September 18, 2003
CODRESCU'S VISION:
Leni and Eddie:NPR lumps a nuclear scientist and a Nazi aggrandizer into the same afterlife. (Katherine Mangu-Ward, 09/16/2003, Weekly Standard)
"MY GUESS IS that Edward and Leni are together in the next world. They have eternity to work out the implications of their work," said Andrei Codrescu in a segment titled "Leni and Eddie" on NPR's "All Things Considered" last Friday.Codrescu's vision of "Eddie" (Teller) and "Leni" (Riefenstahl) sitting side by side as the flames tickle their toes is clever imagery, but the musings that lead up to this snapshot of the afterlife are jumbled at best and, at worst, declare a moral equivalency.
Here's a more detailed account of the despicable commentary we mentioned.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 18, 2003 12:13 AM
Unless things have changed dramatically in the last few years, Codrescu is referred to (and not affectionately) by female graduate students in the LSU English department as "Andre Undress-You"...
Posted by: Alfonzo S. Tangerine at September 18, 2003 9:40 AMHe seems like such a one.
Posted by: oj at September 18, 2003 9:45 AMI used to enjoy the convenience of NPR's news -- you could listen to it while doing something else, like sorting papers or driving home. Andre, however, is one of many straws that broke my particular back. No more checks from me.
Posted by: R.W. at September 18, 2003 12:06 PMI heard that on NPR and my jaw hit the floor.
Let me be the first to say, Andre Codrescu isn't fit to lick the mud off the bottom of Edward Teller's wooden foot.
Posted by: H.D. Miller at September 18, 2003 5:38 PMI have only one thing to say in reply to the previous, "whaa". As in a baby crying.
Posted by: Wally at September 24, 2003 4:03 PM