In the
script writing department…
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Jabber, jabber... |
Alec: Donald reminds me of Jabba the Hutt.
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Trevor: Who? Donald Duck?
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Alec: No, you know which Donald I mean.
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Trevor: Because he’s physically slug-like, or
his lack of moral compass? And all the other stuff.
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Alec: There are similarities, I grant you, but
are we going to stoop to his level of carricaturing opponents?
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Trevor: Well his political strategy is to keep
on throwing horse manure at opponents and hope some of it sticks.
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Alec: It’s not strong enough for a dedicated
article. Keep up the policy attacks and the legal angles.
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Trevor: Well, we still need the metaphors of
psychological deviance, general ignorance and language impediment metaphors
running as subtext.
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Voice-over
There are several approaches to challenging an
incompetent leader. Mounting logical arguments against unsound policies should
be paramount of course. But in these times this is not sufficient to combat a chronically untruthful
and incoherent individual and his retainers. Media-generated metaphors harnessed to satire and
humor are powerful, as Trevor Noah, Alec Baldwin, Stephen Colbert and Melissa
McCarthy regularly show us. Keep it up!
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