Good idea or an insult?
Russell Brand takes his Messiah Complex to the Middle East
Russell Brand plans to perform a controversial new comedy show dissecting religious belief in mosques and synagogues during a tour of the Middle East’s trouble spots.
The star, notorious for his explicit material, said he would take his “Messiah Complex” tour to Israel, Lebanon and Palestine, performing wherever he is allowed to deliver his show free from censorship.
The tour will open in August in Abu Dhabi, the Gulf state where Islam is the official religion. After two shows in the UAE, Brand will travel to Beirut, for a performance in the 9,000-seat Biel leisure centre.
The Essex-born comic actor, 38, promised a “dissection of various social and religious figures and the reality of their lives through comparisons of each other.”
The Messiah Complex will analyse a “mental disorder where you think you might be the messiah. Did Jesus have it? What about Che Guevara, Gandhi, Malcolm X and Hitler? All these men have shaped our lives and influenced the way we think.”
Brand, 38, said: “I am going to tour the world with Messiah Complex, causing bother and excitement and offering opinions that have not been either solicited or thought through.
Russell Brand believes in 'god' as a concept we should adhere to.......who'd have thunk it!
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I suspect some regular QL'ers will find this the worst insult since Ghandi was asked what size nappies does he wear.
Anyway here is the link
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/russell-brand-takes-his-messiah-complex-to-the-middle-east-8649979.html
Not a huge fan of Russel Brand but if he plays a Doha mosque I will go and see
I suspect some regular QL'ers will find this the worst insult since Ghandi was asked what size nappies does he wear.
Anyway here is the link
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/russell-brand-takes-his-messiah-complex-to-the-middle-east-8649979.html
Not a huge fan of Russel Brand but if he plays a Doha mosque I will go and see