David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. “Persepolis”’ Marjane Satrapi on breasts and (George W.) Bush
You’ll just have to trust me on this, but I chatted with Marjane Satrapi, the creator of “Persepolis” the graphic novel/memoir about her childhood in Iran and writer/director (with Vincent Paronnaud) of “Persepolis” the movie, that’s been winning all sorts of awards since its debut at Cannes. (You have to trust me because although the story ran in the Daily News today, no one apparently has seen fit to put it online.)
Anyway, in the book, Marjane’s grandmother offers her a little beauty tip: Put jasmine petals in your bra and they’ll smell oh-so-nice.
In one of my prouder interviewing moments, I asked her if it actually worked. Oh, yes, she declared; “Lots of women are doing it.
“I also put (my breasts) in a bowl of ice-cold water every day for 10 minutes,” she added, referring to another of her grandmother’s helpful hints. “It works, as well. It’s better than plastic surgery. It costs less and it looks natural.”
So now you know. Let it never be said that this blog does not dispense useful information.
We also discussed the fact that George W. Bush continues to rattle his saber in Iran’s direction even though a National Intelligence Estimate found that the country scuttled its program to build a nuclear bomb back in 2003. Satrapi has a couple of things to say about Mr. Bush.
“George Bush is an idiot and a mean man and a dangerous person. Just because you have a tie and a suit doesn’t mean you’re not a terrorist. When you use weapons and behave like a cowboy, this is terrorist behavior. He says these things because he is out of his mind. I don’t know how anybody who is sane and who has seen what has happened in Afghanistan and Iraq could want another war. It’s just craziness to just think about this.
“They destroyed the two biggest enemies of Iran in the region – the Taliban and Saddam Hussein. Now they’re in big trouble.
“Who are they going to send to fight this war? What a f@&%ing idiot, this guy.”
Not much you can add to that.
Comments
Ok, so besides freezing my tits off, what is the ice water supposed to do?
Posted by: Pam Anderson | January 4, 2008 9:35 PM