April 29, 2004

Three Pulitzers, No Oscars

Proving that even the best journalists in America can’t resist the urge to make lame “Lost in Translation” jokes whenever the topic of Japan comes up, Thomas Friedman is in Tokyo, and he has this to say:

As I lie awake in my Tokyo hotel, jet-lagged out of my mind and having my Bill Murray "Lost in Translation" moment, I am clicking back and forth between CNBC and CNN on the television.

I really hope Friedman isn’t trying to tell us that he spent the whole trip sitting around in his underwear regretting that he married Giovanni Ribisi. Although I would pay a lot of money to see Tom do a karaoke rendition of “More Than This.”

UPDATE: Bad day for TLF: he’s also gotten the McSweeney’s treatment. But why no jokes about his strained metaphors?

Posted by Stephen Silver at April 29, 2004 11:20 PM
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