Sunday, September 28, 2014

Kings and Queens of Slasher TV

This review will be necessarily short due to the startling rarity of anyone willing to tell the truth on television.


John Oliver has a rightful claim to Kingship after slashing the living hell out of the Miss America pageant with a thoughtfully-researched and funny as a mofo program:




Jeannette Rank Women's Scholarship Fund (link is to a breakdown of two million in scholarships awarded).  The link is provided because it was presented in the show and I am trusting Oliver's research that it really does what it says.



Abby Martin is the undisputed Queen of Slasher TV as she is progressive and she is aggressive about it.  This sometimes leads into Aluminum Hat Territory but so it will as she wants to know.  She's equally incisive regardless of the topic and don't bullshit her ... she will know.




Abby Martin is a complex woman as she is also an accomplished painter and has some extraordinary work.  The video is an excellent analysis of the Middle East non-strategy and Ron Paul is emerging strongly as a Voice of Reason amid the screaming hysterics.



Jon Stewart still says he is a comedian but no-one slashes Fox News better than he.  His latest was a set of clips from some Fox News imbecile talking about disrespecting troops with a Latte Salute and then in the next bit the same fool talks about "Boobs on the Ground" Mansouri, the female Muslim fighter pilot.



The video includes the Boehner 'Did Not Get the Memo' pitch.

Go through to the end and tell me he's a comedian.  Every word he said is true and he proves it.



There are others but these ones are the most penetrating in combination with the ability to deliver it in any kind of an engaging way.  Any number of people can give speeches but those almost always waste your time.  Genius is reduction not complication.

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