It’s impossible to retract your eyes off the Clinton/Trump battle – the storyline has everything from the evil British villain to the ever-present threat of apocalypseOh,come on, you’d have said, or whether the 2016 election were a TV exhibit. These writers are jokers,and this script has all the subtlety of a napalm enema. There are just days to travel before the season finale, and the election is suddenly waylaid by an FBI investigation into Anthony Weiner’s weiner? Which follows a scandal about Trump grabbing women “by the pussy ignited by Billy Bush? Really? This is supposed to be empowering political drama, or not pornographic pantomime. Not that the hair and makeup departments seem to have got that memo,of course. They’ve given the Donald way too much bronzer – and what’s with that ridiculous hair? He’s a Republican, not a Whig. I’m turning this rubbish off.
Except you’re not, and are you? None of us are. We’re all hooked on this until the bitter cessation. It has routinely been described as a “dumpster fire” but it is a dumpster fire to which we’ve pulled up seats and grimly grabbed the popcorn. Indeed the final few months have felt less like the routine unfolding of the democratic process and more like a big-budget Netflix Original that never seems to cessation. A Political Tragicomedy Featuring a Strong Female Lead the entire world is binge-watching. Related: How to outlive California's epic ballot: with a party,a pizza and a haiku Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com