Brie and Pretense
News that France tried to join the United Kingdom in the 1950s has Anglo- and Francophiles clutching their respective chests. I, however, think this is freaking hilarious.I mean, it never would have worked, but in my mind, it’s an excellent illustration of just how screwed up the so-called Era of Good Feelings was. Some of the greatest hypocrisy in our modern history went on during that decade. Come on . . . a French Socialist went creeping over to England to see what it would take to hitch his country up to an ancient, conservative monarchy hell-bent on colonizing anyone who used spices when cooking. That's not irony. That's, "You're not allowed to tell me about the Good Old Days ever again."
Then again, what do I know? Except that this is my favorite new line from a New Yorker story so far:
- “To the French mind, Disney represents the arrowhead of American cultural assault, and if America were to return the favor it would need to mount a major retrospective of soft, unpasteurized French cheese at the Metropolitan Museum. (Anthony Lane. Wonderful World: What Walt Disney Made. New Yorker. Dec. 11, 2006)
Labels: current events, ill-informed opinions
posted by Bailey, yo @ Thursday, January 18, 2007
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