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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:45 PM Nov 2020

Michael J. Fox says Donald Trump has played on 'every worst instinct in mankind': 'Biff is president

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/michael-j-fox-donald-trump-biff-serge-kovaleski-180229479.html

Michael J. Fox has already shot down speculation that Alex P. Keaton, his Republican alter ego from the popular 1980s sitcom Family Ties, would today be a President Donald Trump supporter, recently insisting on The View would have preferred George Bush and Mitt Romney.

The fictional Keaton isn’t the only one who doesn’t “think much” of the president, according to a new interview Fox has given to the Guardian.

“Every worst instinct in mankind has been played on [by Trump], and for me that’s just anathema,” Fox tells reporter Hadley Freeman, adding, in a reference to his antagonist in the Back to the Future films, “Biff is president!”

Indeed, Back to the Future Part II screenwriter Bob Gale confirmed in 2015 that Trump, then best known as a real estate magnate, inspired bully Biff Tannen’s wheeler-dealer businessman portrayal in the 1989 sequel. But Fox hinted at more personal reasons for disliking the current president.

Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 29 and has experienced significant losses to his mobility and balance in the three decades since, didn’t hold back when Freeman asked how he felt seeing Trump appear to mock New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski — who has a disability called arthrogryposis which causes a joint contracture in his right arm and hand — on the campaign trail in 2015. (Trump has denied that he was mocking Kovaleski by bending his wrist and flailing his arm.)
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Michael J. Fox says Donald Trump has played on 'every worst instinct in mankind': 'Biff is president (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2020 OP
Fox is a much, much better man in every way. JohnnyLib2 Nov 2020 #1
But just like in the movie, Biff has lost. louis-t Nov 2020 #2
I've ordered his new book Skittles Nov 2020 #3
Biff had the advantage of known unknowns. (In a movie) czarjak Nov 2020 #4
And who amongst us can forget the great 'merican patriot, Rushbo, 3Hotdogs Nov 2020 #5
Trump was the inspiration for creating Biff Tannen? lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #6

JohnnyLib2

(11,211 posts)
1. Fox is a much, much better man in every way.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:49 PM
Nov 2020


Thinking about him and Trump at the same time almost calls for mind-expansion.

Thanks for posting.

louis-t

(23,288 posts)
2. But just like in the movie, Biff has lost.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:51 PM
Nov 2020

He is a loser and will always be a loser. He better get used to manure.

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