Russell Brand has sparked the attention of a lot of people in recent months with his interview on BBC newsnight called "Russell Exposes the Truth". It's very entertaining because you can tell the interviewer is trying to make a joke out of Brand only to quickly realize the depth of Brands intellect and how motivated and well spoken this "actor" really is.
I believe it's hard for people to initially take Russell seriously because there was a point in time when his image was identifiable with a loud, obnoxious, ranting and raving comedian with severe drug problems. Luckily for us Brand realized that his mentality and personal views on life are so spot on that pointing them out to us make us laugh at the ideals our society has accepted.
Also in the beginning of this interview you can tell that the man interviewing Brand is not quite listening to his answers but busy cutting him off and already spitting out his next question. This is extremely frustrating but Brand handles it in such a matter, not to be rude, but to politely answers his questions from his perspective and let the ignorance of this man speak for itself.
The amazing part of this dialogue is that interviewer Jeremy begins to say less, and listen more as Brand ensures him he doesn't have to listen, he doesn't have to take him seriously as he is just pointing out that we have nothing genuine to vote for so really the point of voting is in itself trivial. The conversation continues as Brand talks about how this subject is important to him because he comes from the underclass not being represented by the current political system, he sees these struggles on the daily, and instead of leaders taking responsibilities for these issues their exploiting them.The interview finishes off with Brand defending his standpoint asking "why is that naive, why is that not my right because I'm an "actor". I've taken that right. I don't need the right from you. I don't need the right from anybody. I'm taking it."
Also, I am attaching a link to Russell Brand's current standup comedy which is called 'The Messiah Complex' where Russell takes us on a journey through his heroes and why he has chosen these iconic figures to identify himself with. I'd love to tell you more about this show but in all honesty the only way you'll truly appreciate how intelligent, and motivating and hilarious it is really would be to sit down for an hour and a half and watch it.
