Vid Hardt
vidhardt.bsky.social
Vid Hardt
@vidhardt.bsky.social
Good Satire Is Prescient. But it's not enough.

Editor of era-defining books. Fb.me/editorMPE
Seattle's Jimi Hendrix and Chris Cornell statues lack movement. No such problem here!

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August 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you can see Dukes at Joe's Pub yet don't, you've made an incorrect choice.
August 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
For a monthly fee you too could pay more for this product.
July 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Funny broad.

January 2, 1931–July 30, 2005
July 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Good Satire Is Prescient

Wheeler & Woolsey in Diplomaniacs (1933), months before Duck Soup
July 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
July 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
July 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
WaPo's AI correctly summarizes reader outrage.
June 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
March 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I muted Chappelle long ago, but watched last night. He was brilliant, seizing the historical moment for comedy and healing.

On a separate topic, now awaiting a correction to Guardian's reporting the 'trade Connecticut for Italy' joke as 'Kentucky', which'd make no sense since KY's Trump country.
January 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Good Satire Is Prescient.

A 1976 clip from the 1989 15th anniversary special, which opened with Chevy Chase dumping popcorn on Donald Trump, and during which Billy Crystal bombed with an admiring bit about Trump.

(Fair Use claimed of this NBC/Broadway Video material.)
November 17, 2024 at 2:26 AM