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Is someone at Hulu’s programming department following the libel case against Simon Singh?

I think maybe they are: from an infinite supply of aging but watchable movies, they chose Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey as a highlighted feature this week.

The judge in the Singh case should watch the film. It accurately conveys a non-libelous connotation of the word “bogus” — i.e. something that is weak, lame, and totally non-non-non-excellent. As I mentioned in a previous post, I and my fellow veterans of American Dude culture circa 1991 did not use the word to mean “fraudulent; having a misleading appearance”. We very much meant it in the Bill and Ted sense. I doubt Simon Singh meant it in the dude sense, but isn’t the plasticity of the word’s meaning enough to dismiss the case?

I urge Simon Singh to use the “Bill and Ted” defense. “Dude — I mean your honor. I wasn’t saying the BCA is all like fraudulent and shit, I totally meant ‘non-tubular’.”

By the way, I think everyone should see the movie, especially for its parody of Bergman’s “Seventh Seal.”