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Entertainment
The Superbowl of American Values: Kaepernick and the Touchdown of Dissent
By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The Super Bowl is superfluous this year. Who needs a reality show about violence, domination, and sexism, not to mention brain damage, now that we have Trumpball, actual reality that not only authenticates football’s authoritarianism but transforms us from bystanders into victims? Before this game is over, […]
The Dutch to Trump: We have the Second best Words
VPRO zondag met lubach | (Video Satire> | – – “The whole world was watching for the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States: Donald J. Trump. Because we realize it’s better for us to get along, we decided to introduce our tiny country to him. In a way that will probably appeal […]
Trump and the Pee-Pee Party: Alec Baldwin at SNL
NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Video Skit) | – – “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) holds his first press conference since getting elected.” Donald Trump Press Conference Cold Open – SNL
Meryl Streep calls out Trump: Having Bully-in-Chief Coarsens whole Culture
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Occasionally entertainment and politics intersect, often hitting a false note. You never want your screenplay to be, as they say in Hollywood, “on the nose.” You have to step sideways away from ordinary news and address some dimension of the human condition to make art. But […]
6 Reasons Feminist Carrie Fisher Was Ahead of Her Time
TeleSur | – – While all Star Wars (male) fans only remember Carrie Fisher in her sex-slave golden bikini, the late actress had a feminist conception of her role way ahead of her time. 1. As early as 1983, in an interview with Rolling Stones about the freshly-released “Return of the Jedi,” Fisher already had […]
SNL Cold Open: Trump as Manchurian Candidate
NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Satiric Video Clip) “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) receives a surprise visit from Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) and Rex Tillerson (John Goodman).” SNL “Donald Trump Christmas Cold Open – SNL”
Hasan Minhaj on New Brown America and His Superpowers
Hari Kondabolu and W. Kamau Bell interview Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj on their podcast Politically Re-Active.
Hillary Clinton Roasts Donald Trump At 2016 Al Smith Dinner
Fox 10 Phoenix | (Video) | – – “Hillary Clinton isn’t holding back against Donald Trump at the annual Al Smith dinner in New York. Clinton joked that if Trump didn’t like what she was saying, then he could “shout `wrong.”‘ She added that she was surprised Trump let her go second because “I didn’t […]