I get it now, Trump wants to be like Waldo from #BlackMirror, a belligerent talking cartoon character. #BlackMirror This should be mandatory election-year viewing.
BLACK MIRROR WIKI THE WALDO MOMENT FULL
Trump Going full Waldo this morning /cAWPZNBMS4ĭonald Trump is Waldo. Only Waldo, like a mean-spirited Colbert, lures oblivious pols onto his show and then calls them a “pussy” over and over again.Īnyone else looking at the Trump election campaign reminded of ‘s “The Waldo Moment”? #BlackMirror - Beatrice Rogers December 15, 2015
Waldo is a profane parody of the sort of well-informed teddy who might show up on educational children’s shows to explain what a “politician” is. The fact that he isn’t human turns out not to be an issue at all for the voters. In “The Waldo Moment,” the title character is entered into a by-election for a suddenly vacant MP seat as a publicity stunt. Written by series creator Charlie Brooker, “Waldo,” like all Mirror episodes, is set in its own distinct universe, telling a different acidic, disturbing satire that reflects our technology and media mores back to us. Waldo comes to us courtesy of “The Waldo Moment,” a second-season episode from the British anthology sci-fi show Black Mirror. Would you believe that there are a lot of people out there who think Donald Trump bears an uncanny resemblance to an incorrigibly vulgar cartoon blue bear named Waldo? Welcome to the fifth part of our ongoing series, examining all the ways that the artistic and entertainment communities have been trying to warn America that Donald Trump (or someone like him) was up to no good.