Disaffected, Episode 150, December 16, 2023
Live chat premiere on Rumble at 8 pm US Eastern
-Surprise guest cohost!
-The White House's "Dr." Jill Biden has released the annual Christmas video, apparently directed by Stanley Kubrick. This video has *everything*: gurning Gen Z dancers, canned foley tap-dance sounds, and giant stupid flowers on heads for no discernible reason.
-Cluster B escaped the domestic sphere long ago, but when it shows up in community theater you know there's a good story behind it. We talk about the rise and fall of a narcissistic community theater diva who left broken relationships, wasted money, and canceled shows in her wake. But she gets what was coming to her in the end.
-Pick-a-mix mockery of Korporate Karens, Italian airports, and America's favorite pancake syrup.
That White House video is America's version of Alexander Sokurov's masterpiece "Russian Ark," an 87-minute single take historical reenactment of events taking place while the narrator wanders through the Winter Palace (part of the Hermitage) in Saint Petersburg. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1kphEEXn8 then ask yourself whether we're a serious country.
It reminds me of the Christmas scenes in "The City of Lost Children" by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. But a dystopian nightmare Christmas is really weirdly appropriate for this White House.