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More deep think

I've ridiculed a few deep think pieces about game shows. Trouble is, the deep thinkers keep writing them.

The latest is this pile of silliness about Genius Junior. After all the heavy breathing and pompous vocabulary, I think the writer likes the show. It's not easy to tell, though. The piece rates 43.2 on the Flesch test, which is godawful. That's a little less readable than most insurance policies.

Best as I can tell, the writer likes the show because the kids seem sane. I agree that it's better not to have insane contestants on a game show. Other than that, I don't know that the article says much of anything, but it does take a while to say it. By no coincidence the piece appears in the New Yorker, a finalist for the Pulitzer in the Most Self-important Publication category.

Meanwhile, Genius Junior runs its second episode on Sunday. More "beet greens for the soul," as a windy New Yorker writer might say.

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