Mike Judge, the Bard of Suck

Re:Mike Judge, the Bard of Suck by Pigo on Friday April 14, 2017 @01:25PM (#14115725)

I know right? People like to focus on Idiocracy because they want to segueway into their issue with modern life they find idiotic. Lapsing over a 13 season home run is just ponderous though, especially since they mentioned Milton and B&B. I suppose the guy is just so prolific many people love him for different works and different reasons. I'm a fan boy of pretty much everything he's done.

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Re:Mike Judge, the Bard of Suck by WorldMaker on Friday April 14, 2017 @03:16PM (#14116476)

Even just the one running thread of "propane and propane accessories" through King of the Hill paints a deep satirical portrait of middle class salesmanship, an equal to (if not a successor/better) "Death of a Salesman". I'd even possible put it up against Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions for levels of grim pathos and determination despite broken systems that don't allow for advancement while claiming that they do.

All of that seems like hyperbole perhaps, but it's an admirable trait to King of the Hill that it can inspire such questions and discussions... and that's just one of the many long-running satire threads in King of the Hill.

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Re:Mike Judge, the Bard of Suck by jnicholasp on Saturday April 15, 2017 @01:47PM (#14121818)

> segueway

Just so you know, "segue" is pronounced "seg-way" by itself. No need to throw an additional "way" on the end.

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