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Moore
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cording to Moore’s message, al
though some bookstores have re
fused to be a part of Moore’s tour due
to the book’s controversial nature.
During the lecture, the Cultural
Forum will release a list of Oregon’s
own top 10 “stupid white men”
that has been compiled based on
community responses, Hoffa said.
As a preview to the lecture and
book signing, the Cultural Forum
will present a free showing of
Moore’s first film documentary,
“Roger & Me,” as well as excerpts
from the film “The Big One” and
his TV series “The Awful Truth” at
7 p.m. Friday in 180 PLC.
“The Big One” features an inter
view with Phil Knight about the
working conditions in Nike’s over
seas factories, Smith said. Moore’s
works attempt to open people’s eyes
to issues in their community, their
country and the world, she said.
Moore “is a kind of vanguard of a
movement,” Landfield said, and he
gives readers a close sampling of
what is occurring in America.
“Money equals power. Money
equals right. Money creates the
truth, and it’s getting out of con
trol,” Landfield said. “We have a
choice to be more aware.”
E-mail reporter Jen West
at jenwest@dailyemerald.com.
Sedaris
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the creator and host of the show, on
the “This American Life” Web site.
Erin Zysett, news director at
campus radio station KWVA,
counts Sedaris among her personal
heroes. “He’s very, very honest and
he’s able to make fun of himself,
which is important,” she said.
Zysett was inspired by “This
American Life” to start a similar
show, “Everyday Ovid.” The new
program is every Monday at 6:30
p.m. on 88.1 FM.
“It started as a ‘This American
Life’ rip-off, but we’re expanding
it,” Zysett said. “We want to take
the basic ideas of using informa
tion, humor and literature and take
it from here.”
Zysett said that she thinks
shows such as “This American
Life” and “Everyday Ovid” are im
portant because they do some
thing different than normal top-10
music programs.
“This type of radio is something
that we need more of,” she said.
Sedaris’ newest book, “Me Talk
Pretty One Day,” is based on living
in France and his experiences with
the French language and people.
The book tells of his unique experi
ences growing up in North Caroli
na and of moving to France with
his boyfriend. In the story “Jesus
Shaves,” Sedaris and his class
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Talk Pretty One Day.' David Sedaris
and Ms beginning French classmates
attempt to explain Faster to their
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entire dialogue is conducted m French.
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our grasp Jet alone such complicated ^
your only*begotten son.^Faced^with the
challenge of explaintngfh8 cornerstone
of Christianity, we did what any self"
respecting group of people might do.
We talked about food i
the Italian nanny explained. ’One too
may eat of the chocolate.'
‘And who brings the chocolate?’ the
teacher asked.
I knew the word, so I raised my hand,
saying, ‘The rabbit of Easter. He bring
of the chocolate.
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'A rabbit?’ The teacher, assuming I’d
index fingers on the
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ears. You mean one of these? A rabbit
rabbit?’
"Well, sure/1 said, ‘He come in the
night when one sleep cn a bed. With a
hand he have a basket and foods/
The teacher sighed and shook her
head. As far as she was concerned!
had just explained everything that was
wrong with my country. 'No, no/ she
said. ‘Here in France the chocolate is
brought by a big bell that flies in from
Rome/
I called for a time-out ‘gut how does
the bell know where you live?’
’Well/ she said, ‘how does a rabbit?’
It was a decent point, but at least a
rabbit has eyes* That’s a start. Rabbits
move from place to place, while most
bells can only go back and forth-and
they canl even do that on their own
power On top of that, the Easter Bunny
has character. He’s someone you’d like
to meet end shake hands with. Abelf
has the personality of a cast-iron
skillet. It’s like saying that come
Christmas, a magic dustpan fiies in
from the North Pole, led by eight flying
cinder blocks. Who wants to stay up ail
night so they can see a bell?
mates try desperately to convey the
story of Jesus’ death to their Mus
lim French teacher.
Sedans’ earlier books are
“Naked,” in which he takes the
reader on his journeys to a nudist
colony and through his childhood,
and “Barrel Fever.”
E-mail reporter AlixKerl
at alixkerl@dailyemerald.com.
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