Kevin M. wrote: > I read and then reread the piece, and it brings to mind the chief > criticism I have of New Yorker contributors in general: I don't know > what the hell they are talking about. > > In this case, I can't tell whether Franklin dislikes the show because > of Tiny Fey or loves the show because of Alec Baldwin. She spent so > much time laying down an unnecessarily complex foundation (clearly, > she gets paid by the adjective), that by the time she got to the meat > of the article, I was lost in a sea of history and analogy. There was > no lead to speak of, nor did Franklin sum up any key point (or points) > in the piece. It was flowery writing, and it failed to even state a > concrete opinion, let alone state the reasoning behind an opinion.
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