What (the Hell) Happened: Post-Trump Political Satire

That's how it is done: political satire - when good - is the best. "Onions" are very interesting as well as "beeps". "Saturday Night Live" and "Evening Show at Stephen Colbert" are part of the sharpest political commentary. Ironic is deliberate - making it easier to access news and fun, because it is the only media source, a perfect design combining the two

This is another problem. Donald Trump is born to do funny things. This is just a fact. For ordinary liberals, the cards are not just writing their own jokes. In theory, our current political moment should be such a goddess. How hard is it to put the cover on putting what he did?

The answer is obviously "There is not enough effort". In the past few years, bookstores have steadily ironed the cards, but most of them are worried. Please think about "children's books in trumps" and "big wins". Neither of these books has gained popularity from major media organizations. Slate's view on Alec Baldwin's "I can not live without me" that is titled "Bad Impression" is a remark of the widespread stagnation of comedy. As Slate's writer Jason Zinoman suggests, the current effort is not merely one thing, the same fluffy way is a strange and serious topic.

I did not carefully analyze Baldwin's book to reach the same conclusion. On the first page of "I can not spell America" ​​was "There was a day when the Space Shuttle exploded in January 1986. It was very tragic but I had a very good atmosphere At Atlantic City I made the first casino "incredibly wonderful. This is the reason that Baldwin's playing cards overshadowed many more commas, presidential tweets, and deep jokes than the president's blind selfish and rude manner. There is a right to ask Hillary Clinton: "What happened?" When liberal Americans need more intense laughter, why can not they get it?

The obvious answer - the correct answer - is that it is so extreme that Donald Trump can not mimic it. He takes seemingly interesting things (groovy, hair) and makes it deadly. One year he is obviously not a joke.

Comedy is fighting on a large scale with two aspects (or possibly "dramatically" in some cases) of the trump phenomenon. Often, modern playing cards comedies will be a desperate situation in a relaxed humorous situation. "If you do not have me, you can not call myself a" fake "" "The book of children in playing cards" is ambiguous. "If it is not true, this book will be hysterical." The question of sound is that they are not that funny. A year ago, Stephen Colbert sketched comparing playing cards about Oreo: delicious, enchanting, and absolutely unhealthy. The cardiac cartoon of the cards is only interested in shocking value and taste. It is not a 4 year product. Both now are beyond that possibility

However, in the short term, the trump comedy is still being sold beautifully. The modern president's humor is mostly superficial, but not very interesting, people will continue to buy it. This is a capitalist. This is catharsis

So what? Real irony is difficult and the current strategy (Olios of Colbert) is simple. In the White House and Comedy section, the only real solution is to wait for it.

I will clarify. My post is 95% ironic of politics, written in English. Satire is subtle humor beyond borders, culture, or language. American politics is opaque and chaotic for most people living in other countries, especially for totalitarians. In other words, there are not many foreigners who appreciate my political satire. So, Russian Razvilka citizens see my post on Medium every day and well see the details of my website? Please note that it is more than just a short network visit. It seems like a 20 minute search, searching all the pages. My website is not so big, it's only 5 pages so a crazy typist may re-tap the whole site in 20 minutes, needless to say you read it in half the time.

Last year I read the history of America and tried to understand what happened in American politics today (which is the reason for President Donald Trump). My overall conclusion is as follows. 1) Things do not look so bad. 2) It will be very interesting for the next few years. Let's start with some history. In American political science, there is a general framework to think about various eras of American political history called "realignment theory". My favorite theoretical version is a wonderful analysis of Stephen Skowronek's presidential politics. In his analysis, there is obvious legitimacy in any historical era. The reconstructed US president (thinks Lincoln) has formed a legislative association to clarify the orthodox views and set the agenda. This legitimacy is dominant and the Union will continue to enact legislation on this agenda in the coming decades.