Suppose you woke up one day and realized that you had been transported to an absurdist parody of reality. This is a common trope in cinema. Many films, including Back to the Future<\/i>, Groundhog Day<\/i>, Pleasantville<\/i>, Stranger than Fiction<\/i>, Idiocracy<\/i> and Isn’t it Romantic<\/i>, to name just a few among many, start with this very premise.<\/p>\n
Of course these are merely movies. As much as we might find them entertaining or thought provoking, we understand that they are only fiction.<\/p>\n
In real life we expect things to be at least a little bit sane. Which is why I was caught off guard by Sharpiegate.<\/p>\n
Our elected political leader is doubling down on a lie so utterly petty and ridiculous, so head slappingly stupid<\/i>, that it could not possibly be part of any sane reality. As though we had suddenly discovered that our elected leader was Derek Zoolander.<\/p>\n
Suppose you made a film in which somebody was transported into a fictional world where such idiotic things actually happen. People might find your story genuinely funny.<\/p>\n
But that’s because at the end of your movie, the credits would roll and the audience would be able to go back to a sane reality. Unfortunately, we all seem to still be trapped inside this movie.<\/p>\n
Could somebody please wake up the projectionist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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