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Donald Trump and Andy Kaufman - an historic comedy act?

12/9/2015

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I still fail to see Donald Trump as a serious candidate for the American presidentship and I feel quite sorry for the people who do.  His over-the-top attitude towards Mexicans, his hostility towards women and his blatantly retarded remarks are in no way convincing to me.  It really looks like it's all an act, a staged performance where the thin line between fiction and reality is crossed many times without explaining which is which.  It reminds me of some of the acts that Andy Kaufman pulled off.  Very little people actually knew if the late Kaufman was serious or not and he seemed to enjoy that confusion a lot.  In fact, even today people don't really know whether the actor who played Latka in Taxi is actually dead or not.

Both Trump and Kaufman have been active in another sector where the line between reality and fantasy is often crossed: professional wrestling.  In the eighties, Kaufman shocked the world by entering a feud with Jerry - The King - Lawler.  Being the first inter-gender champion, Kaufman presented a pretty sexist character, fighting dirty with female wrestlers and actresses who are nowadays called 'diva's'.  Wrestling is mainly known for that 'what-is-real-and-what-is-not' atmosphere.  They even have a name for it: 'Kayfabe'.  Very few wrestlers and other personnel from WWE, TNA, ROH or whatever promotion will talk about it, in an attempt to keep the magic real.

Coincidently, Donald Trump has also been active in the world of wrestling.  He feuded with Vince McMahon, the owner of WWE, on multiple occasions, even buying Monday Night Raw a couple of years ago.  WrestleMania IV and V were presented live from Trump's Atlantic City casino.  Trump also entered the ring, only to be bodyslammed by 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, but still. The guy has a lot of history with WWE/WWF. Of course, being the billionaires they are, McMahon and Trump are close friends.  Every wrestling fan knows that McMahon can come 
up with a massive storyline, leaving everyone involved confused about the whole thing.

Of course, I don't see Trump as a comedian, on the contrary.  I see Trump as an obnoxious, over-the-top piece of shit, wealthy asshole who combs his hair with used toilet paper because that saves money.  No, I don't want him to be the president of the USA but I've got absolutely nothing to say in that, living in Belgium and all.  In fact, if he does become president, I think it's safe to declare the USA officially retarded and put a huge wall around that area of the world. 

However, I compared his quotes to Kaufman's quotes, his behaviour to Kaufman's and I see a lot of similarities. For both 'think big' was a motto.  Both liked to play games, mindgames even.   Maybe the most blatant one in this aspect comes from Andy: "What is real? What is not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality".  Trump has the experience and the connections to do exactly that, test how people deal with reality.

So what if it's an act?  What if, on the day of the elections, Trump comes out as winner, climbs to the stage and yells "Are you guys fucking kidding me? You're all idiots to elect a vulgar, braindead moron like me to be your president.  This says a lot about this country" and then walks down the stairs with two raised middle fingers, way up in the air. It would definitely cause a standing ovation from Andy Kaufman himself.  Even better, what if he actually goes through with it and serves four hilarious years as president?  Can you imagine that?  

Man, it would be the single best performance act in the history of comedy.


Rik
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I don't like people

10/9/2015

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I don't like people
I don't like the way they act
I don't like the way they react
I don't like their choices in life
I don't like their actions in life
I don't like their tweets
I don't like their posts
I don't like their spelling errors
I don't like their lack of reason
I don't like their selfies
I don't like their children's pictures
I don't like their children
I don't like their parents
I don't like their cars
I don't like their houses
I don't like their mistresses
I don't like their STD's
I don't like the way they smell
I don't like the way they dress
I don't like the way they talk
I don't like the way they don't think
I don't like their behaviour in traffic, at work, in the supermarket, in the shopping street
I don't like their taste
I don't like their opinions
I don't like their hypocrisy

So is it such a surprise that I don't want to be around them?
Is it so strange that I'd rather be here?
Here, were I choose who enters the room and who doesn't

I'm wrong, I know
I've always been wrong
But my wrong feels right
and if my right feels wrong to you
than I think you are wrong too

We are all wrong
Because
We are all right
We are all madmen
Because 
We are all sane

It's the others
Not you
The Others
They locked me up in here
In my cocoon of warmth, safety and comfort
Oh how I love my two bedroom uterus

I don't like people
And people don't like me
I know
That's because of me
It's my fault
and I should work on that
I know
I should work so hard on that
You never knew I know
But I know
I know
My dearest
I know

I don't like people
I'm not a rascist
I'm not a sexist
I'm not a atheist
I'm not even a believer
I'm a behaviourist
I judge behaviour
and therefore
I don't like people

So I should work on that
and in the mean time
please correct your errors
please overthink your posts
please help someone in distress
please give an old man a seat
please don't reproduce
please don't litter the street
please don't drive to fast
please don't drive drunk
please don't drive stoned
please don't drive high
please don't insult people
please don't hurt people
please don't stab people in the back
please don't kill people
please help the refugees
please stop the wars
please stop corporate greed
please stop private greed
please stop cheating
please stop 

please

stop


sincerely

Rik
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