No Such Thing Thing As Satire In America

[rusty quoin]

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Here's Chris Matthews on the Daily Show last night, talking about his book Life's a Campaign:

STEWART: If you treat life like a campaign—
MATTHEWS: Yes it is...It is a campaign. Everything about getting jobs is about convincing somebody to hire you. Right? It's about getting promotions. It's about selling products. It's always a campaign. It's a campaign to get the girl of your dreams. It's a campaign to do everything you want to do in life.


And here's the moron newscaster character (played by William Hurt) in the 1987 movie Broadcast News, giving Albert Brooks' character Aaron some advice:

TOM: And remember—you're not just reading the news or narrating. Everybody has to sell a little. You're selling them this idea of you. You know, what you're sort of saying is, "trust me. I'm credible." So whenever you catch yourself just reading...stop and start selling a little.

Later in the movie, the Albert Brooks character says this:

AARON: What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he's around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red, pointy tail. No...He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation and he will never do an evil thing...he will just bit by little bit lower standards where they are important.
Just coax along flash over substance. Just a tiny bit. And he will talk about all of us really being salesmen.


AND: I think a better name for Broadcast News would be Weep Now for the Terrible Tragedies Suffered by Whiny Oblivious Rich White People. It's undeniably funny, though.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Stewart: It's a recipe for sadness.

Great post, rusty quoin, and great thread.