The hard-hitting journalists at Entertainment Weekly have gotten John McCain and Barack Obama to open up about their favorite TV shows, movies, and musical performers. Surprisingly, despite the quarter-century age difference, McCain's choices seem somewhat more edgy and cool than his younger rival's. Here's a breakdown, along with some comments from me:
TV shows: McCain mentions Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Wire, and 24. Obama mentions M*A*S*H, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and SpongeBob Squarepants (along with various other Disney and Nickelodeon fare). It appears the old Navy flyer doesn't mind a little violence and strong language on the tube.
Movies: McCain's favorite is the Marlon Brando adventure Viva Zapata!, directed by noted HUAC enabler (and I mean that in a nice way) Elia Kazan. Obama likes The Godfather. Score this one a draw. The Godfather (also a Brando flick, I would note), is a better film, but also a more predictable choice.
Music: One of them likes ABBA, Usher, Linda Ronstadt, and Roy Orbison. The other likes Sinatra, Dylan, Sheryl Crow, and John Coltrane . . . also, Javanese flute music and African dance music. Okay, I gave it away with that last bit. Usher aside (pun intended), Obama comes out ahead here. However, I again can't help but notice that Obama's picks seem a little contrived, like he had Caroline Kennedy and her folks at the Kennedy Center vet his picks. McCain's are obviously for real. Nobody would name "My Eyes Adore You" as a favorite song along unless they truly happened to like it.
Superheroes: Incredibly, they both named Batman, but for different and wonderfully revealing reasons. McCain praises the Caped Crusader for "[doing] justice sometimes against insurmountable odds. And he doesn't make his good works known to a lot of people, so a lot of people think he's just a rich playboy." Obama likes Batman (and Spiderman too) because "they have some inner turmoil. They get knocked around a little bit."
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Well Obama's pics seemed contrived, how pedestrian to like Sinatra, Sheryl Crow. Its so in the times.
But....Anyone who likes Linda Ronstadt is aces in my book.
McCain comes out ahead just for this. So I disagree with your opinion on this.
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