Monday, September 19, 2011

Not a good day to be a minor league tall poppy. #1 in a series.

Today we bring you  Rabon Khan  and  Rachel Smalley

(1) Raybon Khan. Who seems to set himself as Mr.People, some brainpower gifted individual who urbane toss-offs speak to and for the people.

Well he is a comedian, makes his money with humor, or a sort. The tweet is an inference, and that is all. It's implied that it's Germanic, therefore Nazi, therefore Jewish. And frankly that is indeed what it is. Doesn't make it less humorous. Gallows  humor is important.


(2) Rachel Smalley


Rachel got confused about what she is, and what her tweeting account is. You can't be both a corporate tweet and a person. You're either for your or you are you. It's no good having 999 tweets about good a talking head you are on TV if then in some kind of faux outrage pick a fight with someone, about something you know nothing of, but have formed an opinion on based on your privileged position of being "in" the media. Rachel Smalley is a talking head. She reads an autocue device for a living. That is all.


So what will happen?


Well Raybon will throw himself at the public mercy, "Don't read it" he'll cry, which makes him seem like he's 11 years old.


Rachel Smalley. Well TV3 needs a talking head, she has broad appeal which equals money, and will bring out the same "It was me talking" line that isn't really an excuse when 99.99% of everything else she tweets is for her not about her.


So two rather minor poppies who've brought a collective passing eye-roll towards them that has kept a small part of the nation occupied in the colonies. Nothing in their somewhat small and limited appeal career with change, they're not people you get favors from or rely on to do you favors. They have passing and fleeting influence as a talking head, but that glitter fades quickly.


#FauxOutrage at it's best then

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