Category: parody
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On the other hand …
Maybe I was uncomfortable defending Jim McGreevey, a frequent target of the Malcontent. Or maybe James Kirchick’s defense of The Weekly Standard parody simply proved me wrong: To me, the outrageous aspect of McGreevey’s decision to become a man of the cloth finds its root not primarily in the fact that he’s gay (though certainly…
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Idi Amin, Goebbels and me
Never fear, you can still make fun of the fags, as The Weekly Standard so weakly demonstrates in this recent "parody" <—
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Onion du jour
Notes from a blogger: The No. 1 rule of my blog is that there are no rules. I write about everything from movies I’ve seen to crazy observations that just pop into my head about Starbucks. And sometimes I’ll just write, “Had a pretty boring day today,” take a picture of myself eating cereal for…
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The Woody Allen biopic
(A classic via The Onion) I’m talking kind of an overall “triumphs and tribulations of the daily lives of various New York intellectuals as they go about their daily lives” kind of a thing. I’ve thought of a title, and if I may, it’s a little self-indulgent, I know, but don’t use it if you…
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The end of Spinal Tap
Reuniting to play at Al Gore’s Earth First concert is a bad idea. Is the faux heavy metal trio going to mock Gore, or environmentalists? According to the former veep, Spinal Tap will be helping "deliver this message about why we have to respond to the climate crisis and how we can do so successfully."…
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The blogosphere says what?
(A parody, for the unitiated) I knew today was coming. As much as I didn’t want to think about it, I knew. In case you haven’t heard, Rosie is off “The View.” They say it’s because of a salary dispute, but I know better. Rosie was fired because she’s a strong gay woman. I got…
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