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re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year!
Posted by: sf 08:22 pm EST 01/05/19
In reply to: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - PurpleMoney 01:49 pm EST 01/05/19

"PS: Why are we seeing those images at the end? Is it only to ridicule the final dud? I could have done without that."

Those images at the end (I assume they're the same as in London, I haven't seen it on Broadway) are there, I think, because the production's central aim is to show the danger of blurring the lines between news and entertainment, and that final clip shows *a reality TV star* whose TV stardom has helped propel him into an office he isn't qualified to hold. It's not just about getting a knee-jerk reaction from the audience.
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re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year!
Posted by: PurpleMoney 09:18 pm EST 01/05/19
In reply to: re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - sf 08:22 pm EST 01/05/19

I got that. We all rise to the highest level of our incompetency.
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re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year!
Posted by: sf 09:09 am EST 01/06/19
In reply to: re: We got great last minute seats to Network and I have to say this is the best show I've seen this year! - PurpleMoney 09:18 pm EST 01/05/19

That's not it. It's specifically a comment on him being *a reality TV star*. It's not a comment on how "we all" embody the Peter Principle, it's presented as the logical conclusion of the process we've been watching all evening: when you blur the lines between news and entertainment so that EVERYTHING is a battle for ratings, Trump in the White House is where you end up.
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