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Onion Curse?
08 Oct 2003 by Matthew Linderman
The Sports Illustrated cover jinx is one thing, but did you see who wrote a column for the Onion last week?
Did you enjoy the white tigers? Most people love the white lions and the white tigers. Siegfried and I often fight over which of us should get the spotlight, but in the end, the star of the show is always the cats. Everyone assumes that they work for us, but it’s more the other way around! Luckily, I’ve always had a great rapport with those beautiful creatures.
Weird. Even stranger, the Onion apparently pulled the piece from its site after the incident. The Onion as arbiter of what’s tasteful?
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09 Oct 2003 | Bill Brown said...
Very strange. Especially given their coverage of the Sept. 11th events, which were overly insensitive.
09 Oct 2003 | ppk said...
I agree - I wonder why the soft spot for one individual and not 3,000? And he isn't even dead! I wonder what the psychology is behind that? Oh well...
09 Oct 2003 | DB said...
I thought the Onion's articles following Sept 11 were particularly clever. Stuck in a particularly difficult time for humorists, their lead stories "God Says Killing Still Wrong" and "Talking to Blink182 About the Tragedy" walked the right side of a fine line.
09 Oct 2003 | p8 said...
Inbreeding tigers sure isn't tasteful (all white tigers in captivity are
inbred and suffer from health problems). Maybe the tiger thought is was pay-back time.
09 Oct 2003 | Steve said...
I though the Onion's handling of Sept. 11 was nearly perfectly done. There was no poking fun at the victims. There was pointing out the truth and ironies of people killing in the name of their god ("Terrorists surprised to find selves in hell", "God says 'I'm serious, no killing," etc.). There was humorous truth about how we couldn't figure out how to respond, etc.
I'm curious to know what you thought insensitive, Bill.
09 Oct 2003 | pdk said...
P8, tigers don't think that way.
09 Oct 2003 | DUFF said...
Ditto...I thought The Onion after 9/11 was funny too. And not overly insensitive. I work in NYC and remember that day vividly (and also having to work on 9/12 for a major magazine, walking thru Times Square at 7am on 9/12 was so creepy) but I guess since all my friends are OK maybe I dont feel the same about it. Someone who was not as lucky might feel different, I guess. (and understandibly so)
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17 Jan 2004 | Arthur said...
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