Entry Posted January 29, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/
01/18/AR2006011801434.html Great profile of a very successful and very good
children’s entertainer called the Great Zucchini … who
also, as it turns out, has a gambling problem, an organisational
problem, and (most likely) some
psychological problems as well.
A live
discussion with the author of the piece addresses some of the
obvious questions, like what the Great Zucchini thinks of the story, and whether the piece is likely to mess
with his career, in the same way that David Friedman’s career was
apparently damaged by Capturing the
Friedmans. 01:13
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What others say about this link
Greg Sanders (gregsanders.typepad.com):
… Anyways, in other Post news, Gene Weingarten won a Pulitzer for his article where Joshua Bell played violin before commuters that largely ignored him. I enjoyed the piece and it was fun to debate, although I’d thinkhis piece on the Great Zucchini was even better …
G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC (gearino.com):
… to say about art and about how people tend to ignore artistic achievement when it’s encountered outside of its normal context. But the story was — get ready for it — a one-note affair. (Cue rimshot.) In contrast, Weingarten’s January 2006profileof a kiddie entertainer named the Great Zucchini was possibly the best newspaper feature story ever written — and I say that with a straight face. It’s a prime example of that all-too-rare perfect match between writer and subject. If you …
Letters to My Kids (forjacobandsamantha.blogspot.com):
… Last Saturday, we celebrated your birthday with Grandma Elaine and Aunt Jane and some of your closest friends (well, as close as you can be to other three-year-olds). We enjoyed a magic show with the wonderful but controversialGreat Zucchini …
Active Family Services - Loudoun/ Nova/ DC Metro (activefamilyservices.blogspot.com):
… Gene Weingarten's article on The Great Zucchini. I was thrilled when I found out he was scheduled to perform at the 2007 Leesburg Garden Festival, and kept my kids out long beyond over-tired in order to catch the performance. It was simple, all the kids laughed, and my kids and I were answering the …
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