Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Kung Fu Monkey: Learn to say 'ain't' ...

A gloss on Thomas Frank.Kung Fu Monkey: Learn to say 'ain't' ...

posted by Victor Laszlo @ 5/03/2005   4 comments

4 Comments:

At May 09, 2005, Blogger Carmen said...

OK. Now this I understand. Comparing politicians to stand up comedians makes perfect sense to me. First things first, if people like you they will listen to you. If they don't like you, then just pack your bags and move on. Then in the essay they jump to freakonomics, which is even more thought provoking. Comparing gang bangers to the corporate structure of MacDonalds is a really cool way of talking about economics.

But back to the original essay by the comic. He takes a beer up on stage (a long-neck, if you noticed). How many times have you looked around the room at a party or some other function before you ordered to see what is the acceptible drink? I do that all the time. So, among the many politicians we know, which one has that type of savvy? If you use this as the yardstick, you weed out a lot of people early on. Nice job, Lazlo.

 
At May 09, 2005, Blogger Victor Laszlo said...

Laura Bush must have read this post too. See Frank Rich's column in the New York Times, Laura Bush's Mission Accomplished, where Laura basically used stand-up comedy including horse masturbation jokes to win over the White House press corp. And this is considered "real" and not being phony? Unbelievable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/opinion/08rich.html?hp

 
At May 10, 2005, Blogger Carmen said...

Anyone, reagrdless of political, social or humanitarian stance goes up a notch in my book when they pull off a horse masturbation joke (pun intended). She is now at notch one.

 
At May 10, 2005, Blogger Victor Laszlo said...

Yeah I know. I'm ashamed that I actually kind of like Laura Bush, but it's hard to get over the one really bad decision she made.

 

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