You may only read this site if you've purchased Our Kampf from Amazon
or Powell's or me
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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
or Powell's or me• • •
"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
January 27, 2006
Bernard Chazelle, Troublemaker
One thing America does well is produce loud opinions on every subject from people who have no idea what they're talking about. We may be falling behind in every other area, but in this we continue to excel.
Unfortunately, Bernard Chazelle has ruined everything by producing an essay about the recent French riots based on actual knowledge of France. Even worse, it's genuinely interesting.
All I can say is, this Chazelle character is on very thin ice with me.
Posted at January 27, 2006 05:55 PM | TrackBackComments
This site has a link to an interesting webcast
by another Frenchman who teaches at an American
university, Loic Wacquant:
http://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/WACQUANT/
Posted by: sk at January 28, 2006 01:37 AM
