During his interview with Stephen Colbert on 'The Late Show,' the actor joked that his wife still hasn't recovered from seeing him as Roger Ailes in a preview of 'Bombshell,' where he looked '300 pounds heavier' and was disguised with prosthetics.
. "Why can't we look away?" he asked the actor, referring to the Trump's worldly audience. Lithgow said that Trump is doing "something" right; yet there is "no sense of irony, wit or self-awareness" in his language or behavior. The actor went on to say, "I've never seen him attempt to tell an actual joke, he mangles everything that resembles a punchline. Yet he has a mass audience... he's doing something right," the actor concluded.
He later said, "There's one thing he has achieved in entertainment: He's turned our comics into geniuses. Political satire has never been more important." Speaking of political satire, Colbert took an opportunity to mention Lithgow's book, a satirical poetry collection calledAs the title suggests, the book is inspired by the Trump administration. In addition to writing the poems, Lithgow is responsible for the front cover illustration, which shows a smirking Trump in his signature suit and red tie.
Asked why this particular art form appealed to him, Lithgow told a story of when he was asked to perform at the New York Public Theater gala and sing "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" from the comic operaby Gilbert and Sullivan. He decided to perform the song as former U.S. National Security advisor Michael Flynn, and appeared on stage in full Flynn makeup, a navy suit and a red tie.
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