Showing posts with label Celebrity Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrity Culture. Show all posts

June 11, 2010

Whining Isn't Satire (It's not Farcical Either)

…and, he ruined it. Epically. I knew it was going to happen. Nicholas Kristof takes his rightful place as an object of ridicule and scorn.
A MODEST PROPOSAL: A KING AND QUEEN FOR AMERICA by Nicholas D. Kristof 
This seems a lot less like a satire given Woody Allen’s idiocy.
The national campaign to get President Obama to emote, throw crockery 
Crockery? Is there a history of American presidents throwing clay pots at the British? Did Washington cross the Potomac with kettles in hand?
at oil executives and jump up and down in fury 
We get it. Your emphasis on the ridiculous is noted, yet nothing the White House has done since the oil spill has been any more effective than a toddler's tantrum style of crisis management.
has failed. But here’s a long-term solution: Let’s anoint a king and queen. 
Is this still satire?