Ive been thinking about it a lot lately with the rise of the presidential campaign ofKamala HarrisandTim Walz.
The Harris-Walz ticket has reinvigorated a need for broad cultural literacy.
You could practically hear the musicologists getting in formation toexplain the significanceof Harris choice.
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New conversations are afoot.
Donald Trump understands the power of the medium.
The Apprenticewas crucial in nudging Americans toward seeing Donald Trump as a serious leader.
It just, for a period, became the most consequential.
Lets start with Harris,Scandal, andWatchmen.
Southern Baptist leadersimpugnedHarris as a Jezebel.
The attacks came, but the effectiveness?
If anything, they are backfiring.
Nevertheless,Scandaland its excellent ratings persisted.
Imagine what could have gotten accomplished in the interim had it not taken so long.
But thats not allScandaldid.
They repeatedly put their trust and faith in Popes expertise.
Harris and Walz dont have gladiators, but they have reawakened in many the spirit of the joyful warrior.
He brings Vietnam to heel in such a way that it joins the union as Americas 51st state.
Angela has a complex relationship to law enforcement.
A young Angela witnesses their murder, and she identifies the suicide bombers surviving collaborator to Vietnamese police.
Theres no arrest, no detention, no interrogation, no trial.
Justice, if you might call it that, is swift.
After young Angela fingers the culprit, two Vietnamese police officers execute the collaborator with a gunshot.
As an adult member of the Vietnamese police force, Angela meets and falls in love with Dr. Manhattan.
The future is undefined, open to imagination.
Shes at least as powerful as the president, if not more.
WhenWatchmenconcluded in 2019,I was not thrilledabout Angelas decision to assume Dr. Manhattans powers.
Will she continue to pursue American hegemony with the U.S. acting as global cop?
Itexpressed its plans to The Bulwarkto Willie Horton her campaign.
Thats what makes it effective.
Thats what speaks to politics as the art of the possible.
The fact that Walz helped take a winless team to the state championship was icing on the cake.
Walz, who retired from the National Guard to run for Congress, seemed easy enough to place.
Remember the episode when Hank and Peggy bought a motorcycle and rode it to Sturgis?
By picking Walz, Harris seemed to be appointing an antidote to the toxic masculinities of J.D.
it’s possible for you to practically hear Hill taking the measure of those guys and pronouncing them asinine.
When Congress failed to convict him after two impeachments, Trump seemed inescapable.
Soraya Nadia McDonald writes about pop culture, the arts, and politics.
