One year ago today Leon Freilich (a k a Straight Up’s Calvin Trillin) offered this high-end celebrity commentary, Cultural Dish. Now he’s at it again, but from the low end:
If equal-opportunity nastiness reigned at the New York Post, the Murdoch family brouhaha would have merited the following shock-heds:
Rupe:
Tabbed in the Back!
Lachlan:
Topless Head
On Topless Tab
“That’s the Thanks
I Get” — Rupert
Lach to Rupe:
Drop Out!
Thunder
Down Under!
Lachie:
G’Day, Sydney
the Back!
Lachlan:
Topless Head
On Topless Tab
“That’s the Thanks
I Get” — Rupert
Lach to Rupe:
Drop Out!
Topless Head
On Topless Tab
“That’s the Thanks
I Get” — Rupert
Lach to Rupe:
Drop Out!
“That’s the Thanks
I Get” — Rupert
Lach to Rupe:
Drop Out!
Lach to Rupe:
Drop Out!
Thunder
Down Under!
Lachie:
G’Day, Sydney
— Tireless Staff of Thousands