
Darcy ruined the last two episodes. I hung on for about 1min after listening to some tart look for a lad she met in a car park before working the 20mins of rte out on my punch bag.
He, like every other broadcaster’s puppet is just desperately probing for the interviewee to say something sensational. It’s what they believe the public really want…and probably is.
Fair enough.
Still valid criticism though.
A wasted opportunity to delve into a profoundly disturbing conviction.
The interview required gravitas and intelligence.
Instead we got light hearted quips about sex symbols and rehashed colloquialism.
It’s frustrating coz we have Turbirdy for the fluff. We want “the other” whoever that is always going to be, Ray in this case, (and I like Ray) to be tougher he’s been able to get the harder hitting guests on repeatedly so far but just hasn’t pushed the questions as far as we know he can. Please please please don’t give Joe Duffy his own show next.
Like the vast majority of posters, commenters and those who tuned in last night, I was hoping for insight and depth when it came to interviewing the pop culture phenomenon that is Dean Strang. Obviously we got none of that. But. The Ray D’Arcy show is broadcast on RTE 1, a channel who’s average viewer is aged 53. I would make the bold presumption that the average viewer, doesn’t have Netflix and has no idea who Dean Strang is. This put D’Arcy and his production team in the awkward position of having to appeal to both the average viewer and those of us who tuned in especially to catch one of the most culturally relevant guests on RTE in months. It was a poor interview, but an awkward one to navigate. It was also a serious subject matter and I’m sure some of the questions he would have liked to have asked may have been legally off limits. Regarding the sex symbol status and hurling statue, he had to ask those questions as would any other interviewer because they are interesting, unusual and in the case of the latter, Irish-centric.
Think he’ll never recover after the Jack Nicholson impersonator interview to be honest. Someone should have been hung for that one.
Primetime Saturday night viewing on any channel is not aimed at an aged demographic. The trick of a good interviewer is to entice and create an interest for the viewer in the interviewee and if they are unfamiliar with their work to motivate them to seek it out irregardless of their age.
D’Arcy should have been prepared adequately by his researchers for the interview, no excuses and no defence.
Good point about the radio Billy Pilgrim didnt know that. And being fans of a making a murder we may all want to know some deeper questions but they had to cut a balance between existing fans people just starting to watch it and people who have never heard of it.
Rte, the great irish cesspit of no talent, byrne, darcy, tubridy, o connor, to name but a few, these chancers have been inflicted on the public, absolutely woeful the lot of them
To be fair, this isn’t a rare interview or a scoop. Both Dean and Jerry are doing the media rounds globally at the moment, I live in NZ and Jerry was on the radio this morning with one of the morning shows. Almost identical set of questions/answers as Ray asked/got including the sex symbol one. Seems to me that there is a script to be followed if you want an interview.
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