President Gentle is a former lounge singer and B movie actor; stupid, naïve, and possibly insane. His Presidency is all based on spectacle, and just a distraction from the evil man really running things. When the real-life guy ran in 2016, my thought was that David Foster Wallace must have based Gentle on his persona.
Anyway, good reminder, I should watch Canadian Bacon again.
President Johnny Gentle in Infinite Jest comes closest, including starting beef with Canada.
Never read that one.
otoh, they did start a war with Canada in “Canadian Bacon”
And a war with Canada is actually smarter than one with Iran.
Canadians are used to forgiving stupid Americans.
We’ve run out of patience from having to constantly do that.
President Gentle is a former lounge singer and B movie actor; stupid, naïve, and possibly insane. His Presidency is all based on spectacle, and just a distraction from the evil man really running things. When the real-life guy ran in 2016, my thought was that David Foster Wallace must have based Gentle on his persona.
Anyway, good reminder, I should watch Canadian Bacon again.