Post by cjm on Jun 30, 2015 6:27:34 GMT
That Monica Lewinsky got a standing ovation after giving a speech isn’t the part of the story I’d have picked for my headline.
It would be news if Monica—or your second grader, or the cast of a tepid community theater production of Carousel—didn’t get one. Formerly reserved for those rare instances when mere applause seemed insufficient, the standing ovation morphed into just another hollow social obligation some time ago.
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It would be news if Monica—or your second grader, or the cast of a tepid community theater production of Carousel—didn’t get one. Formerly reserved for those rare instances when mere applause seemed insufficient, the standing ovation morphed into just another hollow social obligation some time ago.
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