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Now THIS is political satire
Newsweek has an interview with the creators of this hilarious parody worth checking out. I’ve seen this three times now and it keeps on laughing. In order for satire to work as satire, it must address the absurdities of what is being satirized. In the New Yorker cover, which the editors claim was meant to [...]
“The Heathen Obama”? The limits to satire in American politics
Which I wish to remark And my language is plain That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar. Which the same I would rise to explain. Ah Sin was his name; And I shall not deny In regard to the same What that name might imply, [...]
Alice B. Toklas Brownies
I was surprised recently in my relentless pursuit of Beat scholarship to learn of a connection between Brion Gyson, who invented and later taught William Burroughs the cut-up technique, and Alice B. Toklas, who was Gertrude Stein’s long-time companion and muse. Even more surprisingly the connection turns out to revolve around a recipe for ‘Haschisch [...]
No Caption Necessary
click for larger image UPDATE: I just came across this new ad for Hummer. see below HOPE: HUMMER OWNERS PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES I think this ad is what makes the above caption so ironic. Back in Texas, virtually every Hummer had/has one of those ubiquitous “W” bumper stickers on the back. The SUV has become [...]
Tagged Humor, SemioticsA Noun, a Verb and 9/11
These debates have been pretty comical over all on the American political scene. Following them can be excruciatingly painful at times as the candidates appear more and more as simulated caricatures of politicians. Part of this is obviously how the media frame the debates both communicatively and visually. All in all the candidates seem to [...]
Tagged Humor, Politics