watching the presidential debate to hear their new political positions
watching the presidential debate because two elderly men insulting each other is somehow always high comedy
Because the press corps' lens though which it sees politics is a family drama in which Trump is the child and Biden is the dad, and no one but a crazy person would question the mental fitness of a child. Dad, however ...
EVELYN: It's a breath mint!
(GITTES slaps her)
EVELYN: It's a candy mint!
(He slaps her again)
EVELYN: It's a breath mint AND a candy mint!
GITTES: So it's two...?
EVELYN: ...two...
GITTES/EVELYN: ...two mints in one!
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The Acolyte is one of the most intriguing Star Wars series to date - willing to interrogate the Jedi as an institution. But the outrage merchants who are still angry at The Last Jedi for questioning Star Wars structure use petty nitpicks to deny any engagement with it's ideas.