November 21 (How to Debate an Exploding Candidate)
<p>One of my biggest regrets about this long period of inactivity is that I missed the 2008 election, which was prime satire material. (Of course, everyone else and his sister thought so too...) Toward the end, I had an idea which combined one of the shows I've been meaning to cover here -- <i>Heroes</i> -- with my favourite way of doing <a href="../thisjustin/lc1.php">political</a> <a href="../thisjustin/lc2.php">comedy</a> at 5M.net. I really wanted it out before Election Day, but it took a while to do, mostly because I kept thinking of things to add.
<p>But past its prime or not, I still think it's worth finding out... <b><a href="../features/explodingcandidate.php">How to Debate an Exploding Candidate</a></b>. |
Very funny. I especially liked the "Universal Health Claire" part.
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I also liked Adam's discrediting of Matt, Mohinder's closing statement, the references to Doctor Doom, just about all of it, in fact. One more quote: Quote:
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Nice work, Zeke. |
'Twas amusing... but it wasn't hard to spot who you were rooting for. :p
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I have no idea who anyone was, but the watch business amused me to no end.
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Seriously though, I know I went heavy on the Obama satire; his positions and scandals are easier to comically exaggerate. But there was plenty of McCain too, and some Ron Paul for flavour. And more important, the Heroes characters were primarily Heroes characters -- they just said some things that paralleled the RL election. I'm not equating anyone with Adam Monroe or, for that matter, Sylar. I chose them because they'd be fun to write. |
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I'll admit, I'm just jaded by the lack of Palin jokes. I only counted one, and that woman is comedy gold, dammit. |
Yes, but it is possible to overmine an obvious joke.
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That was wonderful, Zeke. My girlfriend got me into Heroes (before it stopped being any good right around last month), and we both got quite the kick out of this. And it was long enough that I was able to go for quite a long time before the sense of "Ohhh how I miss this site!" set in. |
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