PS I know it might seem disorienting for me to equate dumping on Kinky Boots with Trumpism - some folks parse those categories separately.
But the common element to which I am drawing attention is an exaggerated sense of "us versus them, we're better than they are" tribal superiority. That's quintessentially Trumpian. It can also make self-enamorment with one's own self-proclaimed acerbic wit, asserted and broadcast over and over, a real turn off. I myself find it quite doltish, and not the kind of thing truly witty people need to do. To me made Matilda, not Kinky Boots, a complete and utter bore.
I just think that's what happened. Maybe someone else has a better analysis (oh wait - let me guess: the hoi polloi theatre-going public and award voters are just too stupid). |
