Philistine Corner
By Shorter Jonah Goldberg: Despite having never read any Harold Pinter, I’m convinced that his work is just political hackery in the form of art. Of course, this is the aesthetic supported by the NRO, but Pinter is of the left, so there you go. And I trust Terry Teachout’s judgment uncritically, except where it comes to the aesthetic merits of Harold Pinter’s work.
Shorter John Miller: It’s a scandal that people with political views I disagree with can win the Nobel Prize.
Shorter J-Pod: Harold Pinter is hardly a great artist, unlike Ron Howard or George Lucas [before he started disagreeing with Bush].
Shorter Jonah “Tu Quoque” Goldberg: “Oh, of course, my theory that art should be judged entirely by the political views of the author is bad when “The Left” does it. And they always do it, as we can easily generalize based on the unsourced anecdotes and rhetorical questions of an anonymous emailer.”
(For actual commentary, see Roy.)