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Friday, February 23, 2007
"We'll Invade Your Countries, Kill Your Leaders, and Convert You to Christianity."In my post on torture in 24 - which was really just a link to someone else who wrote something interesting on the topic - I touched on The 1/2 Hour News Hour, the conservative response to Jon Stewart's The Daily Show. Well, John Rogers' blog has drawn my attention to a couple of clips from the show. First, Roger's opinion (as a former stand-up and comedy writer):
It's as if aliens tried to decipher humor from radiated cable television waves and then constructed a "comedy" show with a poor translation algorithm. It is un-joke. You could put it in a chamber with a knock-knock joke and use the resultant explosion to power a starship. And now, in case you think that this is just because Rogers is some kind of leftie scrooge like myself, here are the clips Rogers highlighted so that you can judge for yourself. Personally, I think the conservatives should stick to the hard-hitting drama they are so good at and leave the funny to Stewart and the other lefties. But perhaps all that Marxism has gone to my head. Labels: commentary Comments  Cinephobia on Facebook |
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