Top 100 Americans: More TV stupide

So there's this cable show where people vote American Idol style for their favorite Americans.

Not going out on a limb here, but without looking at the list I'm going to assume it's at least 1/4 celebrities. Ben Franklin, Oprah Winfrey. Abe Lincoln. Madonna. What's the difference?

A kiss is still a kiss, an icon is an icon, by any means necessary.

I don't really give a flying fuck about the results of this show. What do we know about history, anyway (myself included)?

But if we're gonna go with the Cult of Personality motif, my own favorite American story: Orson Welles.

I don't even know that much about him: Eccentric. Larger than life. Genius. Pain in the ass. Lard ass. Still trying even after Hollywood pretty much gave up on him. Fucked over. Ripped off. Brilliant.

And ultimately a sort of sad story.

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