04.22.09 DON’T YOU HATE JEANS?
Last week, George Will wrote what was likely the single most obnoxious column in the history of mainstream media, a high-minded screed against jeans. Since then, I’ve been waiting for someone — anyone — to talk about it on TV just so I could write about it here. Last night, Stephen Colbert stepped up. But really, the video is really just an excuse to run some of the text from Will’s column:
Denim is the infantile uniform of a nation in which entertainment frequently features childlike adults (”Seinfeld,” “Two and a Half Men”) and cartoons for adults (”King of the Hill”). Seventy-five percent of American “gamers” — people who play video games — are older than 18 and nevertheless are allowed to vote.
WHAT? People who play video games are allowed to vote? NO! We must strip them of suffrage! Like felons!
Denim is the clerical vestment for the priesthood of all believers in democracy’s catechism of leveling — thou shalt not dress better than society’s most slovenly… This is not complicated. For men, sartorial good taste can be reduced to one rule: If Fred Astaire would not have worn it, don’t wear it. For women, substitute Grace Kelly.
So, can someone help me out here? Would Fred Astaire wear black rubber chaps and nipple clamps, or not? No? What if I add a top hat?
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