American Spectator
"And this brings us to the painful, all-too-obvious irony. Larry David, the man who once gave us the Soup Nazi, an emblem of absurd authoritarianism taken to extremes, now pens op-eds warning that Donald Trump is quite literally Hitler"
"Larry David is a legend. The irritable neurotic behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm turned petulance into a form of performance art. He gave awkward silence a pulse. His misanthropy is somehow warm. His genius lies in the discomfort. But in his latest op-ed for the New York Times, titled “My Dinner With Adolf,” David overreaches. Way over.
"The piece, a satirical riff on Bill Maher’s recent dinner with President Trump, imagines a Jewish critic having a charming, disarming meal with Adolf Hitler. The tone is classic David — deadpan, absurd, snarky. But the comparison isn’t just distasteful. It’s entirely self-defeating. By invoking Hitler, David attempted to sharpen the critique. He failed. (RELATED: Enough with Leftist Fantasy — Hitler Is Really Dead, and He Should Finally Be Buried)
"The Holocaust isn’t a metaphor. Hitler isn’t a meme. Six million dead Jews, plus millions more murdered across Europe, aren’t props for a punchline. Yet, in David’s hands, they become set dressing for a sketch about Trump’s charm offensive.
"The point he’s trying to make is that private likability doesn’t absolve public harm. It’s a fair point. However, once you start goose-stepping around the Holocaust to make it, the moral high ground crumbles immediately.
"And here, I suggest, is the deeper problem: the invocation of Hitler always backfires. It transforms conversation into emotionally charged theater. It eliminates nuance. It hands your critics a gift-wrapped reason to dismiss everything else you say. Even the Times, in its own editorial note, felt compelled to clarify that David wasn’t really comparing Trump to Hitler. When your satire needs a trigger warning from the editorial board, maybe, just maybe, it missed the mark.
"Like many in Hollywood, David is furious, absolutely furious that someone they once considered “one of them” (Bill Maher) could sit down with Trump and come away seeing a man instead of a monster. And Maher didn’t just sit down. He publicly praised Trump’s demeanor. That triggered a kind of cultural autoimmune response, a reflexive, self-sabotaging lashing out designed less to engage than to punish. Read more...
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UPDATE: Larry David: No Longer the Master of his Comedic Domain . . ."But today, that free spirit has been crushed, and David has become a propagandist for the Democrats.
"Larry's net worth is said to be over $400 million, so he isn't doing this to put food on his table.
"David's parody pieces targeting Trump are disappointing on many levels. Firstly, they are lame and uninventive. Trump has been compared to Hitler since the day he descended the elevator at Trump Tower to launch his campaign for President. On MSNBC, pundits are sacked if they don't compare Trump to Hitler at least once a week. The comparison was hence neither provocative nor original.
"The piece was predictable, devoid of any depth or insight, and, surprisingly for David, lacked humor of both dark and light varieties. This is the kind of shallow writing that escapes your mind when you finish the last word.
"David could have been inventive, focused on the human aspect, and depicted Maher as a George Costanza kind of character groveling before his former adversary for personal gains.
"The insane reaction from David and others to the Maher-Trump dinner once again provides an insight into the Democrat cult." . . .