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What we have here is an eye-opening column by George Will in which he argues that the universal use of denim is a sign of a damaged psyche in the American people. Please read the column.



What is your overall reaction to this column:
 
He is mostly serious, and making an interesting point.
 
He is mostly kidding, and making fun of himself and his image a little bit: This is deliberate overstatement.
 
He is the biggest, silliest, doofiest fuddy-duddy on the face of the Earth.
 
 
 
Which of these statements, taken from the column, is the most pretentious?
 
“Denim is the infantile uniform of a nation in which entertainment frequently features childlike adults ("Seinfeld," "Two and a Half Men") and cartoons for adults ("King of the Hill").”
 
“Today it is silly for Americans whose closest approximation of physical labor consists of loading their bags of clubs into golf carts to go around in public dressed for driving steers up the Chisholm Trail to the railhead in Abilene.”
 
“Denim is the carefully calculated costume of people eager to communicate indifference to appearances. But the appearances that people choose to present in public are cues from which we make inferences about their maturity and respect for those to whom they are presenting themselves.”
 
“This is not complicated. For men, sartorial good taste can be reduced to one rule: If Fred Astaire would not have worn it, don't wear it. For women, substitute Grace Kelly.”
 
 
 
And lastly, and most subversively and impolitely, we bring you the video we have all seen 6,000 times by now ("Britain's Got Talent" contestant Susan Boyle) and ask the following question:

Which one word best describes how this video makes you feel?
 
Inspired
 
Guilty
 
Manipulated
 
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