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John Prather
@1958jalopy.bsky.social
“Masterful raconteur” and author of award-winning novel and screenplay The Jesus Nut.
I love satire 📚 baseball ⚾️ film noir 🎬. I’ve broken my nose 16 times. My favorite color is orange.
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Great film. The screenplay was on some “Best Unproduced Screenplays” list for a couple of years
January 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I invite you to make whatever connection between these two items you find appropriate. 5/5

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIzL...

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Rebecca's heartfelt monologue at super league meeting | Nate's beautiful violin | Ted Lasso 3x10
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January 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I offer two items for your consideration. The first is a scene from S3 of Ted Lasso, where Rebecca asks the owners of the wealthiest soccer clubs, "How much more money do any of you really need?" The second is Ms. Telnaes' explanation of her decision to quit, including the cartoon at issue. 4/5
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
… earn more money in a day than most of us will see in a lifetime. In her editorial judgment, those billionaires chose to kowtow to power so they can keep raking in profits at the expense of a free press--which until 2016 was considered among the most fundamental protectors of American liberty. 3/5
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Last week, Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit the Washington Post when, for the first time in her 17 years at the paper, the Post would not allow her to "aim her pen" at a particular target. That target included multiple media billionaires, each of whom … 2/5
January 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
… earn more money in a day than most of us will see in a lifetime. In her editorial judgment, those billionaires chose to kowtow to power so they can keep raking in profits at the expense of a free press--which until 2016 was considered among the most fundamental protectors of American liberty.
January 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Last week, Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit the Washington Post when, for the first time in her 17 years at the paper, the Post would not allow her to "aim her pen" at a particular target. That target included multiple media billionaires, each of whom …
January 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
December 25, 2024 at 5:03 PM