DWTS offers a chillingly clear allegory of how we wound up in this Trumpian dystopia in the first place, rkgar writes
Sean Spicer and his castmates. Photo: Lou Rocco/Walt Disney Television via Getty I really, really do not want to watch Sean Spicer dance on television, and in this I am not alone. Last week, ABC announced that Spicer, Donald Trump’s former press secretary and comrade-at-lies, would be joining its upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars, prompting a tsunami of outrage. Even the show’s host, Tom Bergeron, seemed to disapprove.
But DWTS is a dance competition, not a magical portal to redemption. You can believe DWTS is mindless, lowbrow entertainment to be strictly cordoned off from presidential politics. Or you can believe a spot on DWTS represents so great an honor, such cultural acclaim, that the ignoble Spicer does not deserve it. But you cannot believe both of these contradictory arguments simultaneously.
Most reality TV showcases “regular” people — amateurs pressed into service as television performers, risking humiliation for a chance at fame. Some prove amazingly adept at making us care about and, often, envy them . Some depend more on eliciting a combination of prurience and pity . Some shows do all of these things at once . And a few actually feature genuinely talented unknown people and help advance their careers .
This reveals precisely how Trumpville works. People with no training, expertise, or particular ability came into power and for a long time were propped up by the vast team of professionals who serve in government. Alas, those people are being steadily fired or are leaving en masse. In their wake, we are left increasingly praying that rank amateurs can keep the ship of state afloat.
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