Who is America? episode 6: As it happened
Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr. brings up an alt-right favourite - Hilary Clinton conspiracy theories
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Your support makes all the difference.With two episodes to go, is Who is America? running out of steam or saving the best until last?
The past couple of weeks the show has felt a little formulaic, going after easy Republican and/or Trumpist targets who no longer have much to do with either the party nor the president.
I’ve consistently bemoaned the lack of Democrats sent up by Baron Cohen on a show professing to explore a divided America and perhaps he heard me, as the politician teased in the comedian’s Twitter trailer (below) this week is Howard Dean. A former Chair of the Democratic National Committee and Governor of Vermont for six terms, Dean ran for president in 2004 but failed to secure the Democratic nomination.
Dean is interviewed by Baron Cohen’s Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., PhD character in the clip, presented with a far-right conspiracy theory that Hilary Clinton is in fact a man.
Erran Morad, OMGWhizzBoyOMG! and other characters will likely be back tonight, and it will be interesting to see if there are any new ones left to introduce before the series bows out.
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Who is America? airs on Showtime in the US on Sunday nights and follows on Channel 4 in the UK the next evening.
Well, another slightly disappointing episode on the whole tonight but a stunning ending, with a food critic eating what he believed to be the flesh of a Chinese dissident. It is truly terrifying what people will do when there's a TV crew in front of them making the event feel legitimate.
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