What if Obama's DNC speech was delivered like this:
The administration set up the main auditorium for him. Hundreds of students and the whole East Asian Studies Dept. was there--the crowd was deep in anticipatory excitement.
The chairperson came onstage and introduced the guest-of-honor: "Welcome D.T. Suzuki, world-class Zen scholar, writer, and master! You're finally here!"
The crowd sat in reverent silence.
Then, a little man, Suzuki, shuffles out to the mike, looks at the chairperson, shakes his head, adjusts a pair of glasses, reaches out and taps the mike.
A hollow ping sounds throughout the hall.
He leans into the mike and says: "Zen Buddhism. Very hard to understand. Thank you," and walks offstage.
The chairperson came onstage and introduced the guest-of-honor: "Welcome D.T. Suzuki, world-class Zen scholar, writer, and master! You're finally here!"
The crowd sat in reverent silence.
Then, a little man, Suzuki, shuffles out to the mike, looks at the chairperson, shakes his head, adjusts a pair of glasses, reaches out and taps the mike.
A hollow ping sounds throughout the hall.
He leans into the mike and says: "Zen Buddhism. Very hard to understand. Thank you," and walks offstage.
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