Experiment
By Mitch Berg
I’ve fisked Nick Coleman a zillion times.
No, really. I have.
And I’ve done it virtually every way possible; the traditional style; opening it up to groups of readers; as a contest; as an exercise in ironic reinforcement.
I’m almost at a loss for new ideas.
Almost. But not quite.
Today, a new technique – the “Sudden Death” fisk. Here’s the rules:
- I’ll present the column without comment, until…
- …I see a piece of Coleman’s projection or transference that totally beggars the conventional definition of “irony”.
- At that point, the fisking stops cold.
Any questions? No?
OK. On to last Sunday’s column:
Paulose’s contempt for fairness…
Doh. Didn’t even get through the headline!
Tune in next time!
November 28th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Now is that fair? Do we know that Nickolai wrote the headline? Usually the other commissars at the Red star write the headlines, as I understand it.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:06 am
Can you teach the minions at the Anti-Strib the art of the Minimalist Fisk?
Please!
November 28th, 2007 at 11:23 am
That’s rich coming out of you, El Douche. 😉
November 28th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Loren, given the leeway Coleman’s been given in the past when it comes to doling out his brain diarrhea in the form of a column, I wouldn’t be one bit surprised if that headlines was his own. I imagine Nick gives one hissy of a fit when an editor deigns to tinker with his nonsense.