With a tip of the hat to one of our Charter Members, the Molière Citations team is delighted to recognize Yale University for this untimely flight of educational fancy.
The berserkers in charge of academic curriculum at Yale have chosen this moment of political rejection of celebrity influence to trot out a “cultural impact” course worthy of ridicule.
Let us assume for the moment that free speech will be permitted (our hopes continue to outweigh our suspicions).
Will questions be permitted about the performer’s cultural impact on the recent election?
Are there lessons to be learned about the influence on working class voters of wealthy celebrities who try to tell them how good the economy is and that they should ignore their own experiences at places like the supermarket (the door of which is never darkened by the celebrities themselves).
Will questions be raised about paid performances, such as whether Beyonce was paid a million dollars to be on stage at Harris rallies (like Oprah was paid)?
Will Yale pay some sort of royalties or other fees for using Beyonce’s copyrighted materials or images?
What marketable skills will Yale students build by attending this “cultural impact” course?
How will they be more prepared to enter the market economy?
As a prospective employer, what value would you assign to listing completion of this course in making your hiring decision?
Will cultural impact become a team sport, and if so will biological males be permitted to play on girls’ teams?
So many ridiculous facets to recognize, even if we had unlimited space….
Yale takes the lead in the Ivy League for depth and breadth of ways to earn today’s Molière Citation!
When you dig into the payments made to celebrities one has to wonder, how much of the campaign contributors knew in advance their funds would be paying for a celebrity appearance? Let’s start with the million dollar payment to Oprah from campaign contributions.
The actual influence of the celebrities turned out to be more to feed their egos than to get voters to mark their ballots for Harris. You can hear themselves now: Gosh, I’m so wonderful!
Photo: Yale University website