RABAN ON CLINTON
In this era of media overanalysis of political candidates, where even a choice of hairstyle is painted as psychologically meaningful, Raban’s thought-provoking article was refreshing and wonderfully wry.
And just when I began to be bored with his focus on the minute details of Clintonspeak, he shifted away and hilariously described the Bloodworth-Thomason film, acknowledging the power of Hollywood’s very own “manipulation by film image” school of politics.
Clinton’s evolution from Oxford scholar to g-dropping homeboy is hardly surprising, but in Raban’s words, it is mesmerizing. Bravo!
MICHAEL DALE KIMMEL
Los Angeles
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