Contributor's contribution: OC OG OK?
An excerpt of a poetry sequence about a fictional reboot of the old teen soap opera.
The OC: What if they made it today? What would it be like? How would it change, and how would it change us? Most importantly, would you care? Probably not.
So read the fever-dream version instead by acclaimed satirist, Dr. Habib William Kherbek, whom The Bupkes is proud to have as its Chief Goy Liaison Officer.
If you like this story, get a copy of Kherbek’s latest novel, Fail Worse. You can also read his earlier Bupkes contribution right here:
Contributor's contribution: Clearance
Acclaimed satirist, Dr. Habib William Kherbek, brings us this outlandish but remarkably realistic-seeming tale that would go well with any McKinsey ideation Zoom sesh.
Too old, too young, or too above it all to know what The OC was? It’s where the cosmic shtetl’s assimilatory yearnings meet the lib-libertarian magic of Silicon Valley—the only place with the financial and cultural capital to truly macht frei.
Here’s a Bupkes-relevant taste of a network television series that, for better or probably worse, defined a Millennial generation that couldn’t see the financial crisis coming.
Now dust off your iPod, put on some Phantom Planet, and take a ride on the carousel below. Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share per internet statute!
This is just an excerpt of the entire The New OC. The rest of it is available only to those lucky enough to reside in the Kherbekian Universe. By comparison, access to The Bupkes is generous.
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