French Plot Revealed
The much discussed Albertson's grocery store in the Alma Plaza announced that it would be closing. As straightforward as that is the Daily News confuses the issue with its sub-headline; FAILED EXPANSION PLANS LEAD TO STORE'S DENOUEMENT. Come again...denouement? Dictionary.com defines denouement the final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot--from the French dÉnouement. So if I have this right, denouement involves clarification in a way that using the word 'decision' doesn't.
What's to account for the use of French in our local paper? Does it signal entrenched cheese eating surrender monkey attitudes or is something more sinister involved? Some sleuthing reveals that Albertson's headquarters is located in the city of Boise Idaho whose name was given by French Canadian explorers. Your correspondent has spoken with Albertson's president Lawrence Johnson and can reveal that his previous employment included a stint in Paris with General Electric. The many and diverse businesses of Boise include Les Bois Horse Racing Park. Les Bois Horse Racing Park is french for 'in debt' as revealed in this online account. Could it be that the Palo Alto Daily News is hinting at a connection between Albertson's failure to make its Alma Plaza story financially sound and the gaming habits of Boise based Albertson's exectives? Or does the plot extend further into the global ambitions of the French-Canadian Power Corporation whose president is the politically connected Paul Desmarais.
What started as a simple confused headline now appears to reveal a story of more infinite complexity. Readers of the Palo Alto Daily News might reflect on the real intentions behind the purchase of the paper by Knight Ridder. Denouement indeed.
What's to account for the use of French in our local paper? Does it signal entrenched cheese eating surrender monkey attitudes or is something more sinister involved? Some sleuthing reveals that Albertson's headquarters is located in the city of Boise Idaho whose name was given by French Canadian explorers. Your correspondent has spoken with Albertson's president Lawrence Johnson and can reveal that his previous employment included a stint in Paris with General Electric. The many and diverse businesses of Boise include Les Bois Horse Racing Park. Les Bois Horse Racing Park is french for 'in debt' as revealed in this online account. Could it be that the Palo Alto Daily News is hinting at a connection between Albertson's failure to make its Alma Plaza story financially sound and the gaming habits of Boise based Albertson's exectives? Or does the plot extend further into the global ambitions of the French-Canadian Power Corporation whose president is the politically connected Paul Desmarais.
What started as a simple confused headline now appears to reveal a story of more infinite complexity. Readers of the Palo Alto Daily News might reflect on the real intentions behind the purchase of the paper by Knight Ridder. Denouement indeed.
posted by Robert Holmgren at 2/23/2005
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