James Wolcott
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“That vervey spontaneity became encounter theater therapy under the direction of the Marquis de Paar, who was peerless at grittily vapid chatter, misty bathos, and scenery-chewing controversy. Dick Cavett, who wrote for Paar, said that working for him was like having an alcoholic in the family.”
― Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs
― Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs
“For GQ’s Andrew Corsello, Louis C.K.’s qualification to be considered El Supremo is that he is more than a comedian—he is a bug zapper of white lies and dark impulses, an urban shaman receiving and transmitting warped vibrations, a psychic surgeon delving into our shifty, cloaked selves.”
― King Louie
― King Louie
“As NBC pages seat us cattle, members of the Tonight Show band trickle from the wings. Gray of hair and ashen of skin, the band members look like the board of directors of an insolvent bank.”
― Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs
― Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs
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