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of current events; ‘full of vile crap’ Rolling Stone columnists Jason Cohen and Michael Krugman broke their latest critique article down using the title of art critic Hilton Kramer’s latest New York Observer review, “Jewish Museum Show: Full of vile crap, not to be forgiven.” So I’ve cribbed it for this week’s rant. Gee, I guess everything good is borrowed. ABC’s “The Bachelor,” full of vile crap, not to be forgiven. If this isn’t the most blatant network endorsement of chauvinism since NBC ran that special “Playmate Fear Factor,” then I’ll eat my grandmother’s cat, and she doesn’t even have a cat. I wonder how the public might react if a strong, intelligent, beautiful, financially affluent woman was auditioning husbands. Pat Buchanan, full of vile crap, not to be forgiven. Pat’s new book talks about how immigration is destroying the country. I’m sure the Native Americans would agree. Buchanan is a Scottish name, isn’t it? This guy really holds no purpose anymore other than to serve as right-wing xenophobia’s most common talking point. Buchanan would do well to check out Michael Moore’s new book. It’s called “Stupid White Men.” Henry Jaglom, pretentious director of “Festival in Cannes,” full of vile crap, not to be forgiven. What could be more pretentious and trite than a complacent and self-congratulatory film festival? Maybe a pretentious and trite film about a complacent and self-congratulatory film festival. Henry Jaglom’s “indie” flick “Festival in Cannes” promises to give us “the scene behind the scenes” but winds up patting itself on the back while playing off the easy irony of having the actors laugh about how tawdry and shallow the film industry must be from the comfort of their million dollar hotel suites. If I had a dollar for every rich suburban kid I grew up with who wanted to be a filmmaker and foist his “unique and unconventional” vision upon the world I sure wouldn’t have to write for the TCU Daily Skiff. Independent films these days have become the movie version of a triple AAA farm league for directors who can’t wait to prove their chops and then cash in to make the big budget summer studio blockbuster. Just look at Sam Raimi’s ascension from the low-budget Evil Dead series from “The Quick and The Dead” and now to “Spiderman.” “7th Heaven,” full of vile crap, not to be forgiven. This show is little more than conservative middle-class pandering and the propagation of naiveté passed off as family entertainment. Anyone ever wonder if the reason kids perceive that they have to drink to fit in isn’t partially because every family show that deals with the subject frames the problem in exactly that way? It seems like the impression that drinking (or drugs) equals acceptance is being circulated more often by the shows attempting to teach the opposite message just so they’ll have something to tritely preach against. Ralph Nader, full of vile crap, not to be forgiven. Since he doesn’t have national elections to bugger up anymore, Nader’s taken to showing up on CNN’s “Crossfire” to spout his various conspiracy theories and liberal fear mongering. Nader is so full of himself sometimes I wish he’ll just forget to breathe so he could die flailing, useless and forgotten just like the Green Party. It’s not that the Green Party had ideas I personally disagreed with, but they managed to pick the only candidate less qualified for the presidency than the guy currently serving. Tim
Dragga is a junior political science major from Lubbock. |
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