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...ambitious character named Vlastik Klein (whom some commentators speculate is modeled on Havel's political rival, current president Vaclav Klaus, although he differs from Klaus in important ways) embodies the materialistic, mobster-driven world of eastern Europe in the 1990s. Klein slyly ousts the Chancellor from his government villa, then buys it himself and converts it into a shopping mall complete with brothel. The language makes light of democratic institutions. "A good leader must be surrounded by a good network of think tanks," Rieger says at one point, using the English for 'network' and 'think tanks...
...Memo to Joe Klein: with several states yet to vote in primaries, putting Obama's picture on the cover with the headline "And the Winner* Is ..." is just irresponsible reporting. A. Corona, Carmel, California...
...Thank you, Klein, for calling on senators John McCain and Obama to campaign together and debate in the style of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Both Senators are men of integrity, so please let's not make this about trashing each other's character. Everyone knows what the critical issues are. This election is about how the problems of our day will be solved, and it is going to take cooperation between the parties to solve them. Let's learn about the candidates' different philosophies and vote on that basis. Then Congress can approach solutions from the President...
Memo to Joe Klein: with several states yet to vote, putting Obama's picture on the cover with the headline "And the Winner* Is ..." is just irresponsible reporting. A. Corona, carmel, CALIF...
...current late-night satirists, however, owe less to Carson than to other groundbreaking stand-ups of the '70s, like Robert Klein. In his sharp routines on Watergate and other Nixon-era outrages, Klein didn't depend on cool, Carson-style one-liners. He re-created the offending scenes and characters and skewered them with parody, sarcasm and ironic hyperbole. It was a more subversive and conspiratorial form of satire, luring the audience into the comedian's world view, carried along by attitude, not jokes...