It's obviously impossible to get inside someone's head, but my read is that Britt's performance is a means to an end. She wants Trump back in office, and Republicans seem to think the best way to make that happen is to convince people that we're still living amid American Carnage. They fear-monger about the scary cities and scary brown p…
It's obviously impossible to get inside someone's head, but my read is that Britt's performance is a means to an end. She wants Trump back in office, and Republicans seem to think the best way to make that happen is to convince people that we're still living amid American Carnage. They fear-monger about the scary cities and scary brown people to an audience that mostly lives in majority white suburban and exurban areas. It's the same play as 2016.
FWIW, Britt is pretty regularly on Fox, and while her showing last night was especially bizarre, her normal style of communication is overwrought and cringey. But she definitely turned it up to 11 last night.
Thank you, yes, I don't know WHY people love that American Carnage schtick, it's so depressing, but they do. There's a dude that golfs at a nearby course, drives a Hummer with an Ohio license plate (this is Florida, so that means he can afford to snowbird, which ain't cheap), tee times are $100 a pop (I can only afford the driving range, I golf at a cheap course), but he has a big flag next to his Trump flag saying that we Americans are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. I always think: What on earth does he have to be mad about? Anyway, that last bit offered me some good context. I'd never heard of Britt at all before last night, so it felt very Twilight Zone-ish to me. I guess if she was already on one's radar it might not be as jarring.
It's obviously impossible to get inside someone's head, but my read is that Britt's performance is a means to an end. She wants Trump back in office, and Republicans seem to think the best way to make that happen is to convince people that we're still living amid American Carnage. They fear-monger about the scary cities and scary brown people to an audience that mostly lives in majority white suburban and exurban areas. It's the same play as 2016.
FWIW, Britt is pretty regularly on Fox, and while her showing last night was especially bizarre, her normal style of communication is overwrought and cringey. But she definitely turned it up to 11 last night.
Thank you, yes, I don't know WHY people love that American Carnage schtick, it's so depressing, but they do. There's a dude that golfs at a nearby course, drives a Hummer with an Ohio license plate (this is Florida, so that means he can afford to snowbird, which ain't cheap), tee times are $100 a pop (I can only afford the driving range, I golf at a cheap course), but he has a big flag next to his Trump flag saying that we Americans are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. I always think: What on earth does he have to be mad about? Anyway, that last bit offered me some good context. I'd never heard of Britt at all before last night, so it felt very Twilight Zone-ish to me. I guess if she was already on one's radar it might not be as jarring.
Thanks for answering my question (2nd in line) here!