I’m running into a real creative problem that political satirists have struggled with for decades: when reality out-parodies parody, you lose the exaggeration gap. If the thing itself is already clownish, corrupt, or incoherent, how do you “heighten” it? There’s no headroom left.
What I’m reacting to is exactly that. The lines are so thin and recycled— “Biden’s fault,” “affordability,” “fighting for the American people”— delivered with that frozen, earnest straight face… it’s beyond satire because satire relies on elevating the ridiculous. But when the politician I’m watching is already doing that, I can’t elevate it without collapsing the joke.
“I would write a parody of this, but the Putz has already written a better one… unintentionally.”
He has trained himself to say anything—anything—with a glassy-eyed sincerity. If he was an actor, I’d call it overacting. But he’s not an actor. That’s the punchline.
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