October 28, 2003
DEPARTMENT OF SELF PARODY
I imagine that when one is surrounded by nothing but kowtowing
bootlickers 24 hours a day, a celebrity gets the feeling that there is
nothing that he or she cannot accomplish. Everyone agrees with
everything they say, so why not apply that magical power where it
really counts, like solving the Middle East peace crisis between Israel
and the Palestinians? That's what
href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/26/w
brad26.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/10/26/ixportal.html">Brad Pitt, Jennifer
Aniston, and Danny DeVito want to do:
Brad Pitt, his wife, Jennifer Aniston, and Danny DeVito
are among the stars who aim to succeed where world statesmen have
stumbled.
"The past few years of conflict mean that yet another generation of
Israelis and Palestinians will grow up in hatred," reads a statement
from Pitt and Aniston. "We cannot allow that to
happen."
Others joining in this embarrassing foray include Seinfeld
co-star Jason Alexander and actor Ed Norton. Some might consider these
people's lack of "experience" or "knowledge" or "something to
contribute aside from glamour" to be a handicap. Not this crew.
The organisers admit that none of the actors has any
experience of the Middle East or of conflict resolution, but argue that
this may be a good thing as they will be considered non-
partisan.
Perhaps this is the trend of the future. Is there anyway we can
send simpleton singer href="http://www.mtv.com/onair/newlyweds/nick_and_jessica/">Jessica
Simpson and her eye-rolling husband Nick Lachey to North Korea for
nuclear disarmament talks?
We can only pray that Seinfeld co-creator Larry David stays out
of this type of thing though, or we'll have nuclear armageddon within
the month.
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Despite their best efforts, celebrity peacemakers may have a hard road
to travel before collecting their Nobel Prize.
Initial meetings between Israelis and Palestinians got
off to a rocky start when Pitt made an effort to reach out to the
residents of U.N. refugee camps. "Look, I can tell you that having had
a long career in Hollywood working alongside a large number of agents
and producers, I know what it feels like to be jerked around by a bunch
of pushy Jews." His wife Jennifer Aniston added that although she was
relatively unfamiliar with the Arab situation in the Middle East, when
she lived in Manhattan she frequently took cabs. Aniston was then
asked to participate in a photo-op kissing a Palestinian baby, which
then exploded.
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