For the Irish

[franceslievens]

Roddy Doyle explains why there will never be a sequal to The Commitments: "A lot of the lines in the book would have to change. When Jimmy says that the Irish are the blacks of Europe, Ireland is now one of the wealthiest countries in Europe, so we can't get away with that line anymore." And: "It's a better story if they break up. [...] We love failure in Ireland."

I wonder if there's a relation between the Irish and the Belgian. How long does it take before someone gets some kind of recognition in this country? We prefer them to fail. ;-)

(Via onepotmeal)