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Is Ronan Farrow supposed to be smart? (Original Post) itsrobert Oct 2013 OP
Well, he graduated college at age 15 madaboutharry Oct 2013 #1
Okay itsrobert Oct 2013 #2
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It's "supposed" ... only play grammar police when one is calling out others. And he's only 25. libdem4life Oct 2013 #3
Awkward itsrobert Oct 2013 #4
Good comparison...I remember how much flak Luke took, and it was uncomfortable watching him. libdem4life Oct 2013 #6
Read his bio - he has real chops dem in texas Oct 2013 #5
I noticed that yesterday CatWoman Oct 2013 #12
I thought he did fine - when he could get a word in edgewise. The other guy yakked on and on until patricia92243 Oct 2013 #7
They do look a lot alike. madaboutharry Oct 2013 #8
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Wicked smart, but that doesn't mean poise has arrived yet The Second Stone Oct 2013 #11

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
1. Well, he graduated college at age 15
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 10:32 PM
Oct 2013

Was a Rhodes Scholar and then graduated from Yale Law School. He can't be stupid.

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libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
3. It's "supposed" ... only play grammar police when one is calling out others. And he's only 25.
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 10:45 PM
Oct 2013

He's a little awkward, but learning fast.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
6. Good comparison...I remember how much flak Luke took, and it was uncomfortable watching him.
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:10 PM
Oct 2013

and yes, they had a golden media spoon handed to them, oh well, there you have it. They also learn early how to take the heat. I'm from the late Sinatra/Elvis 50s, and just like Lisa Presley, it feels like I'm looking at Frank.

dem in texas

(2,674 posts)
5. Read his bio - he has real chops
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 11:08 PM
Oct 2013

Graduated college at 15, Yale law school at 20, worked with the poor in villages in Africa after that. And he is the spitting image of ole Blue eyes.

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
12. I noticed that yesterday
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 12:03 PM
Oct 2013

as they used to say in my parents day - he looks like Sinatra spit him out of his mouth.

patricia92243

(12,595 posts)
7. I thought he did fine - when he could get a word in edgewise. The other guy yakked on and on until
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 01:01 AM
Oct 2013

no one else could talk.

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The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
11. Wicked smart, but that doesn't mean poise has arrived yet
Fri Oct 25, 2013, 12:02 PM
Oct 2013

and being the smartest idiot on an American news channel doesn't mean that you will ever speak uninterrupted.

As far as credentials for education and smarts go, he is a lot smarter than Woody Allen, who is quick with jokes. I've never been convinced that Woody is an intellect.

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