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However, some media analysts believe there are more sinister motivations behind the media's preoccupation with Zuma. "Just using the word 'buffoon' harks back to an era of portraying Africans as simple and less educated," Wasserman says. Richard Lance Keeble, a professor of journalism at the University of Lincoln in northern England, says the British tabloid obsession with sex and sleaze drives the type of coverage seen with Zuma. "Add to that heady brew a pinch of unacceptable racism and you can easily explain the tabloid treatment of President Zuma's visit to London this week...
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John Henry F. Hinkel: The story is about a father of three, Richard Young, who gets diagnosed with testicular cancer. The film takes place in the week leading up to his surgery. It follows his attempts—and failures—to repair the relationships with his kids and wife, who basically think he’s a dick. The film is a comedy though, and there aren’t necessarily a lot of films that take cancer and comedy and put them together...
JHFH: Well, in the original script Richard Young does die. I don’t want to say that it’s all one big metaphor, but it is sort of metaphorical. There’s a Richard Young at the beginning of the film and a Richard Young at the end of the film, and the two are not the same...
JHFH: Kieran and I both thought that a lot of cancer films are a little too melodramatic and aren’t necessarily realistic in their portrayal. So, with “The Death of Richard Young,” we really tried to take this idea and move it in a direction where the misfortune doesn’t weigh down upon everything else. As well, Kieran has had some personal experience with cancer and so the story line certainly takes into account his perspective on the issue...