Black Mirror 3: The Waldo Moment

[poliphilo]

Good timing. The day after this aired we learn that a party headed by a comedian has won 54 seats in the Italian parliament. Meanwhile, back here in Britain, Labour is running a comedian in the Eastleigh by-election; he's not doing very well but that's because he's not a very good comedian. Put him on a panel and he talks like any other party hack. If he came on like Waldo- all insults and dick jokes- we might see some action.

The last of the current series of Black Mirror starts off as a condemnation of politics as usual, then swings round 90 degrees. Waldo the blue bear may be a load of laffs but you wouldn't want him running things. Nihilism doesn't build roads.  Politics as usual may be utterly contemptible but it's all that stands between us and something much, much worse.

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Don't be fooled by Grillo- he's as big an idiot as Berlusconi!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That doesn't surprise me.

Poor Italy!

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

It was poor Italy (or at least the Italian public) who've been crazy enough to split ballots in such a way as to create different majorities in the house and the senate and they have equal weighting there, unlike with us. My Italian bit cringes at the thought of this! :o(

Re: Without Black

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I agree; it was the weakest of the three. I think the story was too big for the frame.

Re: Without Black

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Why not? It's pleasant to work with people you know.

[charliemc.livejournal.com]

Like most Americans, I'm an IDIOT about the politics of other nations. It's shameful how little we know about international politics. Seriously.

But I have a hunch politicians everywhere are equally bad, as a rule. Sad, but true...

(hugs)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There's a political class. It gets filled in every country by the same sort of people- greedy, power-hungry, entitled, sociopathic...