From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Drew  writes:   
      
   >On 2008-09-17 3:35 a.m., Joseph Nebus verbated:   
      
   >> 	Max's thoughts on Sarah Palin.  She's sexy.  (I still don't see   
   >> it.)   
      
   >I don't either, at least not to the extent that he implied, but of all the   
   >outrageously lewd monologues that Max has delivered over the years, this   
   >was one of the best.   
      
   >Consider the context: Palin has been called America's Hottest Governor.   
   >Images of Palin's face Photoshopped onto a pinup's body have spawned on the   
   >Internet. McCain's campaign has complained about Palin being portrayed in a   
   >sexist manner. And, as Conan said, celebrities have been criticizing the   
   >Palin choice to anyone who will listen.   
      
   >All of which made Max's faux-patriotic, uber-sexist monologue even more   
   >potent. The best lines came at the end of the speech, with the American   
   >flag unfurled behind him:   
      
   >"Our boys, our brave soldiers, died at Bunker Hill so that we could   
   >celebrate the unwritten rule of valuing a woman's good looks over God,   
   >country, and family. The America I know wins by judging a book by its   
   >cover, not reading the inside like some communist! Celebrities should stick   
   >to what they're good at, making vapid Hollywood tripe, and let voters like   
   >me focus on putting tappable ass back into the halls of Washington."   
      
   	Hm.  With that context in mind, yeah, I'd agree that makes   
   the ... let's call it the raciness ... of the sketch bigger and the   
   comic effect better.  To me the sketch has so little impact to start   
   with, though, that the context doesn't make it better enough to   
   really amuse me.   
      
   	I think it would help me if, even with the premise staying   
   the same, they could vary the writing of the sketch more.  While it's   
   easy to understand why they'd want to have recurring bits, when they   
   hit all the same comic points in the same order at the same pacing   
   it's hard to figure why it's worth my time to keep watching.  These   
   Max bits aren't quite so redundant as, say, the lullabye, but it's up   
   there.   
      
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   								Joseph Nebus   
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