A friend of mine just took a drive from New York’s Adirondacks to South Carolina and back. He says one thing he noticed is that conversation in America boils down to the three “g”s — God, Gays and Guns. “Wherever I went that’s all people were talking about.” He also noticed that Americans are wearing […]
Archives for March 2004
THE OSCAR SNORE
What everybody is saying about Sunday night’s Oscar show is true. Have you ever seen a duller one? We knew we were in for a long evening when the opening number was a never-ending showcase for Billy Crystal’s mediocre song-and-dance talent instead of a stand-up spritz of fabulous zingers. When the most interesting guy on […]
ANOTHER PROSE ALERT
The New York Times Book Review ought to get an editor — fast. Somebody’s not minding the store. What’s wrong in this sentence? “She is equally ferocious when she expresses her disgust with consolidated radio empires and the ludicrosities of the F.C.C itself.” The noun, as far as I know, is ludicrousness. It’s not a […]