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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:49 PM Apr 2020

Professional TV comedy writer says Trump's 'mutiny' tweet is beyond any parody he could possibly cre

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/professional-tv-comedy-writer-says-trumps-mutiny-tweet-is-beyond-any-parody-he-could-possibly-create/

Michael Schur, the comedy writer behind beloved sitcoms such as “Parks & Recreation” and “The Good Place,” has declared President Donald Trump beyond even his powers of parody.

Schur, who tweets under the pseudonym “Ken Tremendous,” found himself particularly stunned at Trump’s latest tweet warning Democratic governors that he would put down their purported “rebellion” against his authority and then compared himself to William Bligh, the British Royal Navy captain who was depicted as a mad tyrant in the film “Mutiny on the Bounty."

In fact, Schur compared Trump’s apparent affinity for Bligh with a joke he and his fellow writers wrote while working on “The Office” — but he said Trump was even funnier.

Gonna leave a mark, I'm sure!

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Professional TV comedy writer says Trump's 'mutiny' tweet is beyond any parody he could possibly cre (Original Post) SheltieLover Apr 2020 OP
Can't leave a mark, JenniferJuniper Apr 2020 #1
Probably right SheltieLover Apr 2020 #6
The sheer arrogance and hubris of tRump when he says these things... Blue Owl Apr 2020 #2
LOL Yup! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #5
Trump's made of Bill Cosby Jello. No way to leave a mark on him at all. Kablooie Apr 2020 #3
Captain Blight gratuitous Apr 2020 #4
More like Captain Ahab. Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2020 #7

JenniferJuniper

(4,512 posts)
1. Can't leave a mark,
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:55 PM
Apr 2020

he wouldn't understand.

He probably overheard some junior level staffer refer to him as Captain Bligh. And thought it was a tremendous compliment. A perfect one.

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
6. Probably right
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:06 PM
Apr 2020

about jr. staffer remark.

I cannot imagine how or why anyone would work with or for him. 😳

Let's hope someone helps his teensy brain to grasp what a fool he has made of himself. His head would explode. 🤯

Blue Owl

(50,356 posts)
2. The sheer arrogance and hubris of tRump when he says these things...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:57 PM
Apr 2020

Is what makes it so ridiculously funny -- he is too stupid to get how dumb and stupid he sounds...





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