On Mar 15, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Stefano Mori wrote: > > On 2009-Mar-15, at 22:21, Lawrence Sica wrote: > >> >> On Mar 15, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote: >> >>> On 15 Mar 2009, at 21:57, Stefano Mori wrote: >>>> He's as much a media whore as they are. >>> >>> >>> "At least we call it Snake Oil here" >>> >> >> Jon makes no bones about what he does, or is. I'd say many on CNN >> and >> CNBC pretend to be X when they are Y. A big part of the Daily Show >> is >> that it criticizes and mocks the media as it stands now. He is >> almost >> like the Fool in the King's court maybe? > > > I don't see any good reason why he needs to play the fool when he's > being interviewed about politics.
you've read Shakespeare, no doubt remember the line: "I wear not motley in my brain" or something like that ? one of the court jesters - "Twelfth Night" ? I can't remember Kevin > > Instead of being himself, he puts on his comedy persona. That's X > being Y. > > So why is he still putting on a facade, a performance, an act? Could > it be that he can't handle thinking on his feet, and has to use a pre- > prepared performance, going for laughs instead of discussion? > > For a comparison, here is John Cleese being asked about Sarah Palin. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMyNk8J1c8g > > > Stefano > > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
