I understand Fox has signed an agreement to produce a cartoon version of the Jim Brady story, starring Homer Simpson in the lead...
Posted on 06/25/2006 7:49:09 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
LIFE IS HARD for satirists. Like high school poets or people who get aroused when they put on furry mascot costumes, no one understands them. Back in 1729, Jonathan Swift was almost universally reviled when he suggested, in "A Modest Proposal," that the antidote to urban squalor was to eat the children of poor Irish immigrants and use their skin to make "admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for fine gentlemen." If only Fox News had been around; Sean Hannity would have dined out (so to speak) for weeks on the skirmish.
Today, of course, "A Modest Proposal" is considered one of the greatest works of political satire in the English language. But isn't that always the way? Comedy is tragedy plus time, which may explain why Ann Coulter, the Cruella De Vil of blond, ectomorphic wonkdom, is getting such a beating by the liberal and (more important) tragically literal mainstream media. Such is the price of being in the cultural vanguard. If you think Swift was cutting-edge, imagine having a wit so dry that even you haven't yet realized you're a satirist.
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I loved to write satire when I was young, but don't bother any more for a simple reason. You can't satirize people -- liberals -- who have no core belief. You can't ridicule the weird beliefs of people who actually will, and do, believe any weird thing already. You can't satirize people who are more outlandish than any spoof you can dream up.
Ann is not that type of writer anyway. She's an expositor, a truth teller, a teacher, with a witty take on things. Wit is hard to define, but we can all appreciate how much work and intelligence go into it. After all, you can't make witty comments without an intimate grasp of the subject. You have to first research your subjects and think through the issues. You have to stay up with the news and spot breaks and trends and illustrative items. You have to see the malarkey and contradictions and buffoonery in the political world. And it helps to do it all faster and deeper than anyone else. Then your wit will be armed and ready.
Ann is the best in the biz today.
I think you are seriously underestimating the importance of what Ann accomplishes. Her most recent work has helped focus people on the liberal tactic of adopting spokespeople who cannot be challenged without risk of attack due to the "special" character of the spokesperson.
Kerry can't be challenged because he was in VietNam (Did you know that?).
Feinstein can't be attacked because she was practically a witness to the shootings of Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone.
Brady can't be attacked because her husband has sacrificed the quality of his life to a crazed gunman.
Without their victim status, who would listen to such people?
Ann once said "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity". This was soon after 9/11. Later she was able to add that the first two items had become official US foreign policy. She deserves credit for having assessed the situation quickly and accurately and for having the guts to say what the solution is. She didn't wait for someone else to say what we should do. THAT is leadership.
Seems the best way to survive is to probably lie about circulation.
I would not be shocked if those that advertise with her are told it has about double the real circulation or more.
And, don't forget......if a liberal is losing an argument with a conservative.....the Conservative is a RACIST!
Gn 22:17 your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies
Newspaper sale$ decline should be blamed on the Journos
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People who work at journalism full time ought to be able to do a better job of it than people for whom it is a hobby. But that's not going to happen as long as we "professional" journalists ignore stories we don't like and try to hide our mistakes. We think of ourselves as "gatekeepers." But there is not much future in being a gatekeeper when the walls are down.
Her point in the book was to fight the establishment of atheism as the official religion of the US, but as usual, the public conscience was much more fascinated by the problem of Cindy Sheehan being able to get any amount of air time and the mothers of the other 2500 lost soldiers have almost no voice at all.. because Cindy serves the interests to advance the story like that the liberal media wants to tell..
So Ann has established herself as a true mover of events and the shared political mind. Not just a lightweight cheerleader.
She was merely reversing the Muslims' stated agenda. That was the satire. Missed by everyone.
My Misspent Youth by Meghan Daum
Publisher Comments:
Daum delves into the center of things while closely examining the detritus that spills out along the way. She speaks to questions at the root of the contemporary experience, from the search for authenticity and interpersonal connection in a society defined by consumerism and media; to the disenchantment of working in a "glamour profession"; to the catastrophic effects of living among New York City's terminal hipsters. With precision and well-balanced irony, Daum implicates herself as readily as she does the targets that fascinate and horrify her.
Don't ask me, the publisher is the one who knows her, not me.
About the same body type and guys just go GA-GA over her.
I don't get it.
But there is not much future in being a gatekeeper when the walls are down.
Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms. Make a clean sweep down fore and aft.
Just the mental image of Helen Thomas (with or without makeup) is enough to scar me for life. Thanks a lot, you guys!
I can almost envision Ann lying across the top of a piano singing "Thanks for the free publicityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...."
I have believed for over 7 years that Liberalism is a religion. The liberals are a faith group, not a group bound together by ethics. Actually, they're a group bound together by a lack of ethics.
Meghan is in orbit and suffering from o2 deprivation. Perhaps we should send her a hockey helmet.
LOL... some years back I printed up a bunch of "stealth" bumper stickers to put on the backs of bumper sticker- bestooned hippie cars around Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. They looked like your typical college hippie message until you read them carefully... they said "FEED THE HOMELESS TO THE HUNGRY...
I understand Fox has signed an agreement to produce a cartoon version of the Jim Brady story, starring Homer Simpson in the lead...
Liberals are always searching fot "authenticity", what ever that means.
But,but,but Gore killed Manbearpig and people are super stoked on him even if they don't know it!
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