Chapter 27 page 22 ~ At least Bennett’s coming-out went better than Bert and Ernie’s
Hark, a page! (Here are some cat photos to apologize for the delay.)
By the way, is there anyone familiar with Israeli-English accents who would be willing to look over Rosen’s dialogue? (Not just on this page, but for her appearances in general.) I don’t want to be writing out the accent phonetically or anything, but it would be nice to have some actual guidance about sentence construction, turns of phrase, that kind of detail.
Cohen: You know this could hurt you. Don’t do it alone.
Rosen: I know the risks. I will wait until you get back, so you can help.
Cohen: And at least give me veto power over what question you ask.
Rosen: Of course. But in return, I want you to do something for me . . .
Cohen: . . . and so Rosen wants a platform on your show. Exact date TBD. Can you make that happen?
Bennett: I’d love to! Any time in the next year is available. Did you hear? We just got renewed!
Cohen: I heard! Congratulations, babe. I know you were worried for a while there.
Bennett: Yeah . . . now I can hardly even remember why.
My fellow Republicans have been surprisingly nice about the whole gay thing! As long as I don’t talk about it too much, and make a point of loudly agreeing with them on every other issue.
There are more people calling me their friend than ever! Even some people I’ve barely met!
I never thought I would have a ‘you sweet summer child’ reaction to Bennett, yet here we are
I’m finding so much use for that phrase/reaction in my life.
Just to make sure I’m tracking, is it because these new “friends” just see him as a way to deflect claims of their own homophobia?
I think so, yes. “I can’t be homophobic/racist/anti semitic, look I have a gay/black/Jewish friend!” is the sort of thinking the Colbert Report (brutally and hilariously) satirized.
My reaction was more to the effect of “Oh, honey…”
I can only hope the Bennet is still playing the fool to some degree. After all, SOME of his ‘buffoonery’ in office was an act… right?
100% this, yes.
Sleepy bunny is happy bunny.
‘Babe…’ oh, we’ve come so far.