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OVER THE EDGE NEWSPAPER. SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

MOST PRETENTIOUS PEOPLE

27. Michael Ignatieff

Accusations that he’s out of

touch with Canadians might
be blamed on his opposition
trying to use his Ivory
League distinction against
him. Or it might be the

fact that he’s spent the last
30 years living out of the
country (during which time
he has referred to himself as
American), only returning
when he thinks he might be
able to take it over.

26. Kim Jong Il

Insisting on being called
“dear leader,” having
statutes of yourself built,
and living in luxury while
your citizens perish is pretty
pretentious. But when not
even the CIA believes you
have nuclear weapons, you
know you’re just a big liar.

DSi Kanye West

Stop complaining about the
few awards you don’t get,
or we’re taking away the
ones you have.

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Madonna- The whole
Kaballah thing is just a little
hard to reconcile with that
girl in the “Like A Virgin”
video. Or that old lady in
leotards in that “Caught
Up” video, for that matter.

23% Angelina Jolie-
Somehow, travelling from
underdeveloped country to
underdeveloped country
and insisting on having
your child in Namibia
smacks of fame-mongering
rather than genuine
humanitarianism.

22.Kevin Smith

He comes off as a normal
enough

guy in
interviews,
but don’t be
fooled. This
is the man
who wrote
Clerk-- if he ain’t pop-
culture pretentious, then
what is?

2 1 .Michael Moore-

He used to be an amusing
everyman. But as his work
(which, it turns out, is
often misleading) became
more famous, he became
fuller of himself, insisting
that “Farenheit 9-11”

be enetered in the Best
Picture rather than the Best
Documentary category

at the Oscars. It wasn’t
nominated.

20. M. Night Syamalan-
After Disney passed up on
his latest film, “Lady in the
Water,” this “Sixth Sense”
director publicly criticized
the company for not valuing
individualism and having
no loyalty. After the movie
was released to critical and
commercial failure, it seems

Professor’s Pick

HEATHER MYERS, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

someone he knew, but...

This guy was in an elevator in Washington, and when it stopped at one

_ floor, Henry Kissinger got on. The guy was sort of overwhelmed, and
managed to stammer out, ‘Mr, Kissinger, I’ve always been impressed by

your work, it’s so nice to meet you,” blah, blah, stammer, stammer...

Kissinger replied with: “That’s DOCTOR Kissinger to you.””

“T heard a story about Henry Kissinger, but I can’t remember now if it
was about the guy who told it to me (it could easily have been), or

maybe Disney just doesn’t
like self-aggrandizing
filmmakers.

19.Mac Users

George Clooney- Recently
addressed the United
Nations warning them
that Darfur would be

a real problem. Really
George? You don’t
think all the scientists,
aid workers, and peace
keepers who have
been there for the last
few years noticed
that?

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City
folk

We’re talking about all
those people who come to
places like Prince George
and act like there’s nothing
going on here. Just because
you come from somewhere
with a bigger population
doesn’t automatically make

you better. Besides, we’re
way bigger than Quesnel.

16. Scientologists- A
belief in alien souls
possessing mankind. Hiding
your beliefs from the
public. Having followers of
the religion pay big money
in order to advance within
the faith. What’s not to
love?

15. Mel Gibson

I know! Let’s make a movie
about Jesus Christ. And let’s
film it in a dead language
that isn’t even historically
accurate! We'll have Jesus
be played by a caucasian
but insist that all the Jews
are really Jews. Not because
I’m anti-semantic, but just
because, you know....

Pretentious quote: Ona
writer who criticized the

‘passion of the Christ: “I

want to kill him. I want his
intestines on a stick. I want
to kill his dog.”

14. Anne Coulter

Where do you start with this
one? Plagiarism and false
citations plague her writing,
while her public life is
spent being as ignorant as
possible. Between calling
Democrats godless and
students who question her
gay, she finds time to