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Saraswathi Poojai Sirappu Pattimandram 23.10.12


http://www.tamiltwist.com/2012/10/pa...3-10-2012.html

[selvakumar]

My respect and admiration for Leoni is increasing day by day. I have become an ardent fan of him with every pattimandram. His reach to all sections of the society is not surprising. He had taken what was once used to be only for elite crowd to everyone.

He is an excellent actor. He should have acted in more films.

[P_R]

My respect and admiration for Leoni is increasing day by day. I have become an ardent fan of him with every pattimandram. His reach to all sections of the society is not surprising. He had taken what was once used to be only for elite crowd to everyone.

He represents a strong anti-intellectualism, a bane of Tamil public discourse. Not only do they represent a lack of knowledge but the audacity to ridicule it. He is a posterboy for the 'arrogance of the ignorant'.

There is no 'debate' at all. There is just a serial exchange of peppered jokes. No arguments are made. One side will pick their best example and the opponent's worst example and earn laughs. The other side will do the same. Non-sequitirs, gentle ad-hominems, exaggeration for effect - these constitute his 'technique'.

And then one thoughtlessly blames our 'education system' for people not having critical reasoning. This is the 'example' of critical thinking that is out there to purvey.

He democritized pattimandrams the same way T20 democritized cricket - by keeping the trappings and completely removing the essence. By descending to the lowest common denominator and ensuring they stay s. By assuring them that ignorance is nothing to be ashamed about. That knowledge and intellectual effort is to be mocked and derided at.

He gives the illusion to the listener that he has also participated in some though exercise. Can you imagine the mind that seriously considers ANY of the debater's points as persuasive arguments leading to somewhere.

His only achievement is he has made Pappiah look better!

He was funny - adhu vERa department. He was funny in the late 90s. Used to devour his tapes. But IMO he has largely lost it.

His popularity is symptomatic of our celebration of philistinism. idhellAm Charu Nivedhita sariyA dhaan thitturaapla-nu solluvEn.

[selvakumar]

He represents a strong anti-intellectualism, a bane of Tamil public discourse. Not only do they represent a lack of knowledge but the audacity to ridicule it. He is a posterboy for the 'arrogance of the ignorant'.

I disagree here completely. I don't see any indications of this behavior in his pattimandrams.

On the lack of debate, this is a general problem for even veterans due to the same topics getting repeated all the time. This has given way to programs like Neeya Naana. Even there, people get bored over a point. Once in a while, you would see a good debate on a nice topic. I have seen Leoni balancing both the sides during the debate similar to how others like Sathyaseelan, Papaiya have done over the years. I haven't seen him favoring one side because they have strong points to argue. Again, I would blame this to the quality of the topic taken for discussion and the quality of the speakers. Even in Paapaya pattimandrams, if you ignora Raja you wouldn't really see a debate.

He democritized pattimandrams the same way T20 democritized cricket - by keeping the trappings and completely removing the essence. By descending to the lowest common denominator and ensuring they stay s. By assuring them that ignorance is nothing to be ashamed about. That knowledge and intellectual effort is to be mocked and derided at.

Again, I disagree. I haven't seen Leoni or his speakers taking a shot at the intellectual effort. Infact, the popular speaker in Leoni's debates is from the "Murpokku ezuthalar sangam". I have seen him debating with points that even Papayya's pattimandrams don't touch.

He gives the illusion to the listener that he has also participated in some though exercise. Can you imagine the mind that seriously considers ANY of the debater's points as persuasive arguments leading to somewhere.

CAn you please throw more light on this? I don't get it at all.

He was funny - adhu vERa department. He was funny in the late 90s. Used to devour his tapes. But IMO he has largely lost it.

I agree that he was more funny and he is slowly losing it. However, it is not that bad. Still I am able to listen to the entire debate.

His popularity is symptomatic of our celebration of philistinism. idhellAm Charu Nivedhita sariyA dhaan thitturaapla-nu solluvEn.

Onnum puriyala. Ithellam ethukku inga varuthunnu therla

[venkkiram]

சொற்பொழிவு, பட்டி மன்றம், வழக்காடு மன்றம், நகைச்சுவை மன்றம் வழியே அவரின் கருத்துக்கள் மதிப்பிடமுடியாதது. சிரிப்பினுள் பொதிந்திருக்கும் பகுத்தறிவு. இரவு நேர மோட்டல்களில் பல நேரங்களில் இவரின் சுவையான பேச்சை அனுபவித்ததுண்டு. அதிகாலை இரண்டு, மூன்று மணியளவில் மூன்று நான்கு பேருந்துகள் சந்தித்துக் கொள்ளும் அந்த பத்து நிமிட இடைவெளியில் அரை தூக்கத்திலும் மக்களிடையே சிரிப்பலையை பார்க்கலாம். தூக்கத்தையே அசைத்துப் போட்டுவிடும். தமிழகம் முழுவதுமே லியோனி புகழ் ஓங்கி இருக்கிறது. பெரிய அளவில் புரட்சி இது.