I love that Roger Ebert's been writing about the election pretty often this season. And his piece on last night's VP debate might just be my favorite piece so far. Choice quote about Sarah Palin:
"When she was on familiar ground, she perked up, winked at the audience two of three times, and settled with relief into the folksiness that reminds me strangely of the characters in "Fargo."
Palin is best in that persona. You want to smile with her and wink back. But who did she resemble more? Marge Gunderson, whose peppy pleasantries masked a remorseless policewoman's logic? Or Jerry Lundegaard, who knew he didn't have the car on his lot, but smiled when he said, "M'am, I been cooperatin' with ya here.""
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I have to say neither because I love both those characters and I don't love Sarah Palin.
I'm a little disgusted that everyone seems to think she did a good job because she didn't fuck up. Wow, the bar has sunk pretty low.
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