Where Shall We Meet

On Hypocrisy with Tim Minchin


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Today we managed to catch Tim Minchin on his book tour between Brighton and Piccadilly London. He is an Australian actor, writer, musician, poet, composer, and songwriter. Tim is also a piano playing comedian extraordinaire. His recent book “You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious” became an instant Sunday Times bestseller.

He has released several albums, comedy specials, and live comedy shows that he has performed internationally. He is the composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning, Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated show Matilda the Musical and the Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated show Groundhog Day The Musical. In 2013, he played rock star Atticus Fetch on Californication and in 2019 he co-wrote and starred as Lucky Flynn in the TV series Upright.

Tim has been awarded several honorary Doctorates for his contribution to the arts. His “9 life lessons” acceptance speech went viral and has been viewed 10s of millions of times. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours "for significant service to the performing arts, and to the community".

We will talk about:

  • Self-censoring and policing opinion
  • Free speech absolutism
  • Life without social media
  • Assertion of tribal identity
  • People just wanting a hug
  • Decontextualising of text messages
  • The sloganisation of the worlds information
  • Ginger haired people
  • Being consumers versus creators
  • Bothsidesism
  • Male Homo Sapiens are dangerous things

Let's get into it!

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