Undercover #Day2. Thank you, #SDCC2017, for allowing me to let the little one inside me drive again! #FBF #BlackPanther #StarWars pic.twitter.com/6NcBUGb6Nw
— Lupita Nyong'o (@Lupita_Nyongo) July 28, 2017
If someone had told the 19-year-old me attending early comicons in NYC that one day a major motion picture company would be sending a top-tier (Black! Female!) actor to cons to promote its upcoming blockbuster… well, I wouldn’t have believed them, but I would have loved the idea.
Speaking of popcult things that made me LOL, here’s Alexandra Petri in the Washington Post:
… The good news is that the Trump White House will soon consist entirely of generals, reality TV villains, people who call themselves “Mooch” and “Mad Dog” with straight faces, empty cans of Four Loko and big tufts of hair that have not slept in more than 72 hours. A fine group to have running any country, if you don’t care what happens to the country.
Frankly, I would not buy a mattress from this group. I wouldn’t ask Anthony Scaramucci to watch my laptop for me while I ran to the bathroom, and everyone knows that this is a nominal responsibility, at best. If I showed up at a carnival and saw that a man with his general demeanor was operating the ride, I would politely decline and wander off toward the fried things. But we can’t decline this ride.
The job of chief of staff now falls to John Kelly (a general, and “one of our real stars,” according to Trump. Trump loves stars — in fact, any hot balls of explosive gas, which explains his current choice of communications director). Trump seems to think that if Kelly can fight the MS-13 gang, he can run the White House. The skillset involved is, I guess, similar…
Priebus was one of the last Adults In The Room, not that it mattered because everyone in the room was doing exactly as they pleased regardless. His function was largely decorative. What is the point of adult supervision if all you do is sit back and watch as the children set everything on fire? Still, I’m not sure I relish the prospect of the room without him.
It is not as if the clowns are running the circus, because I think clowns possess competence and you have to get a certification before you can become a clown…