Ted Rall for August 17, 1998
Transcript:
Bored by performance art? Find opera cheesy? Meet the NEAAAA (National Endowment for the Arts Americans Actually Attend) (Some Congressguy: It took us millions of dollars to figure out that Americans won't sit through experimental ballet even if you pay them. So we've trashed the old nea- and the new NEAAAA is already making the arts relevant again.) (Preston Cox- Singer/Songwriter: Making music and getting wasted were my only dream. Then I got a $14.2 million NEAAAA grant to form a cramps tribute band!) (Chet Park- Cartoonist: Now the Hulk's bastard daughter will finally avenge Mary Worth's "murder"! Thanks, taxpayers!) (Rachel Fine- Documentary Director: I caught hell for my funny car expose, but more people saw it than those stupid mapplethorpe exhibits!) (That Congressguy Again: Subsidized art you actually like- this aint Franke anymore!)