In our continuing segment, Everything Old is New Again comes a re-reading of Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill. In it he critiques the Stonehenge (one of the biggest henges in the world), American history, and the perks of being an "executive transvestite" (*cough* SAC *cough*). One of Izzard's most well-known routines was performed during Dress To Kill: a satirical depiction of Church of England fundamentalism, wherein Izzard explains how Church of England fundamentalism would be impossible because people would be shouting out "You must have tea and cake with the vicar or you DIE!" and "CAKE OR DEATH?!"
What does this have to do with finance, economics, or politics? Well, simply replace "tea and cake" with "federal funds", and "death" with "bankruptcy" and you'll see where we're going with this.
So my choice is, "or death"?
As an aside, the five greatest minutes of my life involved Eddie ripping on me mercilessly for ten minutes over breakfast. He was not in drag.
It always blows me away when I see his cross dressing stand up performances and then see him in "The Riches". A great actor who for the most part has never really gotten his due.
Posted by: Nominate me | April 21, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Agreed Nominate me, belive he'll be in NYC later this year, check out http://www.eddieizzard.com/stripped/
Posted by: Anal_yst | April 21, 2008 at 02:40 PM
when i saw a comment on db that referenced "executive transvestite" i knew eddie was no longer my little secret. nothing like his cd's and a doobie snack to make any 4hr car ride fly by.
Posted by: HAM'05 | April 21, 2008 at 07:10 PM
cake is a nice dessert, but it's easy to get fat, so try to eat less...
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