@ZiggyStardust: yes, very true, and very frightening. the worst part is that the mocking isnt even a stretch. its mostly based on things they actually say/do. this worries me.
I'm starting to think that if Bobby Jindal, a Rhodes scholar who went to Brown is acting like this in a televised appearance, he acts that way in all his official duties in Louisiana. Is this the level of Uncle Tom-style self-effacing, aw-shucks behavior you have to display to be a person of color and be accepted in Louisiana? Just asking.
@oopsidoo: Wow, lol I had no idea Jindal was a Rhodes scholar. I hadn't heard of him until his speech, and the impression I got was that he's just another immensely stupid figurehead of the Sarah Palin and Bush brand.
@alteran1: It really doesn't make a bit of difference that he is a Rhodes scholar. His ultradogmatic ideals run counter to what most people would consider scholarly. You might as well have some community college educated biology student in there, someone who at least is able to construct coherent arguments with premises that aren't dependent on what religion you belong to.
@oopsidoo: This is a state where next year a married Republican with a diaper fetish who pays for sex is going to be challenged by a Baton Rouge based Republican porn star who chose her stage name because of her love for Motely Crue.
As a quick-talking Kiwi (I even speak fast in other languages) raised in a Queen's English-saturated family, I have a particular soft spot for the Southern accent. I'm not sure why, I think the slowness is comforting. Kenneth-styled Southern, that is. Not too keen on the Drop Dead Gorgeous accent...
I'd like to keep him as a pet, you know, feed him and shit like that. Then we could go to Vegas and he would tell me what slots to play, and which hookers weren't injecting into her necks and we'd win fucking big at roulette - just me and my friend "Black" Jack McBryer.
I love Kenneth, and I love the show, but when did "protagonist" suddenly become re-defined as "most good-hearted person in a narrative, no matter how marginal"? Did I miss a class?
Jack Brayer is wonderful. My theory about the success of the Kenneth character is that most New Yorkers don't really enjoy disliking people who are different. Kenneth represents a young Southern fundamentalist type with whom they could be friends. He's young and naive, but not malicious.
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Sat. 11/7 8:30 pm Kenneth getting on the downtown 2 train @ W 72nd St. On his way to the Chuckle Hut?
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Far, far too true, and a little scary at the same time. Could totally see Tracy Morgan tackling Michael Steele.
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Why is there suddenly a Jimmy Fallon love fest at Gawker? Where is your critical distance?
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I love him. He has that brain thing - right?
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That's one of my favorite scenes from 30 Rock.
Jack Brayer is wonderful. My theory about the success of the Kenneth character is that most New Yorkers don't really enjoy disliking people who are different. Kenneth represents a young Southern fundamentalist type with whom they could be friends. He's young and naive, but not malicious.
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