Is Paris Hilton making newspapers obsolete?
With the changes in the Paris Hilton saga happening at the speed of light, Steve Young reckons Paris Hilton is making newspapers obsolete! The next thing you know, Paris will be blamed for world war 2! Geesuz!
Sorry, O’Reilly. It’s not far-left ideologues pushing a secular-progressive agenda that’s putting newspapers out of business. It’s Paris Hilton.
And comedy writers are following the New York Times right down the tube.
Forget trying to deal with President Bush’s latest faux pas, try to keep your Paris Hilton jokes from being dated. It’s near impossible.
First she’s sent to jail. Great stuff. Filthy, filthy rich Paris in the hoosegow. The comedy opportunities to bang on a wealthier than God, self-absorbed simpleton who needs a righteous comeuppance are infinite. The only thing that would be better would be if the judge deciding where Anna Nicole Smith should be buried was in charge of Paris’s sentencing.
“I want Paris to be buried (choke) with her Chihuahua” (complete breakdown, an-n-nd…scene).
But who needs any more help when the material is basically written for you. The only seeming problem facing a satirist is that the job would be too easy. When you’re aiming for Jon Stewart you don’t want to end up running smack obscure-reference into Dennis Miller. But comedy writers have never been faced with the second-by-second, ever-mutating reports provided by Paris. Sure today’s news is old news by tomorrow, but at least let the ink dry.
Unfortunately, with Paris fast-changing events, a 6PM taping of a Leno monologue could be dated by the time it airs…even on the east coast.
Hell, if you go the bathroom, keeping your Internet columns up to date is a challenge.
When they said, “we’ll always have Paris,” I just didn’t think it would mean, “always.” I don’t want to complain - while I’m complaining - but topical humor should be topical, and with Paris Hilton, it’s hopeless.
Source: Huffington Post
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1 opinion for Is Paris Hilton making newspapers obsolete?
Steve
Jun 13, 2007 at 8:58 am
What a splendid piece of work.
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