Wednesday, September 17, 2003

WE AMERICANS CAN LEARN SOMETHING HERE: Britons, riven by deep disagreements over their nation's role in Iraq and the unproven allegations of "sexing up" intelligence dossiers to support the war, have despaired recently of repairing the bland homogeneity that defines them as Englishmen. The country may rejoice, then, because they have spontaneously united behind a common foe: American men suspended in boxes above the Thames. In America, David Blaine's combination of street magic and shameless self-promotion has prompted reserved murmurs ranging from "dang, that's magic!" to "I'll bet the dude's got some serious shrinkage." Londoners have had a stronger reaction, leaving their tea and So Graham Norton behind to protest, annoy, flash, pelt, and attempt to kill Blaine (link via salon).

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