'Elegy' ('08)

I liked the Russian contribution to the Nobel farce in the form of a Christmas star over Oslo just before Obama arrived, signifying, perhaps, not so much the coming of Christ, as a babe in the (manger) woods.

No, the late night comics (or comics in general) will not be brutal with Obama. The sharpened end of brutality’s stick remains reserved for Republicans who are thought to have thick (elephant) skins and can take it. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the ban on brutality was never sanctioned under the rubric of 'civilization'. Only, those on the receiving end were more precisely delineated - as to include minorities… and, of course, women - bringing to mind a quote from the film, 'Elegy' ('08): "When you make love to a woman, you get revenge for all the things that defeated you in life."