2019-04-26

The Twilight Zone - The Wunderkind

Well, that's got to be one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

I'm surprised they resisted the urge to actually name the child "Ronald Drumpf".
So this kid says he's running for president, and a guy offers to be his campaign manager, and they win. Then the kid does dumb stuff and everyone goes along with it. It's not like previous episodes where weird stuff happens because of magic or aliens, it's more like Black Mirror; everything in this episode is technically possible but wildly implausible.

Based on this screenshot you'd assume it was meant to be funny. It isn't.
They're clearly trying to make a point but they've exaggerated so much they just made themselves look dumb. It's like, yeah, I get it; you're saying that Donald Trump is getting away with things because people are going along with him even though you think it's obviously unwise. But you're not going to convince anyone this way, and only the people who already agree with you to a pathological degree will even enjoy this. Also, everyone in the episode pronounces "wunderkind" wrong.

What if the president said only kids were allowed to be doctors and then they actually did it? Crazy, right?
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