Am I the only person who, in the last week, thought of the phrase “Lipstick on a pig?”<\/p>\n
I appreciate all of the effort. A lot of people worked extremely hard, and on the whole it was a very impressive show.<\/p>\n
But at the end, after all of that, the main reveal produced — exactly what you would expect.<\/p>\n
To be fair, you’ve got to have a certain respect for the pig. A pig knows what it is. It is completely itself, and always remains true to its own identity.<\/p>\n
So however much fanfare precedes its appearance, a pig will proceed to act exactly like a pig.<\/p>\n
No matter how much lipstick you put on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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