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Korean Dictator Brings New Record, Two-Inch Lifts To Letterman

Posted by Bryan Christian


Well, after 10 years of jetting around the world dressed like the leader of a honky junta, Bono's politically-informed sense of style finally caught up with him last night when, on the first night of U2's weeklong residency on The Late Show, Mr. -No showed up wearing what looks to be our Kim Jong-Il costume from a few Halloweens back. Tuft of hair on top of his closely cropped head? Check. Weird aviator shades? Check. Frankenstein-thick soles to mask his freakish shortness? Oh, you don't even know...

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Dollars to donuts there's one cameraman in New York City who's been firmly instructed not to pan down for the rest of the week.

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Posted Mar 03 2009, 09:31 AM
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Jake Kalish said:

So true. He did look like Kim Jong-Il! That didn't occur to me, but watching them, I did think(although they sounded pretty good and brought a lot of energy)that they finally passed the tipping point for a legendary rock band - they look and seem like old men now. Guess that happened to the Stones and the Who sometime in the '80's, and it's always weird when you notice it for the first time.

March 3, 2009 9:55 AM

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Bryan Christian has worked as a writer for Epicurious, GenArt and ID magazine; a web producer for WWD and Condé Nast; and a cameraman for his friends. He's married and lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

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