david cross
man, i love the tv show Arrested Development. love it. it's a funny show. one of the cast, comedian David Cross seems to pop up everywhere and he's a classic guy. i've read a few interviews with him and found the following which really grabbed me.
Excerpt of an interview from suicidegirls by Daniel Robert Epstein
DRE: I read this somewhere. You were going on to do standup in Atlanta and you wrote 'be nice' on your notes.
DC: I actually found those notes just recently in my office.
DRE: I know you're from Atlanta. Was that why you wanted to be nice?
DC: It has nothing to do with the place. I just often find myself getting shrill, angry and the jokes get more incredulous. I stop being clever and funny. You have to have some level of attachment, you can still have passion and believe but it has to be softened somewhat. You can't just yell jokes at people. Now I'm used to my daily, almost hourly, outrage at what's happening in this country. How people are allowing it to happen because they don't care. I can deal with it better. But back then I was like 'What the fuck is wrong with you people?' I don't mean this to sound hyperbolic but there are increasingly, albeit really minor, similarities between now and how Germany was lulled into what happened pre-WW2. How people are now giving up the idea of the individual to the government. We need to wear this, not say that, take it on good faith that they know what's best and that they should keep secrets from us. That's what really happening and I've never experienced that in my adult life. All I have is history books and there are similarities.
DRE: Many people feel that once we sent out troops in we should support the government. We should support the troops not the government.
DC: You can do both but that's a red herring. That argument is specious and doesn't have anything to do with what the real issue is. Go ahead support the troops, how does my getting upset and trying to bring them home not supporting them. Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat. If you want to reinstate the 14.4 billion dollars that Bush cut out of the veterans program then vote democrat.
Excerpt of an interview from suicidegirls by Daniel Robert Epstein
DRE: I read this somewhere. You were going on to do standup in Atlanta and you wrote 'be nice' on your notes.
DC: I actually found those notes just recently in my office.
DRE: I know you're from Atlanta. Was that why you wanted to be nice?
DC: It has nothing to do with the place. I just often find myself getting shrill, angry and the jokes get more incredulous. I stop being clever and funny. You have to have some level of attachment, you can still have passion and believe but it has to be softened somewhat. You can't just yell jokes at people. Now I'm used to my daily, almost hourly, outrage at what's happening in this country. How people are allowing it to happen because they don't care. I can deal with it better. But back then I was like 'What the fuck is wrong with you people?' I don't mean this to sound hyperbolic but there are increasingly, albeit really minor, similarities between now and how Germany was lulled into what happened pre-WW2. How people are now giving up the idea of the individual to the government. We need to wear this, not say that, take it on good faith that they know what's best and that they should keep secrets from us. That's what really happening and I've never experienced that in my adult life. All I have is history books and there are similarities.
DRE: Many people feel that once we sent out troops in we should support the government. We should support the troops not the government.
DC: You can do both but that's a red herring. That argument is specious and doesn't have anything to do with what the real issue is. Go ahead support the troops, how does my getting upset and trying to bring them home not supporting them. Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat. If you want to reinstate the 14.4 billion dollars that Bush cut out of the veterans program then vote democrat.
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