Fern, thank you for sharing the satire of the Borowitz Report. I firmly believe that The Former Guy (also known as He Who Must Not Be Named to keep out of Facebook jail) will rue the day that he exposed his real estate grift by running for president.
Fern, thank you for sharing the satire of the Borowitz Report. I firmly believe that The Former Guy (also known as He Who Must Not Be Named to keep out of Facebook jail) will rue the day that he exposed his real estate grift by running for president.
Mary, I agree with you, finally, he'll tumble down with his marquees and lies, but I thought it would happen very early in his presidency. There was big trouble in our house long before he was elected. Popular vote or not, he was elected by our very incomplete and distorted democracy, to put it mildly (apologies to the many millions enslaved, exploited, and robbed of their homeland) and look at where we are now.
Fern, unfortunately far too many people have always believed (on a gut level) that the actors were truly like the characters that they portrayed in movies and on television. Think of how you felt when you saw an actor such as David Suchet (who played Agatha Christie’s Poirot for decades) on a talk show speaking with their true accent; the same applies to Marlin Brando as the Godfather. Viewers start watching for the entertainment value, but forget that the actor is speaking lines written by others, not words that reflect their true nature.
Clearly, there truth to what you have written for many adults, Mary, but I don't think it is the whole truth. Many of us go through the process of development and do not remain at the cognitive level you have too generally suggested for 'people'.
Fern, that’s true. However, Ronald Reagan used his movie persona to convince a lot people to vote for him even though Nancy was the “power behind the throne”. Look at Louisiana ‘s senator Kennedy with his folksy persona that masks his true Oxford college roots.
Mary, innumerable such examples can be made, which, nevertheless, will not satisfy the generalization made that people mentally connect the fictional character someone may play with who she or he actually is -- many do and many do not.
Fern, thank you for sharing the satire of the Borowitz Report. I firmly believe that The Former Guy (also known as He Who Must Not Be Named to keep out of Facebook jail) will rue the day that he exposed his real estate grift by running for president.
Mary, I agree with you, finally, he'll tumble down with his marquees and lies, but I thought it would happen very early in his presidency. There was big trouble in our house long before he was elected. Popular vote or not, he was elected by our very incomplete and distorted democracy, to put it mildly (apologies to the many millions enslaved, exploited, and robbed of their homeland) and look at where we are now.
Fern, unfortunately far too many people have always believed (on a gut level) that the actors were truly like the characters that they portrayed in movies and on television. Think of how you felt when you saw an actor such as David Suchet (who played Agatha Christie’s Poirot for decades) on a talk show speaking with their true accent; the same applies to Marlin Brando as the Godfather. Viewers start watching for the entertainment value, but forget that the actor is speaking lines written by others, not words that reflect their true nature.
Clearly, there truth to what you have written for many adults, Mary, but I don't think it is the whole truth. Many of us go through the process of development and do not remain at the cognitive level you have too generally suggested for 'people'.
Fern, that’s true. However, Ronald Reagan used his movie persona to convince a lot people to vote for him even though Nancy was the “power behind the throne”. Look at Louisiana ‘s senator Kennedy with his folksy persona that masks his true Oxford college roots.
Mary, innumerable such examples can be made, which, nevertheless, will not satisfy the generalization made that people mentally connect the fictional character someone may play with who she or he actually is -- many do and many do not.
Fern, you’re right. I edited the original post to reflect your valid critique.