2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump Is Just Not Funny Anymore.....
I posted this last evening and I'm posting it again now - because we have just run out of any humor at all associated with Donald Trump.
Here is the ultimate blow that can destroy Trump.
Saturday Night Live should make a statement this coming Saturday saying they will not do any more skits/spoofs/jokes/impressions, etc about Trump.
They should say:
What he has done - sexual assault - is not funny and we will not make it a joke. We are appalled by his behavior and as far as we are concerned - he is dead to us. He will not be a part of our shows - going forward.
Trump looks at impersonation as flattery. It keeps him in the spotlight. He thinks that even negative publicity is good publicity.
So the only thing that I believe that will severely wound him is to ignore him. Wipe him from the spotlight. And the first place to do that is with SNL and the late night comedians.
Think about the impact that Alec Baldwin, Lorne Michaels and the cast of SNL would have if they started the next show (Baldwin as himself instead of the cartoon Trump) - saying that they will no longer do the Trump impersonation. They cannot condone - even by making fun of Trump - his gross behavior - and they will not dishonor women who were impacted by Trump by continuing that act.
This should be followed up by all the late night comedians - Fallon, Cobert, Kimmel, O'Brien, Meyers - following suit and dropping Trump from their monologues as well and for the same reasons.
Continually making fun of Trump - especially under the circumstances of what he's done - is not a laughing matter. SNL and all the comedians - should take a stand here and do this in respect for all the women that Trump has physically and mentally harmed.
I know that Trump is comedy gold to them - but what Trump has said, done and acted on is despicable and is not funny.
Donald Trump would be crushed by such actions taken by the people that he tries to be one of - TV personalities. They should perhaps go one step further and never invite him on as a guest again - a boycott of TV for Trump. His ego couldn't handle it. You got to know that he eats it up when they make him the butt of a joke. Stopping it would just do him in.
Think of how the MSM would react and cover such an action by SNL and late nite comedians. This would be a crushing blow to Trump and perhaps - just perhaps - such an action might get to the very core of Trumps core supporters. Maybe something like this would open their eyes.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)We could argue the opposite just as convincingly. I doubt anyone would light of the actual sexual assaults.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)No more coverage would be the best insult. Anyway, how do you spoof a guy whose actual words are ridiculous enough as they are?
PJMcK
(22,037 posts)...that in the Age of Trump, satire is dead.
stone space
(6,498 posts)It's fascinating to see what the last straw is for different groups and individuals.
I'm on pins and needles waiting to see just what moral outrage finally causes the NRA to drop their endorsement and material support for Trump.
Everybody has their limits, and we're learning quite a lot about what folks' limits really are and aren't, and that's good information for voters to have.