May 1, 2003
More Fair Use
In the Law and Order episode Kid Pro Quo, a Manhattan prep school admission director is found dead in Central Park. As detectives Briscoe and Green investigate the circumstances of her murder, the viewer is granted a rare glimpse into a world where a son's or daughter's enrollment in the proper kindergarten may make the difference between acceptance and disgrace among New York's elite.
In his recent New Yorker short The Rejection, humorist Woody Allen comments wryly on the anxieties of these social climbers:
In conclusion, Mr. Allen has written a funny story that reminded me of something I saw on the TV.
Did you catch this week's Shouts and Murmurs?
Posted by: Brooke at May 1, 2003 12:40 PMOooh, look at me! My name is Brooke, and I read The New Yorker! I'm a New York intellectual! Ask me about the new exhibit at the Met -- I follow Goings on about Town religiously!
On a more serious note: you mean that Jack Handey piece that made me pee myself? No, I haven't read it. Is it good?
Posted by: David at May 1, 2003 10:14 PMIt's very good! It might well be the single most entertaining thing I've ever read. Then again, this might be too.
Posted by: Andrew at May 2, 2003 10:08 AMI've always read the New Yorker! It's all that other stuff I don't read, Harpers, The newspaper... The text around the cartoons.....
Posted by: Brooke at May 2, 2003 11:50 AMI read your blog today, David.
A+ for effort. :)
We have some serious matters to discuss tonight ante-The West Wing.
Posted by: Maureen at May 7, 2003 5:25 PMSerious matters?
Listen: it's not copywrite infringement
if it's used in a scholarly article.