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Biff is omnipotent until smacked down
A King until scratched (for real, not like that staged William Tell act in Pennsylvania).
Rudyard Kipling: The Man Who Would be King (movie version) (1)
Was that "event" staged?
My wager
(1) Wikipedia: Eerie similarity to Trump.
Hailing Dravot as king as well as god, the locals show him the royal treasury, which is full of gold and jewels that are now all his. Carnehan suggests that they leave with as much loot as they can carry. Dravot, however, is beginning to enjoy the adulation of the locals, settling their disputes and issuing laws, and even dreams of visiting Queen Victoria as an equal. He is also smitten with the beautiful young Roxanne and cancels his pact with Carnehan to avoid women, saying he will marry her to leave the people an heir. When Roxane is reluctantly brought to him, he tries to kiss her, but she, terrified that the touch of a god means death to a mortal, bites his cheek. Seeing him bleed, the people realise he is only human and try to grab the British impostors.
A King until scratched (for real, not like that staged William Tell act in Pennsylvania).
Rudyard Kipling: The Man Who Would be King (movie version) (1)
Was that "event" staged?
My wager
(1) Wikipedia: Eerie similarity to Trump.
Hailing Dravot as king as well as god, the locals show him the royal treasury, which is full of gold and jewels that are now all his. Carnehan suggests that they leave with as much loot as they can carry. Dravot, however, is beginning to enjoy the adulation of the locals, settling their disputes and issuing laws, and even dreams of visiting Queen Victoria as an equal. He is also smitten with the beautiful young Roxanne and cancels his pact with Carnehan to avoid women, saying he will marry her to leave the people an heir. When Roxane is reluctantly brought to him, he tries to kiss her, but she, terrified that the touch of a god means death to a mortal, bites his cheek. Seeing him bleed, the people realise he is only human and try to grab the British impostors.
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