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Tony Kronheiser

Tony Kronheiser

     Tony Kornheiser is the self-admitted opinionated, sarcastic sports and style
columnist for The Washington Post.  Kornheiser's purpose is not to report to the
reader an objective account of a sporting event, but rather to add humor to
topics that range in topic from the Washington Redskins ("It's Now an Off-Road
Vehicle," November 5, 1996) to his lunch-time experience the other day ("In a
Real Fix," November 3, 1996).  Kornheiser's diction, figurative language, and
tone make his columns what they are.  Often, diction, figurative language, and
tone are not common in the journalistic world, but Kornheiser's humor finds room
for them.
     Tony Kornheiser's sarcasm is almost entirely related to his diction.  He
contains the skills to take something as insignificant as a restaurant changing
on him unexpectedly and reports about it so that the common man can relate.  He
is The Washington Post's Jerry Seinfeld.  He blends the slang of the street man
with the poetic verbs and fluid adjectives of an English teacher.  For example,
in "In A Real Fixe," Kornheiser says, "George was beginning to suspect that we
had entered (doo-doo, doo-doo). . . The Nouvelle Dining Zone."  Most people who
have watched the Twilight Zone before can relate this statement as a reference
to the famous TV show, so Kornheiser's slang was effective in grabbing the
reader, even if a large majority of them have no idea what the word "nouvelle"
means.  Kornheiser uses an array of such adjectives throughout his pieces but he
does not pretend to be above his readers.  He fills his work with colloquial
speech such as his references in "It's Now an Off-Road Vehicle" to other
Washington Post columnists such as Michael Wilbon, and to his "Redskins
Bandwagon." (The Redskins Bandwagon was a common phrase used by Washington
Redskins fans when the team won the Superbowl in 1991).  Kornheiser assumes that
the reader is familiar with him, and that is clear in his informal diction that
is used with the reader.  It is almost to the point of a friendship, as though a
coworker was letting off his steam at work during a lunch break.
     Kornheiser's figurative speech also add to his style quite well.  The
blend of diction and figurative speech is clear as Kornheiser uses several local
allusions in his metaphors and similes that add to his "common man" image.  For
example, in "In a Real Fixe," Kornheiser compares the look of a hostess' face to
one of a nurse at St. Elizabe...

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