Reviewing some background material here, I probably would have used more alliteration, and contemptuously spat out the phrase "piss-poor pastiche," or words to that effect.
Submitted by TimFerris on August 23, 2008 - 3:51pm.
Interesting use of the word "pastiche." As in "melange"? Upchuck?
I guess it wasn't a very newsworthy story unless you jazzed it up with the standard pap.
What we have to remember is that this is just one of the things we do to be a balanced, sustainable, healthy place to live. And you have to remember, too, that every time somebody truly depicts our actual value, a cheap new house in Westlake, Avon, Solon, or Mentor loses market value quicker.
There are many people who have a financial vested interest in depicting us in ghetto drag; we cannot afford to subsidize their poor choices, unthinking choices made trying to "fit in", any longer.
Tim's take
I agree with Tim's take on this type of coverage. It's bad pastiche.
alliteration
Laura, I looked it up--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastiche
Reviewing some background material here, I probably would have used more alliteration, and contemptuously spat out the phrase "piss-poor pastiche," or words to that effect.
public relations, yes; pastiche, not really
Interesting use of the word "pastiche." As in "melange"? Upchuck?
I guess it wasn't a very newsworthy story unless you jazzed it up with the standard pap.
What we have to remember is that this is just one of the things we do to be a balanced, sustainable, healthy place to live. And you have to remember, too, that every time somebody truly depicts our actual value, a cheap new house in Westlake, Avon, Solon, or Mentor loses market value quicker.
There are many people who have a financial vested interest in depicting us in ghetto drag; we cannot afford to subsidize their poor choices, unthinking choices made trying to "fit in", any longer.
Ghetto drag
I love it. Work it :)