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The Monkees were fake. And? My latest at Taki’s

March 6, 2012 By Kathy Shaidle

I didn’t have space to squeeze in stuff about the quiz show scandals or the Charles Manson/ Monkees myth,  and give the cliche its become, I’m almost glad I couldn’t fit in a graph about “reality” TV.

Hope you’ll read the whole thing:

[Davy] Jones was one of those funny little musical Anthony Newley/Dudley Moore/Peter Noone fellows that England alone is capable of producing (or was, before the effects of post-rationing nutrition kicked in). (…)

The Monkees and Sex Pistols both illustrate a cosmic artistic law that dictates “fake” art can sometimes spawn great art. (…)

(This law is illustrated equally well by The Godfather, a quickie airport novel written to pay off the author’s gambling debts that inspired a couple of cinematic masterworks. The book is still considered a Mafia Bible by real-life mobsters who apparently don’t know or care that Mario Puzo, who knew nothing of authentic Cosa Nostra rituals, pretty much made them up.)

 

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