Friday, September 8, 2017

Trump Derangement Syndrome, as Seen on TV .

"Cis-normative? Really? Are these words made up in some dorm room by guilt-ridden white liberals?

American Horror Story is tackling the 2016 presidential election through the eyes of a cult . . .   . . . "Frequent Murphy leading lady Paulson is playing Ally Mayfair Richards, a woman whose phobias are triggered by Donald Trump's presidential win, and Peters plays rabid Trump supporter Kai Anderson." . . .



National Review  "The seventh season of the FX Network horror anthology series, which has a different storyline each year, seems to be the first major Hollywood production to grapple with the Trump presidency on TV or at the movies. " . . .

"In another, huge and beautifully appointed home in the same town, the series’ central figure, Ally Mayfair-Richards, a lesbian who owns a restaurant with her wife Ivy (Allison Pill), is having a breakdown watching CNN. “Oh my God, Merrick Garland,” she exclaims. “What’s gonna happen with Merrick Garland?” Like I said: comedy gold. The eager, well-spoken progressives in the house are already turning on one another: One guest, a city councilman, berates another, saying, “Look at our friends on the couch and tell them that they might not be able to retain their rights as a married couple because you were too busy on Etsy to go vote!” Everyone is in general agreement that Trump is going to “get us all killed” and abortion will be banned, though it’s left unclear why anyone should much care about the latter detail after the first one comes to pass.
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"If he promised to end abortion, start World War III, or force American women to dress like the Puritan Taliban, I missed it, and he’s also the first president ever to arrive in the Oval Office saying he was okay with gay marriage. The things about him that the Left most fears (or feared; AHS: Cult already seems a bit like a period piece from six months ago, when progressives on social media were collectively setting their hair on fire) are products of the Left’s imagination."


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