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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Graydon Carter @ The Hive @ VanityFair.com, March 22
It can reasonably be said that our dear leader is now the most ridiculed man on the planet. In fact, he may well be the most ridiculed man in history. For a preening narcissist who takes himself terribly seriously, being the butt of the joke heard round the world has got to hurt. The handpicked assortment of craven nitwits and supplicants that he has surrounded himself with have valiantly tried to insulate him from the derision. But they’re only human. Your heart has to go out to the ones doing the heavy lifting: banty Sean Spicer, the M. C. Escher of the English language, and Kellyanne Conway, the president’s temperament fluffer. (Look away from CNN, Mr. President. There’s something shiny and bright over there!) Engaging as it is to watch these overworked mouthpieces, I fear their days must be numbered [,,,,]
I am interested to see how this flies, as it is truly fanning the flames of culture war, loud and proud. Carter knows he can get Trump's goat just like Schwarzegger, to get him to tweet, so is it that he's basically trolling him? Or has Carter given up playing that game and decided to get serious? If anyone could be said to represent the elites, the intelligentsia that the stereotypical Trump voter or Trump populi might hate, Grayden Carter might be a good choice. Comics can do the ridicule thing better than more serious commentary because they are so hard to fight back against? Pointing out the jokes kind of ruins the effects?