Death of Qaddafi: we like the crazy ones the best

Journalism , Middle East , Opinion Oct 24, 2011 No Comments

In August 2009, Vanity Fair dedicated a tongue-in-cheek photo gallery to Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi, focusing on the dictator’s reliably outlandish sartorial choices. Entitled ‘Fashion Qaddafi-Style’, the piece was as notable for its pithy captions as it was for the selections of its photo editor. “Early Qaddafi,” one of them read, “before he learned the fine art of accessorising with maps of Africa and photos of dead people.”

That Qaddafi bore a striking resemblance to Will Ferrell only added to the general sense of his being a buffoon, which lasted through the Bedouin tent drama of the following month up until his absurd and paranoiac diatribe at the United Nations on September 23. His UN debut was six times longer than it was by rights allowed to be. “He has a vice,” Christopher Hitchens once told me of Hugo Chávez, “which is always very well worth noticing because it’s always a bad sign: he doesn’t know when to sit down.”
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An equally bad sign is not knowing when to stand down, either.

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Matthew Clayfield

Matthew Clayfield is a journalist, critic and screenwriter.

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