Baldwin’s Trump
by digby
Here’s an entertaining profile of Alec Baldwin in the Trump era by Chris Jones in the Atlantic. It’s really fascinating. Not for the first time I’ve thought about some of the similarities between the two, although Baldwin is infinitely less malevolent and far more talented.
Anyway, it’s a really good read. Here’s just a little taste:
For the next shot he pulls on an ill-fitting suit and too-long tie, and he watches as that same wig is placed on his enormous, groomed head, and he mangles his eyes and pushes out his lips, this tired man made beautiful made ugly. It’s an unsettling transformation to watch. It’s almost as though Alec Baldwin, before he can become Donald Trump, must first become the best version of Alec Baldwin, and then ruin him.
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