donnie's sputtering presser made me think of the hudsucker proxy
the tim robbins character is plucked from the mailroom to be president of the company and rides a wave of success thanks to the invention of the hula hoop. at his first press conference they are clamoring to get his pic and ask questions of the new wunderkid and he unintentionally puns that he "didn't expect all this hoop-la" and is surprised to find that he hit on a winning line, getting much laughter and great p.r.
later, the company goes downhill and now the press is hounding him. he tries the line that worked for him before, "i didn't expect all this hoop-la", and the joke falls completely flat, and the p.r. is terrible.
the presser reminded me of that scene, especially when donnie started trashing hillary. that same scene. the press had turned on him (well, as much as they'll ever do to russopublicans these days) and he tried to dig himself out by going back to the applause lines that worked for him during the campaign, only to have it all fall flat now that he's seen more negatively.
only i don't think there's a waring hudsucker angel character to save him....
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Seriously, they should ignore him. He's an unreliable source.
