a while back i watched an archieluxury clip on youutube and lasted about 30 seconds before i switched off, wondering what anyone saw in the guy. but this week i've watched a few cclips through including this one where he talks about serious mental illness (obviously bipolar disorder by his description)
now - in this clip he states from the outset that he is a method actor who plays a number of characters,, one of whom is archieluxury..... i take this as truth, though the point i'm trying to make is that it seems hard to separate truth from fiction here....
i could be galled at someone pretending to have a serious mental illness for the purpose of - what? sympathy? money? narcissism? - but in fact i was completely moved by the performance (if that's what it was).... there's something compelling about this, and i find that, in this clip, it feels like he's dealing in truth, even if it's not *the* truth.....
whatever - i found it kind of compulsive viewing (if a little like slowing down to watch a car crash - i am conflicted about what i feel about all this).... this actor if nothing else is very clever.
am i just naive?? have i been suckered by a very clever vlogger?
what's your take on archieluxury??
who is archieluxury??
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who is archieluxury??
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Re: who is archieluxury??
This might help. Or not. We live in a world of contradictions.... On balance I think Paul Pluta has issues.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/archie-luxu ... aul-pluta/
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/archie-luxu ... aul-pluta/
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Re: who is archieluxury??
The ABTW interview made me realise he is a bit cleverer than you think and Archie is a character.
If you don't take it seriously he's quite amusing.
If you don't take it seriously he's quite amusing.
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Re: who is archieluxury??
yeah - i realise that wherever he's coming from he's very clever.
that interview was a total trial !! arial adams is soooooo dull and self-referential....... paul pluta played him like it was a game.......
and it really added nothing to what we all know about paul pluta / archie luxury.... perhaps that was the whole point......
that interview was a total trial !! arial adams is soooooo dull and self-referential....... paul pluta played him like it was a game.......
and it really added nothing to what we all know about paul pluta / archie luxury.... perhaps that was the whole point......
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