. . . purports the self-styled "Voice of the Globe" during IRELAND: THE EMERALD ISLE (rating 6.66). Anyone who has endured a symposium, seminar, or semester covering "The Troubles" will be well aware of "what a crock" that phrase actually is. Some folks have accused Haiti, Sicily, and/or Cypress of giving islands a bad name (and this week's bloodbath in Christchurch certainly hasn't helped the Travel Industry's favorite oxymoron: "Island Paradise," either). However, when it comes to maintaining the unrelenting leadership in the Kill-Thy-Neighbor Sweepstakes, the Irish Homeland has claimed the permanent naming rights. As tempting as it might be for some unscrupulous bozo to describe a witch's warts as "beauty spots," labeling unadulterated fairy tales as "Travel Talks" defies the basic principle of Truth in Advertising. After watching IRELAND: THE EMERALD ISLE, viewers half expect this peripatetic prattler's next project to be titled something such as HOT TIMES IN HADES or BOUNCING DOWN TO HELL. Can't you just hear our Global Voice raving about "enticing pools of brimstone" and "the cherubic faces of the local imps"?
Review of Ireland: 'the Emerald Isle'
Ireland: 'the Emerald Isle'
(1934)
"People walk hand-in-hand with angels . . . "
16 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers