Satire
LOS ANGELES, (PTBNS): Comedian and radio talk show host Dennis Miller, who, shortly after 9/11, made it publicly known that he had taken a big swing to the political right, has inexplicably swung back to the left–the far left.
“I’ve been studying Marxist/Leninist philosophy, and I’ve got to say, I’m more fulfilled than Michael Moore after being locked overnight in a Krispy Kreme. I couldn’t be more perked up and excited if I were Lindsay Lohan on her way to Pablo Escobar’s birthday party,” said Miller.
Mr. Miller continued delving into the reasons why he’s switching political allegiance from libertarian/conservative to Marxist/Leninist.
“Marx’s ‘Das Kapital’ is a tough read — it’s harder than Michael Jackson in a sauna full of Cub Scouts, babe — but once I got a grip on it and was no longer as intimidated as an ailurophobe stuck in an elevator with the cast of CATS, my brain was doing more giddy undulation than the directors cut of the orgy scene in ‘Eyes Wide Shut.’”
When asked why he’s declaring himself a Marxist at this juncture in his career, Miller was candid. “Marx hung with this cat named Friedrich Engels, who was sort of Karl’s version of Kato Kaelin, but only a better actor. Engels said that, ‘an ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.’”
“Well,” Miller continued, “it’s time for action, babe. Words alone are as valuable as an endorsement by Michael Dukakis. I want an uprising of the lower classes, and I want the upper classes to know what it’s like to struggle more than Ernest Borgnine trying to get into a wet suit to shoot the SCUBA scene in McHale’s Navy. I won’t let up until the ruling classes are as freaked out as a church DJ watching Oedipus and his old lady grind at the mother/son dance, okay?”
For now, Miller doesn’t see himself changing political direction for a while. “I’m going to ride this thing like it’s Carmen Electra and I’m Jamie Foxx. I’ll only stop when I see the ruling classes go down like Rex Reed at Barney Frank’s re-election soiree, and the inevitable transfer of wealth makes Kruschev sprout a woody so big that his casket lid flies farther than a Pujols homer.”
Miller acknowledged that the switch hasn’t been easy. “Sure, I’ve taken more verbal abuse than a Jewish cop who just pulled over Mel Gibson, but there’s also a sizable segment of my audience that is happier than Eleanor Roosevelt at a Lilith Fair concert to see me come out for Marxism.”
Acknowledging that his mind “changes more often than Cher backstage at the Mirage,” Miller nonetheless insists he’s a Marxist for life.
“There’s a better chance of Hansjurgen Johansen flying back to Kiev on a Whiffledorf than there is of me switching party affiliations again.”
This reporter didn’t understand that last part.
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Mike LaSalle said,
July 4, 2007 at 10:04 am
anti armchair generals said,
Earlier there was a story that only in the end said “satire”. I glanced Coug Powers story and did not read it.
Then I saw your commentary on the front and was really baffled. Since I respect you enourmously, I didn’t know if it was for real, so I went back to Powers piece. Only at the end it said “This is obviously satire”.
Mike, could you label on front page which is “satire” or “reporting”. Otherewise the readers get confused and don’t know who to belive or not.
July 4, 2007 at 11:23 am
anti armchair generals said,
Several years ago The New Yok Post reported (alleged) survey of people’s opinions about different professions. They only reported 2 categories
Rank downwards
Lawyers and journalist,
Politicians and prostitutes
What surprsed me that prostitutes ranked below lawyers and journalist. Prostitutes only sell their bodies (legal in rural counties in Nevada.) Politicians sell public trust.
But lawyers and journalist sell their souls to highest bidder in the ” freedom of expression” and lawyers control most legislatures and can change hats from prosecutor, defense attorney and judge with generous 2/3 pension of their salary.
AP wire service (arrogant) and local reporters kowtowing to editorial policy report what the boss wants. I saw poster “The freedom of the press belongs to those who own the presses.”
July 4, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Dittohd said,
This seems to me to be as satirical as a comedian is funny when he tells a so-called joke that he thinks is funny and nobody laughs. I looked up satire in the dictionary and I just don’t see it. But I did feel like I wasted a decent chunk of my time on an article that suckered me in based on a fraudulent title.
What a waste of time! Does the author have a regular job where he actually does something constructive?
July 4, 2007 at 5:23 pm
antonio said,
July 4, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Doug Powers said,
If it’s good enough for The New York Times….
July 4, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Menck said,
July 5, 2007 at 4:46 am
Squiggy said,
July 5, 2007 at 5:17 am
anti armchair generals said,
I don’t know if you meant to be sarcastic or satirical with reference to NYT,
But after reading Paul Weaver’s boook “News and the Culture of Lying” , I cas NYT logo “All the news that is fit to print” someone decides what is news.
Link to review of Paul Weaver’s book.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3613/is_199411/ai_n8731174
July 5, 2007 at 9:24 am
anti armchair generals said,
Title IX, Commissions for Women etc no counterarguments are not reported.
“Weaver’s claim is that journalists and public officials combine to fabricate artificial crises of public policy that end up being “covered in the media, reacted to by the public, and dealt with by government” as if they were real. In short: officials tell lies by inflating the urgency of things, and journalists compound the fraud by passing them along in supposedly objective–but inherently uncritical–ways.
The result, he argues, is both bad government and a journalism that is “stupid and dysfunctional,” practiced by reporters who are little more than “dependent, submissive, narcissistic courtiers” to the officials they”
July 5, 2007 at 10:51 am