His show is entertainment, so he has this character who is semi- incompetent in everything. Yeah, he has this personality also, but not 100%. And some of what he does is just idiotic. The tractor is just him I’m that role.
But the show highlights a lot of important aspects. The skill of farming, the sheer amount of effort, the risk and how much you get for all that risk and effort.
For me it’s a missed opportunity that the farmers didn’t integrate the chain up like many stores have done down. That is buy the mills, bakeries and stores. Why can the grocery chains so it, but not the other way around?
Exactly. What he never ever does is underplay what real farmers do. He’s also using this platform to speak for them, and British farmers are largely supportive of his efforts in shining lights on problems they face every day.
But some people online hate the guy and have made their mind up before even bothering to read or try and understand.
His show is entertainment, so he has this character who is semi- incompetent in everything. Yeah, he has this personality also, but not 100%. And some of what he does is just idiotic.
The thing about playing a bafoon-ish, semi-incompetent character that uses racist encoded jokes, promoting a lifestyle of the bored rich elite is that at some point you have to come off stage and out of character.
When Clarkson comes off stage, he punches people in the face because he didn’t get his din-dins or writes opinion pieces with racist encoded jokes and illiberal positions.
His show is entertainment, so he has this character who is semi- incompetent in everything. Yeah, he has this personality also, but not 100%. And some of what he does is just idiotic. The tractor is just him I’m that role.
But the show highlights a lot of important aspects. The skill of farming, the sheer amount of effort, the risk and how much you get for all that risk and effort.
For me it’s a missed opportunity that the farmers didn’t integrate the chain up like many stores have done down. That is buy the mills, bakeries and stores. Why can the grocery chains so it, but not the other way around?
Exactly. What he never ever does is underplay what real farmers do. He’s also using this platform to speak for them, and British farmers are largely supportive of his efforts in shining lights on problems they face every day.
But some people online hate the guy and have made their mind up before even bothering to read or try and understand.
The thing about playing a bafoon-ish, semi-incompetent character that uses racist encoded jokes, promoting a lifestyle of the bored rich elite is that at some point you have to come off stage and out of character.
When Clarkson comes off stage, he punches people in the face because he didn’t get his din-dins or writes opinion pieces with racist encoded jokes and illiberal positions.