David Mitchell, of Peep Show fame, had a lot to say about Sarkozy in his column for The Guardian on Sunday.
"Isn't Nicolas Sarkozy a funny fellow? All small and old and out of breath and falling over. Always struggling to keep up with his gigantic new wife: miserably champing on low-fat, chocolate- and cheese-free superfoods before dragging himself out for another exhausted scamper in the sweltering heat. But try as he might, he'll never be as tall or young as her. I wonder sometimes whether she's turning out to be quite as much fun as he imagined.
His desperation to come across as the youthful, fit, sexy, medium-height warrior-executive is so acute that last weekend it made him have a funny turn while jogging in the park and fall on his bottom.
I wish there was footage. Maybe he fell into a bin or got tangled with some shrubbery and lost a shoe. Maybe some kids' football strayed into his path and, in trying to pass it back to them, he toed it into his own face, staggered into a duckpond and had an undignified struggle with an angered goose. Maybe he slipped in a dog turd and skated along on it for several yards before falling face-first into a tramp's crotch. Anyway, after a little lie down in a helicopter, he felt better and now he's back to being in charge of France."
Snark or not snark? After all, The Guardian tells us comment is free.
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The fine line between parody and snark
What's the difference between snark and parody? Take The Guardian's Digested Read, talking here on Jeremy Kyle:
"The joy I get from helping little people stand taller is unbounded. That's why I insist midgets have boxes to stand on. And all I can say to the reporter who broke the story of me having phone sex with a 16-year-old girl is: "Where were you when that lonely, lost girl needed affection?" I also deny the show encourages violence, as that idiot judge suggested; sadly we can't get away with that in the morning, but give me a late-night show and watch the fists fly!"
Nasty or humourous? Snark or parody?
"The joy I get from helping little people stand taller is unbounded. That's why I insist midgets have boxes to stand on. And all I can say to the reporter who broke the story of me having phone sex with a 16-year-old girl is: "Where were you when that lonely, lost girl needed affection?" I also deny the show encourages violence, as that idiot judge suggested; sadly we can't get away with that in the morning, but give me a late-night show and watch the fists fly!"
Nasty or humourous? Snark or parody?
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