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...Yorker ... I think there's a cleaner way to do the joke. Cleaner in the sense that it might communicate to a larger audience - which is the thing that's driven me nuts about the urban myths about Obama. They hate him because they don't like his Christian preacher, and because he's a Muslim. Put those two together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harry Shearer on Political Satire | 7/18/2008 | See Source »

Suspicion of irony and satire, in fact, is a great unifier of the left and the right. Daniel Radosh, in his book Rapture Ready!, about Christian pop culture, explains why irony is anathema to Fundamentalist entertainers: it is too dangerous to introduce the slightest possibility that someone might not get the joke and thus might be led to moral error. Better safe than funny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's Not Funny! | 7/17/2008 | See Source »

...Birds are a common motif in your movies. Why? Ergün Yüce, Istanbul Since I'm a Christian, I love the white dove. It represents peace and love and innocence, so that's why I love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Woo will now take your questions | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...tired of seeing Christians back down in fear of a lawsuit.' ANDRE BAUER, lieutenant governor of South Carolina, on concerns that federal courts will stop the state's plan to issue the country's first-ever Christian license plates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

...very first season, when we took the designers to a Gristedes grocery store and Austin Scarlett made a dress out of corn husks. It was the closest to couture as a corn husk in America could possibly get. On the fashion front, it was the collaboration of Christian Soriano and Chris March on Season 4, the avant-garde challenge. That dress was magnificent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Tim Gunn | 7/10/2008 | See Source »

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