You know those opinions you hold but no one else shares? The
ones at which people gasp and say, ‘You can’t possibly believe that!’ Well it
is - precisely those - opinions that help define you. Covet them, for they are
you.
Herewith
a dozen of my opinions with which most people disagree:
•
The best-ever host of The Tonight Show was Jack Paar. Carson had longevity but
Paar was electric.
•
Today’s America is as polarized as it’s been at any time since the Civil War.
•
We should still have tented circuses. The indoor kind just aren’t the same.
•
In baseball, 3 balls should be a walk. Watching pitcher and catcher toss the
ball back and forth is tedious.
•
Two gentlemen who would man well the office of U.S. President: Jeb Bush, Evan
Bayh.
•
Jonathan Winters was the funniest man ever.
•
Want to rebel against something? How about the necktie. What earthly good do
they do? They’re not even decorative since most are absurdly mismatched.
•
People should have more arguments. Used as a cordial learning tool, arguing is
how ideas get examined. Granted arguments can turn toxic, but they needn’t,
given civilized ground rules.
•
The best American movie ever was 1953s From Here to Eternity based on James
Jones’ novel. Ironically, it was made by a minor league studio – Columbia – but
rarely does a picture so honestly capture a story’s ethos.
•
The all-time silliest American fad was the Twist. It was grotesquely awkward
and unappealing to watch or perform.
•
Whatever happened to music? You know – pleasant songs with lyrics like I’m in
the Mood for Love.’
Sean
Connery is the definitive James Bond. Connery’s secret: Have fun with the
character who is, at essence, comedic.
So,
when that moment comes in which you deliver a thoughtful opinion that’s greeted
with derision, you may be taken as a naysayer or an eccentric. Maybe so. But
you also have intellectual courage.
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