Making fun of people who take themselves too seriously
Ernie
Svenson: Is pretty easy to do, but coming up with a fresh
method is tough. Don Novello's
Lazlo Letters employed the technique of contrived letters from
a rabidly adoring fan sent to celebrities and political
figures. Now we have
Ali G, whose ruse is to obtain interviews with serious
people--who believe him to be another cloying member of the
mainstream press--and then proceeding to ask them innane
questions.
Maureen Dowd apparently liked his interview of James
Baker.