RE: Brand Homeless James Part 1 of 6

Russell Brand invites a homeless man to live in his house.
RE:Brand was a British documentary and comedy television program that aimed to take a challenging look at cultural taboos.
It was conceived, written and hosted by Brand, with the help of his comic partner for many projects, Matt Morgan. The series was shown on the now defunct digital satellite channel UK Play in 2002. As confirmed in his memoirs 'My Booky Wook' and mentioned on his radio shows, Brand was often drunk or on heroin during the filming of RE:Brand.

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[RyaannWheatley]

i think its great how he managed to produce these pretty amazing documentaries that get a point across while heavily addicted to heroin and probably intoxicated the majority of the time!

[GUILTYENOUGH1]

Russell is an amazing talent but this was filmed when he was still using and this is by his own admission when he was a mess. He wasnt in the right place to be helping anyone...And James actually admitted to feeling used by this filming. I work with some lovely people who are nfa ex addicts and people trying to get clean near soho and they are some of the nicest people you will meet.

As much as I love Russell...Not sure this is funny.

[SOUPRUN01]

As a critic I think he is hypocritical. As a cynic I say bin it, It's quite possible that he was easily fed and I would prefer to be force led, than say The King is dead.

[nickypeeps]

@GUILTYENOUGH1 you should find solace in knowing that this wouldn't have been funny either way

[lolz0rjesus]

@GUILTYENOUGH1 Though what you have mentioned is true, the show wasn't just about doing things for a laugh. It was conceived to address and draw attention to not only deeply personal issues for Russell (eg. Dad fight), but also important social issues which go largely overlooked. I don't believe for a second Russell would ever intentionally exploit or manipulate another person, especially someone who is homeless. You would be hard pressed to find someone more kind hearted and gentle natured

[clintdelicious]

@GUILTYENOUGH1 even if it isn't funny at least Russell recognised that it was probably wrong and felt guilt in the end about it. I think this draws attention to homelessness and is a god thing in the end. Funny thing is James makes enough to rent a room in a place and this could have motivated him to progress towards that, I've worked for £50 a day many times, obviously I didn't have the social problems etc that he does, in the end I think this isn't that awful though and he does care for him

[clintdelicious]

@RyaannWheatley his drug addiction was very minor. When addicted he used just enough to feel normal so rather than be high the gear made him feel normal. I respect him because in his book he doesn't play it up like most people, that said though his habit was on the much lower end of the scale. I played in a successful rock band with a smack addict and they only get enough to feel normal, like how you or me feel on a good day, they can still function just as well once they have used

[fuckalluhoes91]

@GUILTYENOUGH1 cause its funny uve gotta laugh about everything in life or else u just cry and no one wants to cry

[OzzyRussellJackieLuv]

@joefrench555 and thats on a bad day .. imagine a good day fucking hell!

[6labi4]

@joefrench555 they make money but I don't think they choose to live that way, many are on drugs the money goes wasted on that. It's very simple to find yourself on the street and beg, is enough if you loose your job, can't get another one, carry on doing drugs and bang! Once you are in the street though is very hard to get beck to normal life. Sad really.

[6labi4]

@GUILTYENOUGH1 not everything he did with those documentaries meant to be funny. He is a funny guy and a comedian, but the topics he discussed on here where very deep and serious. Comedians are often very deep thinking people. sorry about my poor English!

[hezzywoo]

all these re:brand things start of seeming funny and ironic but end up being quite sad :/