The best thing on TV right now is the Impeachment Inquiry in the US Congress ha, ha, ha. It is a real love-in down there in DC with just one thing missing [see photo].
The star of the show is the Chairman who is cast perfectly to run this love-in - he is beaming with love for all his "Congressional Colleagues". Next time though I look forward to the Chairman coming out strumming his "dream of love" guitar. And so the suspension builds.
The minority members are full of love too as they shower the witnesses with flowers and compliments before they attempt to throttle them - it's so funny! No guitars on that side of the house [none of them seem to be musical] but they did have huge protest signs. Signs to protest the fact that the Chairman had forgotten his guitar. They protest this fact because they "feel" he is properly placed to truly lead this singalong. Well I think that is what those signs were all about. It makes sense that minority members were there because everything in that committee room was centred on love, togetherness, and the American Dream.
But, but, but.... The real show was put on by the witnesses. Such a fun loving crew they are. There was the bland guy with the spectacular bow tie who obviously was in fancy dress for this show. He was a hoot. I could not control my gut wrenching laughter. Clearly he should have been a stand-up comedian - such a fun loving guy that he almost stole the show. His colleague was the "straight man" [a role played to perfection] and they played off each other so well that I thought the Chairman was getting furious because these two guys were stealing the whole show from his grasp. Hours and hours of this stuff was absolutely free to all of us who are bored with our lives. I could not believe my luck to be watching this clown show for no fee. I would have happily paid to see this brand of humour because it is right up there with the best-of-the-best available on TV today.
Finally we had the star of the show. A woman ambassador who had come there to be praised by every one and at the end got a standing ovation from the gallery. She had a unique role in this satire. She had been to places that no one wants to go - the places that all diplomats call "hardship posts". However. In real life the definition of a "hardship post" is Brussels where nothing ever happens and yet you work 24 hrs a day on Top Secret stuff. Not so for this impressive person who proceeded to make a complete mockery of this whole show because she appeared to be competent at her job [unlike everyone else in the room]. BUT. And it is a really big BUT.... This most professional of professional diplomats had fallen for the oldest failing in overseas service handbook. She had gone "native" while in her post. That is to say she was clearly more in love with the country which hosted her than she was with her own. Meanwhile. The Chairman and his merry band of revellers did their utmost to make this strong woman seem weak and defenceless. They needed her to play the role of the victim and they dearly wanted her to burst out crying [that was obviously in the script but it did not happen; oh well they did their best].
This was a farce from beginning to end. It was brilliant TV [the ratings must have been off the charts]. The only downside to it all for me is that I am bored stiff because there is nothing like it on the news, entertainment now, or any of the regular stuff I like to watch. Food no longer has the taste it once did. I stroll aimlessly about the place in "a brain fog of disappointment" with my life. I never imagined that American TV could be so rivetingly entertaining. The only thing that could have made it better would have been to see the Chairman playing his guitar [see photo] and leading the whole congregation in an upbeat song. Maybe next time......
Richard
Comments