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Is reluctant ad star George Clooney's latest commercial for Italian telecom Fastweb as witless and egomaniacal as his earlier efforts for the firm? Yes, it is. Why is the sweaty, bald jogger whom Clooney inadvertently shoves into a lamppost actually pretty lucky? Because he gets to miss a few seconds of George's "comedic acting" and "Italian accent" while he's stunned on the ground. Is my use of quotation marks intended as a derogatory comment on the aging Hollywood hunk's smug, smiley, self-serving performance? Indeed it is.
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