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London England – Sitting on a bus, Hugh McCallion was reading Times 100 Most Influential People List. In these days of PDAs and motion sensors I found the style of the big American puff more apparent fitting itself to a Katie Couric autocue. Reading the NY Times/Washington Post crossover in The Observer has helped with this. Perhaps this country has the tabloids to thanks for the proliferation of pictures, the internet thanking porn and star trek similarly.
The structure: the introduction takes a top-down overview of the situation; the body an aggrandising pompousness; the end references the beginning. With a shorter sentence to read on the bus.
George Clooney spoke of Brad and Angelina saving the world, Ben Stiller spake Robert Downey Junior ‘a genius’ in the upcoming Stiller-penned film Tropical Thunder, Ethan Hawke from Training Day lauding Tom Stoppard. I was reminded of Denzel Washington’s character witness statement (!) for Wesley Snipes (3 year maximum sentence for tax fraud): “Wesley is like a tree — a mighty oak . . . Many who know him have witnessed the fruit of his labours, have sat in his shade and even been protected by his presence”.
Perhaps the biggest puff was from Desmond 2:2
“I first met Peter Gabriel on our mutual friend Richard Branson’s personal tropical Necker Island… He taught me how to swim”. He then went on to talk about the puffiest thing ever made: the Philosopher Kings-lite Elders group, led by peanut-head Jimmy Carter and 2:2. They have a spare seat for Ang-Sang-Sue-Qi at this Elder table. Go figure.
Wesley Snipes has got funny hair at the moment.
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