Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o
Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o
Im stephen sackur. Leaders who routinely abuse their power cant stand to be laughed at. Satire is a potent political weapon, and that is a truth my guest today has exploited for a0 years. Pieter dirk uys styles himself as the most famous white woman in south africa, thanks to his alter ego, auntie evita a character he created to poke fun at the White Afrikaner establishment during the apartheid era, and which he now uses to lampoon jacob zuma and the anc, but are there are dangers in playing south africas recent history for laughs . Pieter dirk uys, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve made a career and a life out of humour, pretty subversive humour. But would you say youre fundamentally driven by anger, or is it Something Else . I think anger is a very important motivation, after all these years, and especially in the beginning when i was very quiet and very scared of opinion, because most of it was illegal. So actually i try to keep a balance of 49 anger, 51 entertainment, not the o
Was the year of a certain donaldj trump. There are hundreds of thousands of blockheads in this country who are idiots, who will follow anyone, who will vote for a reality tv star. If the choice is between donald trump versus hillary clinton, ill vote for donald trump. The statements about banning all muslims, just on the basis of religious faith, is very much contrary to american values. Ultimately, theres one certainty from brexit, total certainty that we have voted to take back control of our country. There is a teeny tiny bit of my personal feeling that comes into play because i love so much the uk that i want them to be with the europeans. This could be the beginning of the unravelling of the European Union, i agree. It cant be excluded. We are in a horrible war. I am supposed, on behalf of the un and, frankly, on behalf of everyone, to throw need new ideas while things are not moving. The only thing which would move is war. I also want to feel i make the world a better place and i
Was the year of a certain donaldj trump. There are hundreds of thousands of blockheads in this country who are idiots, who will follow anyone, who will vote for a reality tv star. If the choice is between donald trump versus hillary clinton, ill vote for donald trump. The statements about banning all muslims, just on the basis of religious faith, is very much contrary to american values. Ultimately, theres one certainty from brexit, total certainty that we have voted to take back control of our country. There is a teeny tiny bit of my personal feeling that comes into play because i love so much the uk that i want them to be with the europeans. This could be the beginning of the unravelling of the European Union, i agree. It cant be excluded. We are in a horrible war. I am supposed, on behalf of the un and, frankly, on behalf of everyone, to throw need new ideas while things are not moving. The only thing which would move is war. I also want to feel i make the world a better place and i