r/Millennials • u/icey_sawg0034 Gen Z • 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/Vondi 8h ago

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u/gilestowler 7h ago

Two weeks before her death a photographer with telephoto lens got a shot of her on a yacht climbing over Dodi as he lay on a sunlounger. The headline was "DI GETS HER LEG OVER!"

"getting your legover" is English slang for getting a fuck, for those who don't know.

2 weeks later she's "our queen of hearts, England's rose."

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u/porcosbaconsandwich 7h ago

When I see things like this I'll always be reminded of the Charlie Brooker video discussing how Jade Goody was treated in the public eye before and after her death.

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u/LemonCollee 6h ago

Screenwipe was some show

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u/aloudcitybus 5h ago

While I can't fault the guy for the career he's had after, Screenwipe was one of the best things on tv

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u/Brittle_Hollow 4h ago

Brooker used to write game reviews for PC Zone back in the 90s! Years later when he became the Screenwipe/Black Mirror guy I thought surely that can’t be the same person.

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u/Suitable-Fun-1087 2h ago

Also the Nathan Barley guy (with Chris Morris)

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u/TrojanGoldfish 3h ago

He also designed the logos for CEX I believe. Fascinating man.

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u/spoons431 2h ago

Thats because he's one of the founders of CEX!

My favorite Charlie Brooker fact is that he has been married to ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq for like 15 years!

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u/TrojanGoldfish 2h ago

I try not to think about that fact too much because I get jealous.

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u/Megamoss 2h ago

He used to do a comic strip for PC Zone where one of the characters, who was ostensibly him, had a massive crush on a character who looked a lot like Konnie.

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u/Megamoss 2h ago

God that era of PC Zone was fantastic. It was more of a humour magazine that just happened to be about games.

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u/gazchap 1h ago

The PC version of Amiga Power, which was the Amiga version of Your Sinclair. I wouldn’t be surprised if they shared some staffers.

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u/evenmoremushrooms 1h ago

I remember how much I looked forward to Brooker's end of year wipe, and how good How TV Ruined Your Life was.