From The New Yorker: “Attention, People of Earth” by Paul Simms
Speaking of which, have you seen the promos on ABC for the remake of the 1980s TV show “V”? In case you aren’t old enough to remember the 1980s, or are so old you can’t remember the 1980s, the show was about a bunch of aliens who came to Earth, pretended to be friendly, took over the planet, and then turned out to be rat-munching lizard people intent on destroying humanity….you know, the Republican Party. And like the Republican Party today, this time they’ve got a hot chick leading them, but she’s still a rat-eating lizard underneath. I thoroughly expect this show to run right up until the 2012 election, whereupon it will have to be re-classified as a “reality show”.
