Hagiography.I had to look it up and that word covers a lot of what's happening in media today.Quite the word.How anyone came up with it originally and then decided it would mean what it means in THIS context,well...there should be a documentary or a Woody Allen movie.
In history,it literally meant,"writing about saints,"but in recent years,"it's painting certain subject matter in a virtuous light."
blacks riots--wonderful. black crime--more wonderful. Mex pouring over the border--magnifico.
(Let's imagine the characters from "Play it Again,Sam" have a sequel and they're meeting at a restaurant.)
Tony Roberts' character,Dick:Okay,we rushed right down here,why are you so excited,Allan?Did someone FINALLY pay you for one of your movie reviews?
Diane Keaton's character,Dick's wife,Linda:Yes,tell us Allan--are you writing a great novel,did you pen a script that was accepted by a studio?TELL US!
Woody as Allan Felix:I've invented a new word--hagiography.
Tony Roberts:Allan,that word has been around for centuries--it's in the Sunday NY times crossword puzzle three times a year.
Woody:Yes,but I'm RE-inventing it. Dick,this is my new calling--forget movie reviews--I'm going to take obscure words and make them current with new meanings and copywrite them so that every time it's used,I get paid a royalty--I'll make millions.
Tony Roberts:For hagiography.
Woody:Yes,it's already been used TWICE ON the NSU website in its alternate meaning,in the last year alone--it's catching on.I'll let NSU off the hook on payments as thanks for being the first site to use my word,but if the NY times does it--cha-ching.
Tony Roberts(to Linda):And you were thinking of leaving me for ALLAN?
Diane Keaton:I was thinking very hagiographically at the time...
Tony Roberts:What other words have you "re-invented",Allan?
Woody:Cockamamie--so far--that's all.I'm trying to make it fit with the Eisenhowers somehow.
Tony:Let's go Linda.
Diane Keaton:Good luck,Allan,let me know how this works out.When you get that first royalty check for over $100,000,I'll leave Dick.
(kiss on the cheek)
Tony:Bye,Allan. (They leave restaurant)
Woody:Okay,time to go home and get to work.I can FEEL IT--this is going to be a huge success.
Narrarator:Unfortunately for Allan Felix,things did not become a success--for him."Others" with deep pockets,who had been listening at the restaurant to Allan's excited,loud voice,took his idea and became millionaires.
The End.
P.S.Woody has made his 50th movie--a French film--no English,to be released in September.Reviews are fantastic:"His best movie in 12 years."
Tuskegee airmen single-handedly won the war. Red Ball Express single-handedly won the war. Go for Broke battalion single-handedly won the war. Navajo code talkers single-handedly won the war. In WW1 it was the Harlem Hellfighters. Damned whitey didn't even show up.
Hagiography.I had to look it up and that word covers a lot of what's happening in media today.Quite the word.How anyone came up with it originally and then decided it would mean what it means in THIS context,well...there should be a documentary or a Woody Allen movie.
ReplyDeleteIn history,it literally meant,"writing about saints,"but in recent years,"it's painting certain subject matter in a virtuous light."
blacks riots--wonderful.
black crime--more wonderful.
Mex pouring over the border--magnifico.
(Let's imagine the characters from "Play it Again,Sam" have a sequel and they're meeting at a restaurant.)
Tony Roberts' character,Dick:Okay,we rushed right down here,why are you so excited,Allan?Did someone FINALLY pay you for one of your movie reviews?
Diane Keaton's character,Dick's wife,Linda:Yes,tell us Allan--are you writing a great novel,did you pen a script that was accepted by a studio?TELL US!
Woody as Allan Felix:I've invented a new word--hagiography.
Tony Roberts:Allan,that word has been around for centuries--it's in the Sunday NY times crossword puzzle three times a year.
Woody:Yes,but I'm RE-inventing it. Dick,this is my new calling--forget movie reviews--I'm going to take obscure words and make them current with new meanings and copywrite them so that every time it's used,I get paid a royalty--I'll make millions.
Tony Roberts:For hagiography.
Woody:Yes,it's already been used TWICE ON the NSU website in its alternate meaning,in the last year alone--it's catching on.I'll let NSU off the hook on payments as thanks for being the first site to use my word,but if the NY times does it--cha-ching.
Tony Roberts(to Linda):And you were thinking of leaving me for ALLAN?
Diane Keaton:I was thinking very hagiographically at the time...
Tony Roberts:What other words have you "re-invented",Allan?
Woody:Cockamamie--so far--that's all.I'm trying to make it fit with the Eisenhowers somehow.
Tony:Let's go Linda.
Diane Keaton:Good luck,Allan,let me know how this works out.When you get that first royalty check for over $100,000,I'll leave Dick.
(kiss on the cheek)
Tony:Bye,Allan.
(They leave restaurant)
Woody:Okay,time to go home and get to work.I can FEEL IT--this is going to be a huge success.
Narrarator:Unfortunately for Allan Felix,things did not become a success--for him."Others" with deep pockets,who had been listening at the restaurant to Allan's excited,loud voice,took his idea and became millionaires.
The End.
P.S.Woody has made his 50th movie--a French film--no English,to be released in September.Reviews are fantastic:"His best movie in 12 years."
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The French loved Jerry Lewis movies too.
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Tuskegee airmen single-handedly won the war. Red Ball Express single-handedly won the war. Go for Broke battalion single-handedly won the war. Navajo code talkers single-handedly won the war. In WW1 it was the Harlem Hellfighters. Damned whitey didn't even show up.
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