Un colaborador de esta publicación escribe aquí sobre sus pato aventuras. Mi pasaje favorito:
I was, at first, confused about whether I was supposed to write true offbeat news, general satire or complete fabrication. So I asked. The response was loud and clear: "complete fabrication." (In case this wasn't clear, the paper started running a disclaimer in 2004: "The reader should suspend disbelief for the sake of enjoyment.")
Yet each piece was written as if completely real. So when, for example, Bigfoot got married, launched his acting career and became involved with Kabbalah, each story got a dateline, quotes from "sources" and "experts" and followed a typical Associated Press structure. In fact, much of the original staff came from mainstream newspapers. The standard? It had to seem true.
"Half the readers realize the stories are tongue-in-cheek; the other half believe they're all true," my editor explained. "You have to write the stories to satisfy both groups."
En México siempre que paraba en un puesto de periódicos no podía perderme una mirada a los titulares de Alarma ("Frijol asesino", o quizá mi favorito de todos los tiempos, "Por infiel lo embotelló"). Es una lástima que cada vez haya menos espacios para este tipo de humor imaginativo.
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