Hilarious review in The New Yorker on Sarah Palin's Alaska

[XanaDUer]

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2010/11/15/101115crte_television_franklin?currentPage=1

SNIP: I’ve seen only one episode of the show so far, but I’m not optimistic. We do meet her parents, but nearly every other moment comes across as calculated—including, in the first episode, the absence of her daughter Bristol—and we find out nothing about Alaska that we didn’t learn in elementary school.

[HopeHoops]

1. "Alaska is a big city with almost as many people as Rhode's Island, whever that is."

No, not a direct quote - but it wouldn't surprise me.

[trumad]

2. Wow! A Glacier is made of Ice?

shit--maybe I should watch this show....I might learn something?

[ixion]

3. Make no mistake: This is NOT about AK. It's a 'vehicle' for Palin

nothing more.

[catbyte]

4. This is best description of Palin, ever:

"When it comes to Palin specifically, there is the fundamental problem that some of us don’t want to see or hear any more of her than we have to. And there are those whose objections have a physiological basis as well as an ideological one: the pitch and timbre of her voice, the rhythms of her speech, her syntax, and the way she coats acid and incoherence with cheery musical inflections join together in a sickening synergy that distresses the listener, triggering a fight-or-flight reaction. When Palin talks, my whole being wails, like Nancy Kerrigan after Tonya Harding’s ex-husband kneecapped her: “Why? Why? Why?”

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2010/11/15/101115crte_television_franklin#ixzz15MW6Jm4E

I could never put into words the queasiness I feel whenever I see or hear her, but this describes the sensation perfectly.

:rofl:

Diane
Anishnabe in MI

[tularetom]

5. I think she's an outdoorswoman the same way bush is a cowboy

[Deep13]

6. I thought brown bears and grizzlies were synonymous.

:shrug:

[mrs_p]

8. Grizzlies are a subspecies of brown bear

wiki actually does a good job explaining the various subspecies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear

[Deep13]

9. Thanks. nt

[thereismore]

7. Wow, read this:

"...the pitch and timbre of her voice, the rhythms of her speech, her syntax, and the way she coats acid and incoherence with cheery musical inflections join together in a sickening synergy that distresses the listener, triggering a fight-or-flight reaction. "

[XanaDUer]

10. The way she says, "WOW!"

irritates the hell outta me.

[SidDithers]

11. K&R...nt

Sid

[XanaDUer]

12. Kick

nt