Rich Little ready to rock the house
By William M. Hartnett on Apr 18, 2007 in newspapers, oddities
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Rich Little is headlining the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this weekend. Awesome. If there’s one thing for which Rich Little is known, it’s exposing the hypocrisy of the government and media using subtle but cutting satirical comedy, just as Stephen Colbert did last year. Watch out Washington, Rich Little is about to go crazy on yo’ ass:
“There’s a fine line between freedom of speech and being disrespectful and racist,” Mr. Little said. He said when he imitates Mr. Bush at Saturday’s dinner, “It won’t be anything on him personally. I don’t do that anyway, and I think it would be in bad taste.”
Mr. Little said he did not fault Mr. Colbert for his performance last year, though he said he disagreed with his approach: “I don’t care what your beliefs are politically, when you’ve got a man sitting there, you’ve got to use some judgment.”
Another politico-journo wank-fest. Groan, sigh, etc.
