August 21, 2015
We get what we deserve…
I love that scene in \”Young Frankenstein\” where Gene Wilder\’s Dr. Frankenstein confronts Igor (played by Marty Feldman) about where the Monster\’s brain came from — and Igor replies, \”From an Abbie Normal.\”
Neighbor Andre and I like to bike and nosh together — and though we rarely agree on anything (Andre still believes that JFK was killed by a lone gunman) — we have always agreed to disagree.
So I was a bit taken aback today when he told me how much he enjoyed The Donald\’s candidacy for president of the United States of America: he feels that The Donald is saying things that need to be said. He threw me for another loop when he said he would like to see Crazy Joe Biden enter the field as well: then we\’d have crazies on both sides! All this from a retired lawyer!!
I told him that I did enjoy The Donald\’s retort regarding his four bankruptcies — suggesting that these incidents don\’t hurt bankers at all. But I was even more fascinated by his comment about Megyn Kelly being on-the-rag and how this played out in an arena where there are apparently no repercussions for him: lesser men I\’m sure would have dealt with accusations of sexual harassment. I also wonder how The Donald would handle \”classified\” material — which Hilary is struggling with right now. He\’d probably just say \”You\’re fired!\” Oh my — should Hilary succumb to this — we might still see Crazy Joe enter the arena.
Which leads me to the title of this here attempt: Frankentrump. As we all know, the Frankenstein Monster was put together from the parts of more than one corpse — and the brain was an abnormal one — perhaps from one criminally insane? Similarly, Frankentrump has been cobbled together from bits-and-pieces of Americana. In Frankentrump — we get to see all-of-the-ugliness that makes up the landscape of American life (particularly Greed): in short — we see those dysfunctional aspects of Americana mirrored in Frankentrump (Andre loves this nickname by-the-way).
Whether he is flaunting his wealth, wearing an ill-advised hair-do, spouting off ridiculous comments (because he doesn\’t think before he opens his mouth [is he even capable of rational thought?]), insulting people, and, just plain behaving ugly (he IS his hair) — there seems to be a growing number of Americans who love his act…which makes sense…because the Americana we all participate in — gave birth to Frankentrump. And over the years I\’ve seen IT get everything IT wants and devour that which stands in ITS way! I am angry with Jon Stewart that he has left US in-our-hour-of-need — as the Frankentrump turns on its creator…US.
Yep — all-of-us, in-the-end, get what we deserve. It\’s that Karmic cycle — and judging from the crap that Americana now exudes — we are getting that same shit from Frankentrump: cobbled together from corpses with an under-educated brain — the Frankentrump is what the people want; what the people have grown accustomed to seeing in the Life around US. The people won\’t turn on this monster — they are going to let IT deal with ITS creator; which, ironically, is all of US.
My God! It\’s alive!!