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Rappel au règlement !
Argh, my brand new favourite reality tv show is on hiatus till further notice tonight! In other words, the live stream of the National Assembly debates (about Marriage Equality) has been suspended because deputies were about to jump at one another's throat. I thought the episode was rather dull tonight until this twist happened and, once again, I was pulled in.
And I am not trying to trivialise the debates, it truly feels like witnessing a part of our history being written right in front of our eyes (for the record, the first article of the bill, which was the most important one as it is the one that allows same-sex marriage has been adopted Saturday by 249 to 97) but it's actually the first time I watch an Assemblée Nationale debate and it's fascinating! Incidentally, it's also very similar to a tv show; you have the protagonists (pro-equality-for-all, led by one of the main characters, Christiane Taubira, minister of Justice) and the antagonists (ie the opposition, led by the villain Christian Jacob) both companies are on a quest, and you follow their journey and see them fight.
My favourite is, of course, Christiane Taubira, who's brilliant, compassionate, passionate, fierce and prone to sarcasm #TeamTaubira Her and her gang are trying to bring justice and equality to all of us but she has to face Christian Jacob and his pals, who are there to keep us "in our place". The exchanges between both clans are priceless; you cringe whenever someone from the opposition gets to the mic and want to squee whenever someone from the pro-clan gets their turn. You have those secondary characters who happen to be as awesome as the main ones, I'm thinking of Claude Bartolone, president of the Assemblée Nationale who doesn't take part in the debate but whose task is to handle the deputies, make sure everyone has the opportunity to say what they want, to calm people when things are heating up and to just tell everyone off when they're pushing it. He's always doing it with a smile and a "come on, M. Mariton, be a dear and let your colleague speak, will you?" (Mariton is another of the characters).
And let's not forget the dialogues! The dialogues are so incredible - either because they're almost impossibly stupid (omg, some of the things the opposition is sprouting, just unbelievable o_O) or because they're just brilliant (you go, Mme Taubira! You tell 'em, M. Binnet!). You also have some phrases that come with every episode, which turned cultish is no time, like the "rappel au règlement" line, for instance.
And amidst the noise and the gazillion amendments that a gazillion deputies are defending, you never forget the arc, the main plot that will, if everything goes according to plan (and among other things), allow you and your girlfriend to decide whether or not to get married in the near future. Not to say we will but at least we'll be able to decide.
All that to say, favourite reality tv show of the moment ;)
Case in point. ( That was my browser history before - this is my browser history now )
( That was my daily tv fix before (kinky cap taken from this week episode of Arrow) - this is my daily tv fix now )
And I am not trying to trivialise the debates, it truly feels like witnessing a part of our history being written right in front of our eyes (for the record, the first article of the bill, which was the most important one as it is the one that allows same-sex marriage has been adopted Saturday by 249 to 97) but it's actually the first time I watch an Assemblée Nationale debate and it's fascinating! Incidentally, it's also very similar to a tv show; you have the protagonists (pro-equality-for-all, led by one of the main characters, Christiane Taubira, minister of Justice) and the antagonists (ie the opposition, led by the villain Christian Jacob) both companies are on a quest, and you follow their journey and see them fight.
My favourite is, of course, Christiane Taubira, who's brilliant, compassionate, passionate, fierce and prone to sarcasm #TeamTaubira Her and her gang are trying to bring justice and equality to all of us but she has to face Christian Jacob and his pals, who are there to keep us "in our place". The exchanges between both clans are priceless; you cringe whenever someone from the opposition gets to the mic and want to squee whenever someone from the pro-clan gets their turn. You have those secondary characters who happen to be as awesome as the main ones, I'm thinking of Claude Bartolone, president of the Assemblée Nationale who doesn't take part in the debate but whose task is to handle the deputies, make sure everyone has the opportunity to say what they want, to calm people when things are heating up and to just tell everyone off when they're pushing it. He's always doing it with a smile and a "come on, M. Mariton, be a dear and let your colleague speak, will you?" (Mariton is another of the characters).
And let's not forget the dialogues! The dialogues are so incredible - either because they're almost impossibly stupid (omg, some of the things the opposition is sprouting, just unbelievable o_O) or because they're just brilliant (you go, Mme Taubira! You tell 'em, M. Binnet!). You also have some phrases that come with every episode, which turned cultish is no time, like the "rappel au règlement" line, for instance.
And amidst the noise and the gazillion amendments that a gazillion deputies are defending, you never forget the arc, the main plot that will, if everything goes according to plan (and among other things), allow you and your girlfriend to decide whether or not to get married in the near future. Not to say we will but at least we'll be able to decide.
All that to say, favourite reality tv show of the moment ;)
Case in point. ( That was my browser history before - this is my browser history now )
( That was my daily tv fix before (kinky cap taken from this week episode of Arrow) - this is my daily tv fix now )