We love him, we do!
The Citizen *heart* Simon Pegg
Whatever the part, however small trust The Citizen to get very excited about it. Every time, without fail, that Simon does something to increase his fame and, as an added bonus, his wealth, this paper will do a feature in which it sounds as though it’s about to wet itself with excitement. OK, so landing a part in a major Hollywood film is big, big enough for an almost full page 3 article. It’s a proper family paper, so we don’t get to see tits on our page 3.
Frankly Mr Pegg would the most famous person to have any connection with Gloucester in a very long time. I said famous, not infamous, although many don’t associate the place with that any more. And it’s about time! We needed to thrust some quality talent onto the wider world, we just did it quietly.
What you can’t see from the online version of the newspaper article is the lovely picture montage someone spent clearly hours on. There are a couple of publicity shots from Shaun of the Dead and Dr Who; a piccy of Tom Cruise, just to make sure everyone knew which Mission Impossible was being referred to; and a black and white photo of a column of kids, with Simon circled second from bottom.
The Citizen comes across as some very proud aunty of Simon’s. “Ohh, look at him! Hasn’t he done well for himself?” I suspect the vast majority of Gloucesterians couldn’t have cared less or even knew who he was. Which is a tremendous shame, as there isn’t a great deal to be proud about in this town.
We need some seriously good reasons to justify the vast amounts of money currently pouring into the city for all the redevelopment because there’s bugger all reason for it otherwise. It’s a fairly crap place to be. I suspect that the vast numbers of houses that they are planning to build all over the place will be bought up by people working outside of the city, as there isn’t any industry here to support them. The student population is due to explode with the relocation and building of Gloscat, the local college, along with a few more houses. This will mean more traffic on a road network which is barely able to cope as it is; all the more reason to avoid town at the weekends, both at night and during the day; the teeny city centre will homogenise even more into looking like every other city/town centre. Don’t come here, and if you are here, leave quickly; just don’t go to Cheltenham. I recommend Stroud.
What a shambles of a post. Glad to see I’m back to my usual quality!
