Spoof of Bush Wins Faux Faulkner Contest

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Spoof of Bush Wins Faux Faulkner Contest


By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press Writer

July 23, 2005


A scathing parody that likens President Bush to the "idiot" in William Faulkner's novel "The Sound and the Fury" has won this year's Faulkner write-alike contest - and touched off a literary spat.

Organizers of the Faux Faulkner competition are accusing Hemispheres, the United Airlines magazine that has sponsored the contest for six years, of playing politics by not putting Sam Apple's "The Administration and the Fury" in its print edition - only on its Web site.

"One of the things they asked was that we didn't have profanity or any obvious sexual content. We watch for that. But anything else, like a political subject, was funny, it was parody. ... We felt that that shouldn't be censored," said Larry Wells, who organizes the contest with his wife, Dean Faulkner Wells, Faulkner's niece.

The story portrays President Bush in the role of Benjy, the mentally challenged son - or, as Faulkner himself said, the "idiot" - in his 1929 novel about the wreckage of a Southern family.



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http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050723/APE/507230793&cachetime=3&template=dateline

[deutsey]

1. Are they sure this isn't really W's autobiography?

:evilgrin:

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. And then I saw Condi

And then I saw Condi, with flowers in her hair and a long veil like shining wind. Condi. Condi. :rofl:

Better to listen to the bombastic overstatement of Jason Compson senior:

Because battles are never won. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.



We know Bushie ain't a philosopher, so that doesn't leave a helluva lot of options...;-)

[Tin Man]

3. Funny stuff!

The Administration and the Fury
If William Faulkner were writing on the Bush White House
By Sam Apple

Down the hall, under the chandelier, I could see them talking. They were walking toward me and Dick s face was white, and he stopped and gave a piece of paper to Rummy, and Rummy looked at the piece of paper and shook his head. He gave the paper back to Dick and Dick shook his head. They disappeared and then they were standing right next to me.

“Georgie s going to walk down to the Oval Office with me,” Dick said.

“I just hope you got him all good and ready this time,” Rummy said.

“Hush now,” Dick said. “This aint no laughing matter. He know lot more than folks think.” Dick patted me on the back good and hard. “Come on now, Georgie,” Dick said. “Never mind you, Rummy.”

remainder of story here:
http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/fiction/2005/faulkner.htm

[Demeter]

4. That Was So Innocuous!

I can't believe they got upset over something like that.

[Voltaire99]

5. You know they're terrified when...

...they won't allow even literary jokes at the Dufus-In-Chief's expense.