{"id":418,"date":"2003-10-21T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2003-10-21T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2003\/10\/zen_krassner\/"},"modified":"2003-10-21T07:00:42","modified_gmt":"2003-10-21T14:00:42","slug":"zen_krassner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2003\/10\/zen_krassner.html","title":{"rendered":"ZEN KRASSNER"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Neglect Paul Krassner at your own risk.” So sayeth Skeets Gallagher. Krassner’s most recent
\nZen Bastard<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> column in the New York Press, begins
\nwith a tidbit about Der Gropenfuhrer<\/I> that must have had the Los Angeles Times eating its
\nheart out.<\/P>
\n

Krassner writes: <\/P>
\n

Maybe I should start selling “I Told You So” t-shirts. Five years ago, I
\npublished this item: “Here’s a story about the arrogance of power even the tabloids won’t publish.
\nAt a dinner party, Arnold Schwarzenegger told a young woman he would give her $1000 if she
\nwould stick her finger up her ass and then let him smell it. She refused. Later, he followed her into
\nthe bathroom and forcibly stuck his own finger up her ass. He did not pay her. She is an actress
\nand has not brought a lawsuit because she fears it would hurt her career in
\nHollywood.”<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n

And he reminds us:<\/P>
\n

The morning after California’s recall election, on “The
\nView,”<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> <\/FONT><\/EM>Meredith Vieira<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> demonstrated to Joy Behar<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> the new governor’s special handshake.
\nVieira simply placed her right hand on Behar’s left breast. Amidst laughter and applause, Behar
\nasked, “Can I please have my nipple back now?”<\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n

Nobody has ever accused Krassner of lacking imagination. But given the facts as he
\nunderstands them, he doesn’t need to imagine anything. Not when scientific studies, the Internet,
\ntelevision and the news media offer prime material that requires no embroidery. The rest of his
\ncolumn, taken directly from all those sources, is proof that all he does is make the indispensible
\nconnections. That, of course, does require a Zen master.<\/P>
\n

Postscript:<\/STRONG> Krassner isn’t the only one mocking Der Grope.<\/I>
\nDave Letterman’s getting in his licks<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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