I didn't even think the post was particularly well-written. Enjoyable post with a heartwearming story about immigrants. Nothing to remark upon in the writing.
Kung Fu Monkey's post was clear, and the anecdote was memorable. It sticks in your head because of the personal details. Mo. it's not the greatest writing ever, but it is effective.
Monkey's basic point is sound. Dershowitz does tend to get a pass on a lot of things, because he's an HLS Professor. (Law School Professors tend to get a pass on things that literary and philosophical types don't. Maybe people think that they are all terribly practical, real-world types.) Dershowitz doesn't deserve extra special respect just because he's a professor when he's making absolutely asinine arguments, and Dershowitz, in particular, has been coasting on his status as a professor for far too long. (It's not just about his views on Israel; he never got in trouble for plagiarizing.)
I have no idea if it was the same Prince, and things didn't get nearly so dramatic as in Kung Fu Monkey's case, but I once worked a banquet with a Saudi Prince present (Darrell Royal was there too, and since this was in Texas, he clearly outranked the Prince). Darrell Royal was a nice old man. The Prince was a complete and utter asshole in that extra special way that only the obscenely over-priveleged have.
But actually the worst were the guys who hung out with the Prince, all of them U.S. citizens of the spoiled aging fratboy variety. I don't know if they were on his payroll or just wanted him as a client or something, but they were running around trying to make sure everything was absolutely perfect for his precious Highness from moment to moment -- were we absolutely sure the beer was cold enough? the Prince needs a fresh napkin now! the Prince's salad wasn't prepared correctly!! etc. -- and I've never seen such bootlicking in all my born days.
Okay, since this is a vaguely food-service-related thread, does anybody has a restaurant recommendation for me? I'm looking for a moderately priced place for dinner on Tuesday; my mother is coming to town, and she's going to take me and my honey out. Preferences: northwards of 60th, either side, entrées at 15 or below, quiet (mom's partially deaf), and palatable to someone who considers Californian-style Cuisine normal and natural. Suggestions?
Oh, and "prince of absolutely fucking nobody" warms the cockles of this black heart.
27 -- not my nabe but this is the kind of question that Chowhound answers really well. Go to www.chowhound.com, make a user name, register, and post your query on the Manhattan board -- you should get 5 or six responses within the day.
Weiner, I think that that was an unspoken assumption. Now, you had to be all crass by making it explicit. We can't pat ourselves on the head for making the connection any more.
Dershowitz is rather like Larry Summers in that he has this reputation for being incredibly intelligent, which appears to be impervious to anything he actually says.
In law school I got the general impression from a number of professors that he wasn't very respected as a scholar and was mainly coasting on his success way back when as a defense attorney.
Wrt intelligence: I realized recently that when I talk to other people about intelligence, we're not necessarily talking about the same thing. When I say someone's intelligent, I mean something like, "has the right opinions for the right reasons," "isn't taken in by bullshit," or "knows the score." (Yes, all very vague.) Other people seem to mean, "has a mind like a computer."
Dershowitz is rather like Larry Summers in that he has this reputation for being incredibly intelligent, which appears to be impervious to anything he actually says.
He has never had have anything like Summers's reputation for intelligence; at least with Summers, we can point to other well-regarded people in his field who have called him intelligent. The guy's a total douchebag, and he should be removed from the country as a cancer.
I am almost always underwhelmed by people widely acclaimed as 'smart'. Every time some 'thinker' or other gets fluffed in the media as a 'brain the size of a planet'-type intellect, I read what they've written, and think, 'Dude, I know twenty people who'd pwn this idiot without even raising a sweat.'
I printed this out for my offspring, as he is now working in a fancy five star hotel in Beverly Hills, where a spur of the Saudi royal family has taken up residence on a whole floor and doesn't see why they can't have a party for 50 with no notice at 4AM, throwing the kitchen staff into a frenzy of double shifts.
The kid's only consolation is that the hotel pays very well, has excellent benefits and he can stay in any hotel in the consortium for 50% off rack rate. And he got to make lunch for Shakira.
51: so did Dershowitz (28, youngest full professor in HLS history). Not that it means anyone should pay any particular attention to him forty years later.
46: deep down no law professors really respect any other law professors as scholars, or themselves, nor should they.
Actually, to get all serious for a moment, I had some great professors, whom I respect deeply, and who you should too. Douglas Laycock, for example. Also Thomas McGarity and Jay Westbrook. Probably a few more, if I thought about it.
56: I was serious. Certainly a few good ones wander in by mistake -- I had Morton Horwitz, who's great, and I'm sure I could think of others -- but let's face it, "clever, but pointless" is pretty much the essence of the enterprise. Dershowitz isn't an aberration; he's the archetype.
Hey, Domineditrix! Aren't you someone who used to post, was away for a long time, and has just reappeared? Do we have a gift for such an occasion, gang?
50 just undid all the work my fucking blog has accomplished in the last two years helping me overcome my severe writer's block and my conviction that anything I have to say is stupid and obvious and I'll say it badly.
69: In fact, of those 20 people, B's in the top 15!
But seriously, B, have you been "fluffed in the media as a 'brain the size of a planet'-type intellect"? If not, you've got nothing to worry about.
Also, I disagree with 57 pretty strongly. At the very least, I don't think it's any more true of law profs than it is of profs in general. And I don't think it's really true of profs in general, although as with every profession, there are plenty of idiots to point at (NB: I am NOT pointing at BitchPhD. Why, she's got an intellect the size of the planet!).
I've been fluffed in the blog world, and it always kind of embarrasses me and I feel compelled to say, "no, not really" but secretly I love it omg I am so ashamed. And if I ever did get a NYRB review or whatever, I would think back on this thread and want to kill myself. And it would be all your fault.
You're just happy because I used the word "fluffed." I'm perfectly aware that the route to feminine fame and fortune is to write fluff, porn, or fluffy porn. Alas.
I once saw Alan Dershowitz in my comic book store in Harvard Square, asking about some action figures or other toy. I leave open the possibility that it was for a kid, not for himself.
I once saw Alan Dershowitz in my comic book store in Harvard Square, asking about some action figures or other toy. I leave open the possibility that it was for a kid, not for himself.
So what do you think he was going to make the kid do for that toy?
But, if you ever do get a NYRB review, you can be damn sure I'll be thinking:
"Damn, that BPhD, she used to be all that. But with that analysis of the misogynist subtext in 'My Little Pony' ... I think she's reading too much into this"
The bit about the Saudi prince is still a great story. But upon reflection, the way he tied it to Dershowitz didn't make sense. Dersh never said, "Everyone should listen to me because I'm a Harvard law professor and you're not." He simply made an argument, which anyone else is indeed free to refute. Unlike the Saudi prince, Dersh was not claiming any kind of privilege to do certain things.
Rogers is such a good writer that he can slip this fundamental difference past the casual reader (well, me, at least) without objection.
Oh man, but Rogers can write his ass off.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:53 AM
That's gorgeous. I wish I could do that.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:06 AM
He wrote Catwoman!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:08 AM
So he has some things to make up for.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:10 AM
Dude, is that really you? If this is some greenwald-inspired prank I'll be so pissed.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:15 AM
It doesn't matter if it's really me as long as what I say is good and true.
Posted by snogged | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:17 AM
Maybe if we re-watch Catwoman as some kind of genius political screed, in code? Maybe?
Posted by mrh | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:44 AM
I knew this sock thing would get out of hand.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:54 AM
I didn't even think the post was particularly well-written. Enjoyable post with a heartwearming story about immigrants. Nothing to remark upon in the writing.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:00 AM
Wow, Tia doesn't get it.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:00 AM
Or maybe I have high standards for writing, Joe.
(My own writing on this blog is exceptionally bad.)
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:01 AM
Huh. I would have thought you'd have gotten it. Weird.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:04 AM
I would have thought you would have gotten it...in my pants. Odd, that.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:05 AM
Don't be bitter about that. I said I still wanted to be friends.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:06 AM
I endorse comment 13.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:06 AM
I agree with 9: I didn't think the writing was all that.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:10 AM
Joe, you're getting it in neither my nor Weiner's pants.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:10 AM
I meant, I endorse Joe's getting it in Tia's pants. Indexicals!
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:11 AM
What happens between me and Weiner is private.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:11 AM
I agree with 9
However, it's a bunch of girls saying this, so caveat lector.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:13 AM
Also, my comment in 1 was referring to his ass as a tax-deductible business expense.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:15 AM
Kung Fu Monkey's post was clear, and the anecdote was memorable. It sticks in your head because of the personal details. Mo. it's not the greatest writing ever, but it is effective.
Monkey's basic point is sound. Dershowitz does tend to get a pass on a lot of things, because he's an HLS Professor. (Law School Professors tend to get a pass on things that literary and philosophical types don't. Maybe people think that they are all terribly practical, real-world types.) Dershowitz doesn't deserve extra special respect just because he's a professor when he's making absolutely asinine arguments, and Dershowitz, in particular, has been coasting on his status as a professor for far too long. (It's not just about his views on Israel; he never got in trouble for plagiarizing.)
Posted by Bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:18 AM
I didn't think there was anything to "get". Besides pants, what am I missing?
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:19 AM
Huh. SB missed it, too.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:20 AM
You've had 14 comments to feel superior, now spill.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:22 AM
I have no idea if it was the same Prince, and things didn't get nearly so dramatic as in Kung Fu Monkey's case, but I once worked a banquet with a Saudi Prince present (Darrell Royal was there too, and since this was in Texas, he clearly outranked the Prince). Darrell Royal was a nice old man. The Prince was a complete and utter asshole in that extra special way that only the obscenely over-priveleged have.
But actually the worst were the guys who hung out with the Prince, all of them U.S. citizens of the spoiled aging fratboy variety. I don't know if they were on his payroll or just wanted him as a client or something, but they were running around trying to make sure everything was absolutely perfect for his precious Highness from moment to moment -- were we absolutely sure the beer was cold enough? the Prince needs a fresh napkin now! the Prince's salad wasn't prepared correctly!! etc. -- and I've never seen such bootlicking in all my born days.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:27 AM
Okay, since this is a vaguely food-service-related thread, does anybody has a restaurant recommendation for me? I'm looking for a moderately priced place for dinner on Tuesday; my mother is coming to town, and she's going to take me and my honey out. Preferences: northwards of 60th, either side, entrées at 15 or below, quiet (mom's partially deaf), and palatable to someone who considers Californian-style Cuisine normal and natural. Suggestions?
Oh, and "prince of absolutely fucking nobody" warms the cockles of this black heart.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:29 AM
Actually, I've just been baiting Tia.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:31 AM
20: The point of writing = to get in girls' pants, right? Q.E.D.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:31 AM
29 is so, so right.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:32 AM
29: Proving that Joe has failed at all his writing that intends me as an audience.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:33 AM
27 -- not my nabe but this is the kind of question that Chowhound answers really well. Go to www.chowhound.com, make a user name, register, and post your query on the Manhattan board -- you should get 5 or six responses within the day.
Posted by Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:34 AM
27: I should stay out of this because I don't know what's going on uptown, but Candle Cafe?
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:35 AM
But actually the worst were the guys who hung out with the Prince, all of them U.S. citizens of the spoiled aging fratboy variety.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:37 AM
31: So far.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:39 AM
Weiner, I think that that was an unspoken assumption. Now, you had to be all crass by making it explicit. We can't pat ourselves on the head for making the connection any more.
Posted by Bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:40 AM
34 gets it exactly right.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:41 AM
Look, I'm already crushed enough by 31. Where are the spider babies of yesteryear?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:43 AM
32, 33--Thanks! I'll look into both suggestions.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:43 AM
I've got your back, Weiner! Us Texas residents have to stick together against those pointy-headed New England types!
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:43 AM
39 -- if you go the Chowhound route, let me know what handle you take (if it is other than Jackmormon).
Posted by Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:48 AM
(JFTR I post there under my real name, which you know, and with extreme infrequency although I was one of the top posters in about 1998 or so.)
Posted by Clownæsthesiologist | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:49 AM
None of the above should be construed as meaning that I'll let Weiner get anywhere near, much less into, my pants.
But don't worry about 31, Matt, everyone knows the thing you share with Tia is secret.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:49 AM
I registered as Jackmormon; I haven't posted yet. Just skimming through the board gave me a bunch of good ideas--it's pretty downtown-centric, though.
Posted by Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 10:14 AM
Dershowitz is rather like Larry Summers in that he has this reputation for being incredibly intelligent, which appears to be impervious to anything he actually says.
Posted by dsquared | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 10:31 AM
In law school I got the general impression from a number of professors that he wasn't very respected as a scholar and was mainly coasting on his success way back when as a defense attorney.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 10:34 AM
Wrt intelligence: I realized recently that when I talk to other people about intelligence, we're not necessarily talking about the same thing. When I say someone's intelligent, I mean something like, "has the right opinions for the right reasons," "isn't taken in by bullshit," or "knows the score." (Yes, all very vague.) Other people seem to mean, "has a mind like a computer."
Posted by dagger aleph | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 10:39 AM
47 is a very intelligent comment.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 10:43 AM
Dershowitz is rather like Larry Summers in that he has this reputation for being incredibly intelligent, which appears to be impervious to anything he actually says.
He has never had have anything like Summers's reputation for intelligence; at least with Summers, we can point to other well-regarded people in his field who have called him intelligent. The guy's a total douchebag, and he should be removed from the country as a cancer.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 10:48 AM
re: 47
I am almost always underwhelmed by people widely acclaimed as 'smart'. Every time some 'thinker' or other gets fluffed in the media as a 'brain the size of a planet'-type intellect, I read what they've written, and think, 'Dude, I know twenty people who'd pwn this idiot without even raising a sweat.'
Posted by nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 11:00 AM
Summers at least got tenure at some ridiculously young age (26?)
Posted by Barbar | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 11:29 AM
That linked post readsa lot like a "Fuck you, clown" joke. Seriously.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 12:25 PM
I printed this out for my offspring, as he is now working in a fancy five star hotel in Beverly Hills, where a spur of the Saudi royal family has taken up residence on a whole floor and doesn't see why they can't have a party for 50 with no notice at 4AM, throwing the kitchen staff into a frenzy of double shifts.
The kid's only consolation is that the hotel pays very well, has excellent benefits and he can stay in any hotel in the consortium for 50% off rack rate. And he got to make lunch for Shakira.
Posted by DominEditrix | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 1:17 PM
Ooh, I'd like to make her lunch.
I'm not even sure what that even means.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 1:37 PM
51: so did Dershowitz (28, youngest full professor in HLS history). Not that it means anyone should pay any particular attention to him forty years later.
46: deep down no law professors really respect any other law professors as scholars, or themselves, nor should they.
Posted by Felix | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 1:44 PM
Actually, to get all serious for a moment, I had some great professors, whom I respect deeply, and who you should too. Douglas Laycock, for example. Also Thomas McGarity and Jay Westbrook. Probably a few more, if I thought about it.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:04 PM
56: I was serious. Certainly a few good ones wander in by mistake -- I had Morton Horwitz, who's great, and I'm sure I could think of others -- but let's face it, "clever, but pointless" is pretty much the essence of the enterprise. Dershowitz isn't an aberration; he's the archetype.
Posted by Felix | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:16 PM
Hey, Domineditrix! Aren't you someone who used to post, was away for a long time, and has just reappeared? Do we have a gift for such an occasion, gang?
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:19 PM
58 is so last Friday.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:21 PM
I used to read Unfogged.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:22 PM
so did Dershowitz (28, youngest full professor in HLS history).
I assume this is back when his lips were still full and pouty.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:23 PM
I used to read Unfogged.
So 58 is just you asking if you get a toaster too?
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:24 PM
Is that a trick? What did DE get? If it's better than a toaster, I'm going to be pissed.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:25 PM
63: Well, the box did say "It's BETTER than a toaster, it's TOAST-O-MATIC!"
But really I think it's just a toaster.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:37 PM
Goddamned Toast-o-Matics taking the jobs away from all the union toasters.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:38 PM
No, see, if the toasters had a union, the Toast-O-Matics would have been, um, toast.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:40 PM
If I had a Toast-O-Matic, I could have made Shakira lunch.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 2:47 PM
50 just undid all the work my fucking blog has accomplished in the last two years helping me overcome my severe writer's block and my conviction that anything I have to say is stupid and obvious and I'll say it badly.
Thanks a whole lot.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 3:31 PM
68 -- But, B, you're one of the twenty people.
Posted by NickS | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 3:50 PM
69: In fact, of those 20 people, B's in the top 15!
But seriously, B, have you been "fluffed in the media as a 'brain the size of a planet'-type intellect"? If not, you've got nothing to worry about.
Also, I disagree with 57 pretty strongly. At the very least, I don't think it's any more true of law profs than it is of profs in general. And I don't think it's really true of profs in general, although as with every profession, there are plenty of idiots to point at (NB: I am NOT pointing at BitchPhD. Why, she's got an intellect the size of the planet!).
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 4:33 PM
I've been fluffed in the blog world, and it always kind of embarrasses me and I feel compelled to say, "no, not really" but secretly I love it omg I am so ashamed. And if I ever did get a NYRB review or whatever, I would think back on this thread and want to kill myself. And it would be all your fault.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 4:40 PM
Damn, that's a great story.
Posted by Gaijin Biker | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 6:09 PM
And it would be all your fault.
I'm trying to break down your ego so that you can achieve enlightenment.
It's a zen thing, maybe someday you'll understand.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 6:10 PM
72: You mean 71? I agree. Oh man, but Bitch can write her ass off.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 6:11 PM
You're just happy because I used the word "fluffed." I'm perfectly aware that the route to feminine fame and fortune is to write fluff, porn, or fluffy porn. Alas.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 6:26 PM
I once saw Alan Dershowitz in my comic book store in Harvard Square, asking about some action figures or other toy. I leave open the possibility that it was for a kid, not for himself.
Posted by DonBoy | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:03 PM
I'm perfectly aware that the route to feminine fame and fortune is to write fluff, porn, or fluffy porn.
What about just being a fluffer?
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:18 PM
No, that's not fame or fortune, that's obscurity. The famous have fluffers, rather than being them.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:21 PM
The famous have fluffers, rather than being them.
Ah, so that's why you're ambitious.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:22 PM
I once saw Alan Dershowitz in my comic book store in Harvard Square, asking about some action figures or other toy. I leave open the possibility that it was for a kid, not for himself.
So what do you think he was going to make the kid do for that toy?
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:23 PM
80: For your information, SCMT, Dershowitz informs me that he had a warrant to do that to that kid.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:24 PM
Yeah, it's because I want a fluffer of my own.
Actually, I want a nap.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:28 PM
The famous have fluffers, rather than being them.
But maybe if you were the very best fluffer ever...
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:30 PM
re: 68 and 71
No, No. No-one on here was my intended target.
But, if you ever do get a NYRB review, you can be damn sure I'll be thinking:
"Damn, that BPhD, she used to be all that. But with that analysis of the misogynist subtext in 'My Little Pony' ... I think she's reading too much into this"
Posted by nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:44 PM
No, I didn't think I was the target. I was just taking everything as pertaining to my fine self, b/c I am vain/neurotic/insecure like that. Sometimes.
My Little Pony is totally misogynist, are you kidding? In effect, if not in itself.
Apo will be thinking, "shit, and I never got those naked pictures."
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 7:50 PM
My Little Pony is totally misogynist, are you kidding?
You'll be telling me that there's a misogynist subtext in Hitchcock movies next.
Posted by nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:00 PM
I know, I'm crazy like that. Everything looks like a nail.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:08 PM
#74, I meant Roger's post.
The bit about the Saudi prince is still a great story. But upon reflection, the way he tied it to Dershowitz didn't make sense. Dersh never said, "Everyone should listen to me because I'm a Harvard law professor and you're not." He simply made an argument, which anyone else is indeed free to refute. Unlike the Saudi prince, Dersh was not claiming any kind of privilege to do certain things.
Rogers is such a good writer that he can slip this fundamental difference past the casual reader (well, me, at least) without objection.
Posted by Gaijin Biker | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:29 PM
The misogyny of My Little Pony revealed!
Posted by Gaijin Biker | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:43 PM
Man. I got those all wrong. Who calls a pony "Ruby Lips"?
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:46 PM
Heh, they all sounded like pony names, except for Green Eyes, which wasn't evocative of food.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:52 PM
#74, I meant Roger's post.
Yeah, I know. Hence the parallel phrasing to apostropher's comment 1.
But upon reflection, the way he tied it to Dershowitz didn't make sense.
But Dershowitz, like the the Prince, is an asshole of a customer.
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:53 PM
Man. I got those all wrong. Who calls a pony "Ruby Lips"?
Emerson???
Posted by M/tch M/lls | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 8:54 PM
#92: But Dershowitz, like the the Prince, is an asshole of a customer.
We have to take this on faith from Rogers. I would have appreciated some evidence of Dersh's assholeness as a customer.
Posted by Gaijin Biker | Link to this comment | 07-24-06 9:15 PM
Maybe if we re-watch Catwoman as some kind of genius political screed, in code? Maybe?
I am totally opposed to some sort of Straussian attempt at reading exoteric and esoteric meanings into Catwoman. It can only end in tears.
Posted by NBarnes | Link to this comment | 07-25-06 1:40 AM