Thread: I'll make you Santino marks a deal.
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Old 05-06-2008, 11:48 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Kane Knight View Post
Are you kidding? He's a comedic Genius! His timing is excellent! You don't appreciate art!

On an unrelated note, I don't understand why poetry doesn't rhyme and why artists don't stick to canvas and paint...
Ironically, I am a stand-up comedian, published poet (rarely going for rhymes) and small-time art critic over here, and I am a big fan of Santino's work. So KK's analogy is pretty bad. Get some new ones, man.

"Noid obviously doesn't get that an analogy isn't meant to be taken at face value. Look how linear he is!"

Well, KK, you obviously don't get that an analogy needs to fit to be effective. OK, you have grasped that poetry doesn't need to rhyme and art isn't finger-painting. Doesn't connect to the Santino praise at all, though. I'm finding more and more that Santino critics tend to be more pretentious personalities. They like to criticise his performances because he takes something simple and makes it work for him. You can't argue that it isn't working. The man gets cheers or boos (depending where he is), and has himself a bandwagon. Whether or not you want to jump on is irrelevant.

There is a massive difference between Santino getting over and John Cena getting over. Cena was forced. For a guy that has been as forced as Cena, he really is underperforming. The man has been pushed as the next Hogan, and he is generating nowhere near that kind of revenue. Santino is a mid-card act, and really should be considered a different breed. Mid-cards acts are a lot harder to get over in this day and age, considering how pathetically the WWE focuses on sacrificing their credibility for the sake of the main event.

I am not the biggest fans of Cryme Tyme, but I can at least accept that they are over and have the charisma to really connect with crowds.

I also love the way Xero criticises Santino for being so unfunny, and in the original post makes a joke about bringing in Donkey Kong, comparing Santino to Super Mario. Don't get me wrong, I am one of the biggest marks around for Donkey Kong, but Colin Mockrie would not be proud.
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