Welcome to Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

History, Comedy

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 1 minutes

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The show where we ask: Where do you draw the line?

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0:00.0	Genius. Genius.
0:08.5	Hello, welcome to Evil Genius. I'm Russell Kane. I'm going to be taking a selection of characters
0:13.0	through history that are indeed geniuses. That bit's not just beautiful, but they've
0:16.4	done some despicable things, some odious things. They've been bad to them family, they've been
0:20.3	bad to themselves, they might have been racist, they might have been sex offenders. They've
0:23.7	done some horrible things, but do the horrible things outweigh the genius. That's what I'm going
0:29.2	to add up. And if you're hoping for grey area nuance, carry on hoping, loser. There'll
0:33.8	be a vote at the end of each show where I decide where anyone from WG Grace to Evelyn
0:38.8	War is a genius or evil. I'll be joined by a caning panel each week, a real mixture of
0:46.5	people, actors, academics, comedians, all types of people all help me get to the bottom and
0:51.5	help me weigh the evidence. Is it ever acceptable to like the art of someone that was horrible?
0:56.8	Never forget Hitler did some banging watercolours.

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