Looks like the Koch Bros are preparing to fund their very own Project (No) Veritas — presumably with actors of less fundamentally repellant aspect than James ‘Dead Andrew Breitbart’s Dress-Up Houseboy’ O’Keefe. Joe Coscarelli at NYMag has an exclusive:
… In a cryptic job listing that went out today to a New York City improv theater, aspiring comedians were offered the opportunity to be involved in a “travel gig” later this month. “Koch Industries wants to identify current and emerging social and economic issues and the underlying emotional drivers and motivations behind them,” said the vague casting notice, via the branding company Firefly. “This research project will take a cross-section of people, ask questions, and then based on the answers, the improvisers will perform scenes.” Sounds hilarious (and lucrative!)…
The complete ad is at the link; it’s listed as a one-week ‘travel gig’ for seven to eight people, so Charles and David are showing their usual frugality when it comes to The Help. My advice to the lucky applicants would be to get full salary payment in advance, and don’t fall for the ‘buy your own tickets, the HR department will reimburse you later’ stunt, either.
ranchandsyrup
Sounds like a frank luntz production
Seanly
So, they’ll ask me questions about the issues and when I give my liberal response, they will mock me ala “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Smells like conservative win to me…
Omnes Omnibus
Yeah, but…. this is better than anything you can toss out.; here
Elizabelle
I’m surprised they named Koch Industries in the job listing.
cbear
Sheesh, Anne Laurie–why does everything the Koch brothers do have to involve some nefarious intent on their part?
I don’t get it.
Maybe they’re just interested in better understanding the social dynamics of millennials so they can improve the outreach of their many charitable foundations through the talents of these young comedians.
Of course, maybe their having Dick Cheney over for BBQ and a hunt down on the ranch and they need some fresh game–or maybe Dick hasn’t had the pleasure of bagging a free-range young comedian and is tired of the canned hunts.
It could be any number of things.
I just don’t understand why we’re all supposed to get all suspicious-y every time the Koch name is mentioned.
kdaug
I suspect they wouldn’t like my brand of “comedy”.
But, oh shit, I’d have fun.
NotMax
Why do one get the sinking suspicion that working in references to Brawny paper towels or Dixie cups will be mandatory?
NotMax
Well, that was fast.
JGabriel
NY Magazine:
Given Koch’s WSJ editorial yesterday, maybe he’s putting together a study, with improvisational illustrations, to find out, “Why don’t people like me?”
JGabriel
@Elizabelle:
Yeah, that pretty much guarantees they’ll only get comedians of the caliber of Dennis Miller and Ben Stein.
JGabriel
Mitchell Baker @ Mozilla.org via NotMax:
I detect the beginnings of a new hero for the theocratic right-wing.
Ben Cisco
@JGabriel:
Also, dudebros everywhere.
Citizen_X
Joss Whedon, call your lawyer, stat.
RSA
“… and the the sociologists and economists and psychologists can’t figure it all out fast enough, so we’re hiring some comedians instead.”
becca
Conservatives seem to be very upset that no one thinks they’re cool.
Wait until they find out no one thinks they’re sexy, either.
ASV
As someone who studies the relationships between “social and economic issues and the underlying emotional drivers and motivations behind them,” fuck them for calling this research.