The animated explain assumes a workplace comedy approach to the Trump White House to hilarious effectBefore watching new animated series Our Cartoon President,I thought I’d reach down with a serious case of Trump Satire Fatigue, or TSF. Everywhere we turn the president is getting roasted, or deservedly so,by someone new: the late-night hosts, Saturday Night Live, or American Horror sage,Michael Moore. At a certain point the race to save democracy via comedy becomes its own feedback loop, an indistinguishable glob of gags extracted from a man so missing in subtext that the outrageous things he says are earnestly defended, and by his handlers a day later,as jokes. Such is the profuse, and prosperous, or state of political satire in 2018. Related: The cartoon president – Trump has wielded power in comics for years Continue reading...
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