IN> Nybbas' Role

[John Dallman]

In article <BAY116-F12B47CFF9ACFB62C196A599E3E0 at phx.gbl>, 
cpt_democracy at hotmail.com (Daniel Childers) wrote:

> He is The Media, therefore his Role would be The Media.

Damn monkeys are so culturally /fragmented/...

> For decades, he was Ed Sullivan. The Beatles and Elvis didn't
> really count until *he* said they counted, and don't you forget
> it! And now some more Topo Gigio.

>From .uk, one of the culturally closest places to .us: "Who the hell is 
(or was) Ed Sullivan?" There's nobody in the UK who's had that position 
for any large segment of the population. The ones who determine these 
things tend to be tabloid editors and other behind-the-scenes types. 

> In some countries, he is the People's Minister of Culture, or the
> Minister's assistant who actually makes the censorship decisions.
> Imagine the same buzzcut and the same glasses, but in a Mao suit,
> and an earnest frown rather than a manic grin.

Much more plausible. This is a per-country role, really: superior 
multi-tasking will be necessary, but at least you;re always doing lunch, 
somewhere. 

-- 
John Dallman, jgd at cix.co.uk, HTML mail is treated as probable spam.