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- The Onion's satire-free sister site, The AV Club, has a couple of really interesting interviews lately. The interview with Mindy Kaling, The Office's Kelly Kapoor and a writer on the show herself, is pretty fascinating, but maybe only if you have the common sense and decency to watch the show.
- But I was really surprised by the interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who spent the 90s as the kid on Third Rock from the Sun, which would have been a typical pretentious-actor interview except that Gordon-Levitt comes off less as pretentious and more as a guy really dedicated to his work. And since all of us are curious what it'd be like to be a Hollywood actor, it's a pretty neat read.
- NYU Law has been on a string of favorable treatment on self-described legal tabloid Above the Law lately, mostly because of the terrific Law Revue show put on last week. Law Revue is a traditional school variety show, but during intermission they put up pre-made videos that are sometimes funnier than the rest of the show. This year's show featured not one but two videos, both of which were featured on ATL: this Apple parody, which mostly pokes fun at NYU for not having a waitlist for classes (yes, you have to sit at your computer and keep checking to see if a spot has opened up) or letting students use Macs on exams (even though Macs can use formerly PC-only software now), though of course there are shots at Columbia too.
The next video is even better, a parody of law-firm life and Michael Jackson: "Bill It."
Finally, in the NYU-is-awesome celebration, ATL put up the Law Revue intermission video from 2006, which was also very funny, covering the Early Interview Week in which most firm-destined students participate at the beginning of 2L year. While the video might look a little flippant, everyone (at least everyone but the d-bags) realizes how lucky they are to have these employment opportunities, but, really, try doing 35 interviews in a week sometime and see if you don't go stir crazy. Also note that the story of the summer associate who got drunk at a firm event, jumped off the boat and had to be rescued by the Coast Guard is ... true!
- The New Republic has a really interesting article on Republicans appealing to the worst in the electorate - racism, sexism, you know the deal - to tar Democrats as unelectable. The examples are subtle but fascinating.
- Another TNR article, this time on the Bush administration's love of international law - at least when it helps their case.