Reference :- Andy Bolt's presentations are impossible to fathom these days . What has happened ?
Dear Andy ,
After following your cutting edge journalism through the years , we can see that you are crying out for help . What in God's name were you thinking when you complained that artistic folk are inclined to have socialist tendencies ? That has been the case for thousands of years , in art , literature , music and for that matter , science . ( Science being another outlet for creativity . )
You do yourself no favours by appearing to have only recently noticed this correlation between creativity , intelligence , and leftist political views . The physicist Albert Einstein was a socialist , as was the artist Pablo Picasso , the author George Orwell , the musician John Lennon , the actor Charlie Chaplin , the comedian Ricky Gervais , the biologist Richard Dawkins ... and on and on .....and on . Even Jesus Christ was a socialist .
To say that you have only just come to this realization makes you appear ill - informed Andy . And worse still , you then started banging on about art and politics , complaining that art has become too political .
But Andy , art has always been used to make political statements . From the days of the Pharaohs through the ages of the Greeks and Romans , to sailor's sea shanties , to Turner's painting " The Slave Ship " , to Negro jazz and blues , to Picasso's " Guernica " to George Orwell's " Animal Farm " to Andy Warhol's " Electric Chair " to the stand up comedy of George Carlin and the music of Pink Floyd the arts have always been used to make political statements . That is unlikely to ever change , and it would be a sign of horrendous repression if it did .
Anyway Andy , none of us is perfect , so we will let this one slip through to the keeper . But it might be wise to change tack with your show , and stop it from becoming a bitch session for the stupid and the uninformed . A man of your brilliance deserves a more erudite fan base .
Ken junior reckons you should monitor the comments that are posted beneath your presentations . He reckons that as you lift your game you should look for a decrease in the number of comments by folk who can't spell, and " shout " using capital letters . ARE YOU WITH ME SON ?
As always , we are here to help .
Your comrade , Ken .
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