“Cut! Don’t cut!”
The now famous slap administered by The Great Khan’s lieutenant upon the face of Danny, member of The Man of Steel’s inner sanctum, in a television talk show, has become viral on social media. As well it should, being a highly reprehensible action. Mr Huck, who administered the slap, was contrite afterwards but not to Danny as he should’ve been. He told the anchor of the show that “it shouldn’t have gone so far”. To begin with, the censor at the channel was of the opinion that the slap should be cut out of the broadcast but then better sense prevailed because audiences should see what their so-called leaders are made of. In any law-abiding country, this would’ve been a clear case of assault, but not in the Land of the Pure.
To his credit, Danny also insisted that the clip not be cut and that it should be shown in all its full-blown glory. This took some doing because when you represent a rural Punjabi constituency, as Danny does, being slapped in full view of the public can be seen as ignominious for the victim. Danny too, should’ve desisted from hurling epithets at Mr Huck, but that is still no excuse for physical violence.
Prince Harry’s wedding
A television channel employed a team of lip readers to decipher the private exchanges of guests at Prince Harry’s recent wedding to American television star Meghan Markel. The wedding took place at Windsor Castle, beyond London’s suburbs, on a beautiful day last week. One of the more interesting exchanges took place between Amal and George Clooney, with the latter flirting playfully with his Lebanese origin, human rights lawyer wife. Amal was on best behavior, in a mustard yellow dress and hat, and it was out of character because she’s known to be notoriously difficult. Talking of which, the Beckhams – Victoria and David – snapped at each other during the long-winded ceremony, and Prince Andrew, Duke of York, leaned across to his daughter Princess Beatrice and said “so glad you’re not wearing your statement fascinators!” This was in reference to Beatrice and Eugenie’s ridiculous hats which they wore at Prince William’s wedding back in the day.