Letters to the Editor

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If a team of scientists crossed the DNA of Edmund Wilson with Pauline Kael, and added a dash of Wilfrid Sheed, they would come up with Clive James.
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  • Re: "I think you misunderstand."

    Which bit am I misunderstanding!? I agree with you on practically everything, except your hair-splitting over "crit in comedy" vs. "comedy in crit".

    I just don't see the difference between "everything is sophisticated humor" (me) and "sometimes he uses jokes to soften real opinions" (you).

  • Oh yeah...

    the disagreement was really only about whether CJ was joking about Australians being the most cultured people on Earth: really he wasn't....Just watch the video.