Political Theatre category archive
Imagineering* the Republican Debates 0
Dick Polman imagines the Lincoln-Douglas debates in modern dress.
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*If anyone proposes a project to you or your organization and includes this repulsive bit of consultant-speak in the proposal, run. Very fast. The other way.
Chris-Crossed 0
Via Job’s Anger.
Days of Future Passed 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear awakens from hibernation in 2019 and surveys a Trump presidency.
Literature Goes Live 0
Just as in the boook, Frankenstein fears the monster.
Trump’s Troops 0
Trump Nation 0
Alfred P. Doblin finds Trumpery chilling. Here’s snippet from his piece:
Susie Sampson Samples the Citizenry 0
What happens at the 35 second mark pretty much sums up Trumpery.
Open Mike Night 0
Listen to the loud sound of sucking up.
Counting the Trump Cards (Updated) 0
Dan Morain tries to figure out why persons who should see through con still support Trump. Here’s a bit from the beginning of the article:
Californians have given $208,000 of the $1.6 million in donations of $200 or more, the level at which Trump must disclose donors’ names. Hoping to understand them, I called a bunch of them.
The ones who called back were middle-aged and white, like me, though unlike them, I will not vote for Trump or, for that matter, buy his overpriced ties. Hardly the uneducated rubes who often are the focus of what’s written about Trump’s campaign, his donors include lawyers, doctors, people in real estate and finance, even a few Hollywood types.
Follow the link and try to make sense out what they told him.
When you do, let me know.
In related news, Jeb Lund over at The Guardian offers a theory.
Addendum:
Field nails the inconsistency in the “reasoning” of many Trump supporters (emphasis added):
Supporting Trump because you are ticked off at the world is like shooting wildly into the air. It may be fun to do, but the shells fall back to earth to do harm.