I love that character, and I love that you agreed to allow us to use it for the Chasing Brussels podcasts.
He perfectly stands for us, for the Brussels bureaucracy, and the EU in general:
a) for us eurobloggers, because we are mostly male, and our topic (EU politics) so far is for real geeks (he looks so amazingly geekish);
b) for Brussels because he fits the stereotype of a Brussels eurocrat;
c) for the EU in general because his name Brian reminds of "The Life of Brian" (e.g. Judean People's Front & People's Front of Judea in the film, the EU Council & European Council in the EU) and both the film and the EU are full of satire.
I love that character, and I love that you agreed to allow us to use it for the Chasing Brussels podcasts.
ReplyDeleteHe perfectly stands for us, for the Brussels bureaucracy, and the EU in general:
a) for us eurobloggers, because we are mostly male, and our topic (EU politics) so far is for real geeks (he looks so amazingly geekish);
b) for Brussels because he fits the stereotype of a Brussels eurocrat;
c) for the EU in general because his name Brian reminds of "The Life of Brian" (e.g. Judean People's Front & People's Front of Judea in the film, the EU Council & European Council in the EU) and both the film and the EU are full of satire.
Thanks a lot, Matthew!
Gratz Matt. Knew you'd do good things :-)
ReplyDeleteCheers Julien, it's great to see my work used like this. Glad to be of service.
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