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  • Kembrew McLeod
    4:15 pm Sun, Jun 5, 2016
    Where Muhammad Ali's public persona came from

    When Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) first witnessed a Gorgeous George match, he saw the path to stardom. The provocative professional wrestler walked down the aisle to the tune of "Pomp and Circumstance" while dressed in a formfitting red velvet gown and a lush white satin robe. With his nose held high, George surveyed his domain and addressed the crowd: "Peasants!" He relished the insults, screams, and foot stomping. "Oh, everybody just booed him," Clay recalled. "I looked around and I saw everybody was mad. I was mad! I saw 15,000 people coming to see this man get beat, and his talking did it. And I said, 'This is a gooood idea.'"

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  • Kembrew McLeod
    6:17 am Thu, Nov 5, 2015
    The President and The Yes Men

    "Quick question," I asked the newly-minted University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld during his job talk. "Are you a performance artist?" As I watched Harreld's lackluster presentation — filled with the kind of empty business jargon often used by prankster-activists The Yes Men, who had just visited campus — I wondered if it could possibly be real, if it was a put-on.

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  • Kembrew McLeod
    2:00 am Wed, Apr 2, 2014
    The Abels Raise Cain – An excerpt from Kembrew McLeod's PRANKSTERS

    [Ed: I'm a huge fan of Kembrew McLeod, a writer, nerdfighter, media theorist and hoopy frood. From epic pranks like Freedom of Expression (R) to genius analysis like Creative License,… Read the rest of the article: The Abels Raise Cain – An excerpt from Kembrew McLeod's PRANKSTERS

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