“As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.”
--Oscar Wilde
Racism, sexism, corruption, and all the other flavors of wickedness in the Trumpism punchbowl, are not only evil, but also spectacularly vulgar, foolish, dorky, cartoonish, laughable. Comedy is not the one cure for everything, but political satire can be a wonderful tool for highlighting dorkiness and provoking laughter that undercuts the power of evil.
I see a Mark Twain Prize in Rainbow's future. Cooper's ridicule via mime and lip-synching is less elaborately produced but also a comedy highlight these days. And editorial cartoonists all around the world are doing a great job of holding the mirror up to Trump's many failings and failures.
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