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The Trouble With Cool
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Following up my observations on Obama as the cool candidate, another way of looking at it -- indeed, probably the correct way of looking at it -- is in terms of Garance Franke-Ruta's old observation (that I can't find on Google for some reason) that Hillary Clinton is the middlebrow candidate in the race. That, more than cool/uncool, captures the Wire versus Ugly Betty dynamic.
And it's also, of course, Clinton's big advantage. TV critics like The Wire but Ugly Betty has a much bigger audience. At the end of the day, how many people know who will.i.am is?
And it's also, of course, Clinton's big advantage. TV critics like The Wire but Ugly Betty has a much bigger audience. At the end of the day, how many people know who will.i.am is?
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