Caricature and the Christie Comedy Bonanza

[malaise]

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bridgegate-scandal-keeps-em-in-stitches-as-christie-jokes-keep-coming-1.749157?page=all

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“It’s a combination of his personality, which is theatrical, and his size, which is easy to make fun of,” said Bruce Vilanch, originally of Paterson, the veteran comedy writer who has provided quips for the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards and Tony Awards telecasts.

Christie — a pretty funny guy himself — even encouraged some of the laughs, eating doughnuts on CBS’ “Late Show With David Letterman” and ad-libbing some genuinely witty responses to people who brought up the issue. Asked by a middle-school student when he would be “really thin,” he responded, “Rome wasn’t unbuilt in a day.”

Since the bridge scandal, the weight jokes have not subsided. But they have taken on a darker subtext. His size has been seen in terms of his bulldozing behavior, his appetite as a hunger for power. “Christie was furious when they blocked the bridge, because he thought they said they were blocking the fridge,” said Fallon.

“I think he’s seen as a bully, and that and the shape of his body go together,” said Michael Aaron Rockland of Morristown, whose book “The George Washington Bridge” was published six years before the bridge became front-page news in a new context.

“Seeing a bully get it appeals to people,” Rockland said.
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I'm lovin' it - couldn't happen to a nastier piece of work

[Laxman]

1. Did You Catch This...

in the article?

“Coneman the Barbarian” and “Christie Business” are among the parody movie posters posted by Napkinz to democraticunderground.com, a non-affiliated, politically liberal website. You can watch Christie cruising down the turnpike, à la James Gandolfini, in a spot-on parody of “The Sopranos” opening credits, posted by Michael Haynes to YouTube.

and I hadn't seen this:

[malaise]

2. We have to shout out Napkinz

I hadn't seen that before this morning either.