Now that the next presidential election is gradually sneaking up on us, a memory from eight years ago has resurfaced. It was in November 2016, the morning that we all found out that you-know-who won the election.
My fellow NYU professors and I were standing around, feeling numb. I said to the group “I think this is going to be really bad for the country.”
“But look at the bright side,” one of my colleagues said. “It’s going to be great for comedy.”