Plus Fall Out Boy's latest, Stephen Colbert's blunt & profane reaction to the transgender service ban, and trans comedian Patti Harrison responds on 'The Tonight Show.'
Performing President Trump’s tweets has become a cottage industry unto itself, particularly on and around the world of television comedy. Voice actor Billy West has recorded audio of his Futurama character Zapp Brannigan, and I thought that was the perfect blend of subject and target. But then I saw this clip from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where Andy Serkis, motion-capture artist extraordinaire and star of War for the Planet of the Apes, read Trump tweets aloud as Gollum from The Lord of the Rings. Now we may have a new Trump tweet champion supreme.
The story of the “Central Park Five” has oft been discussed in the last two years, and not just for their exoneration. 2019 will bring even more attention to their story, as 13TH director Ava DuVernay has booked a new Netflix limited series dramatizing the infamous 1989 case, and its decades of aftermath.
Few would accuse South Park of losing its edge, though the yearly cycle understandably has trouble keeping up with current events (at their pace these days). That’s why Season 21 will get back to basics, as creator Trey Parker wants to ditch Trump in favor of “Cartman dressing up like a robot and [screwing] with Butters.”