2012 Editor’s Picks: David Bogner
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# 2012 Editor’s Picks: David Bogner
During the 20th century, brilliant
thinkers mauled the concept of objectivity and left it to die a slow and
painful death. You all know the result: even if you read the news, you
have to keep in mind that there was a person who wrote it. *There is no
clean information. There are no plain facts.*
So it feels pretty anachronistic when our number one virtual reality,
Facebook, states that it "is a community where people use their real
identities." Looking into the mirror every morning proves that there
*never* is just one identity. We all play different characters whenever
we need (or want) to. The only difference is how good we are at it---a
fact that almost won Mitt Romney the presidential election this year.
And do you remember [Amanda Knox][1], whose memoirs will be out next
year under the title *Waiting to be Heard*?
So here are my favorite characters of 2012, of course with a big focus
on the entertainment industry.
**[Lena Dunham][2]**
Nobody can be as quirky as Lena Dunham for real unless they're a
genetically engineered hybrid of Napoleon Dynamite and Zooey Deschanel.
But that's exactly what I'm talking about: it's a character, and I love
it. Of course there's another big part to her appeal this year: you
couldn't escape her. Her show *Girls* aired on HBO in April, she was in
the Obama campaign ad [*Your first time*][3], she was in the opening
sketch of the Emmys and a book deal for her first book about "frank and
funny advice on everything from sex to eating to traveling to work" with
Random House got her 3.7 million dollars. A book that you will be able
to read next year while watching the second season of *Girls*.
** [Sterling Malory Archer ][4]**
2012 undoubtedly was the year of James Bond. In November alone, you
simply couldn't escape the spy who not once came in from the cold. Fifty
years after Sean Connery ordered his first vodka martini, Daniel Craig
starred in yet another blockbuster Bond flick. But the more interesting
secret agent comes from New York City, though with an even more British
name: Sterling Malory Archer. And like Bond, he mostly has to deal with
one thing; his mother.
[**Janek**][5]
When *Prometheus*, the most anticipated movie of 2012 came out, the
general opinion was that it sucked---and not just sucked, but sucked
*balls*. But most disappointing wasn't the semi-religious story, but the
timing: obviously Ridley Scott had forgotten that a film needs a climax
that hits you like a punch in the face. As a result most reviews focused
on David, the shady android played by Michael Fassbender. But my
favorite character was Janek, the captain of the *Prometheus*. Idris
Elba, who I loved in *The Wire* and more important, *Luther*, is the
most likeable crewmember and he certainly has the best line, that even
gets him laid: "Hey, uh, Vickers. Hey, Vickers. I was wondering... are
you a robot?"
**Frank Ocean**
Many characters have evolved from the **Odd Future** posse. First and
foremost there's **Tyler the Creator**, who became the voice of angry,
young, suburban kids because he dares to flip the bird every once in a
while, **Earl Sweathirt**, who got shipped off by his mom, and of course
Frank Ocean. Not only is *Channel Orange* my favorite album of the year,
I also believe his coming out made the media hype over this whole 'queer
rap' thing possible. Not that Frank Ocean is interested in gender
politics---he just falls in love with both sexes. Nor is there a *real*
queer rap movement apart from what magazines and blogs make it out to be
(like being queer and female is [not a genre][6]). Still, I like that
this kind of hype helped artists like **Le1f** and **Mykki Blanco **be
more visible. There is so much more to say about Frank Ocean, but just
listen to his music (also the mixtape *Nostalgia, Ultra* which
introduced me to his interpretation of "Fake Plastic Trees".
Also great: [Drizzy][7] being heartbroken.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Knox
[2]: https://twitter.com/lenadunham
[3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6G3nwhPuR4
[4]: https://twitter.com/codenameduchess
[5]: http://alienanthology.wikia.com/wiki/Janek
[6]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/2011/11/22/woman-is-not-a-genre-of-music/
[7]: https://twitter.com/Drake
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# 2012 Editor’s Picks: David Bogner During the 20th century, brilliant thinkers mauled the concept of objectivity and left it to die a slow and painful death. You all know the result: even if you read the news, you have to keep in mind that there was a person who wrote it. *There is no clea...
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So here are my favorite characters of 2012, of course with a big focus on the entertainment industry. **[Lena Dunham][2]** . Nobody can be as quirky as Lena Dunham for real unless they're a genetically engineered hybrid of Napoleon Dynamite and Zooey Deschanel. But that's exactly what I'm talkin...
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And like Bond, he mostly has to deal with one thing; his mother. [**Janek**][5] . When *Prometheus*, the most anticipated movie of 2012 came out, the general opinion was that it sucked---and not just sucked, but sucked *balls*. But most disappointing wasn't the semi-religious story, but the timi...
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I was wondering. are you a robot?" **Frank Ocean** . Many characters have evolved from the **Odd Future** posse. First and foremost there's **Tyler the Creator**, who became the voice of angry, young, suburban kids because he dares to flip the bird every once in a while, **Earl Sweathirt**...