Next week, Leon Wieseltier reads Rolling Stones lyrics aloud
The New Republic's Lee Siegel goes all crotchety on Jon Stewart on its Web site today. Siegel thinks Stewart is prostituting himself to the young and sacrificing his magical "wit" for "pandering puerility" and "gross-out expedience." He's become the "Howdy-Doody Orwell," writes Siegel, and criticizes him for using the word "dude" on "The Daily Show." Siegel exhorts him, to "use the show to trot out your native wit
and win for yourself a mature audience that will give you a meaningful
career that will last decades, and not just until the news cycle spins
beyond your reach."
Yep, he said "wit." Twice. Dude, that's so Steverino. And not early, hip Steverino either.
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