Begoateed

It is a graceful sight to watch, after the begoateed, behelmeted hero has walked out, followed by the chorus of warriors who shout “Revenge! Revenge!” without knowing what it’s all about, and for the modest compensation of a few pesos.

As in past performances given by him [Mitch Miller] in the Klein, the long-haired, bemustached and begoateed gentleman of 35, was enthusiastically applauded and was called back four times to acknowledge warm reception.

“We are all media now,” beamed Robert Phillips, CEO of Edelman, in whose swanky offices we were sitting, and whose posh canapés we had just bolted down. Indeed we are. Every half-wit in their bedroom. Every begoateed young wannabe gunslinger blogging away in Starbucks. Every nutter vomiting out vitriol, every parasite cutting and pasting and posting, every website “aggregating” the content paid for by someone else.