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. 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/
