Just Saying | Forget Donald Trump, America has a new comedian-in-chief and his name is Rudy Giuliani
Yonden Lhatoo recommends the best show on television these days – the astonishing public displays of buffoonery by former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, the latest addition to the US president’s legal team
“Are you not entertained?” Russell Crowe demands to know from his bloodthirsty audience after he slaughters his hapless opponents in the arena in Gladiator.
I feel like a member of those ancient Colosseum crowds deriving voyeuristic pleasure from violence, except that I’m going for goof-ups over gore as I watch the Circus Maximus of Washington politics these days on live television.
I’m taking a break from the gamut of emotions – from surprise and concern to disbelief and horror – that US President Donald Trump and his cohorts routinely provoke, and I’m sitting back to relish the sheer entertainment value of their shenanigans.
Forget about movies, sitcoms or reality shows; there’s nothing as good on television (until the final season of Game of Thrones lands next year).
And forget Trump, too. He appears to have passed on the mantle of America’s comedian-in-chief to his friend and lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.