Many professional comedians have come to believe the fantasy of the jester who told the King uncomfortable truths. At least they recognise their condition as servants. As for telling uncomfortable truths, they resemble those journalists who, far from doing any such thing, are the mouthpieces of dominant thought — in their case, of the fashionable aesthetic among the young media-consuming … Read more →
I confess I have been a consumer of mystery-industry products, especially in their radio format. The pleasant manner in which they were presented on La Rosa de los Vientos, and the distance its host was able to keep from the things being told there, made the programme an evocative way-station for the curious. Nothing like the sensationalist unease radiated by … Read more →
It is almost a tradition that certain figures who appear frequently in the media — actors, artists, or journalists — should declare with a crystalline smile and a victorious pride that they are lucky enough to practise the most beautiful profession in the world, and that ever since they were tiny children they had known their vocation was to tell … Read more →