Late Night’s Vote for Best Picture: Trump’s Windswept Tan Line

Feb 11, 2020 · 11 comments
Miss Dovey (Oregon Coast)
Omigod. That photo proving The Conald's use of bronzer should be a go-to image for the general election. He can't stand being humiliated and shown for the weakling and fraud that he is.
Willy P (Puget Sound, WA)
Whoa -- Guillermo ROCKED the Oscars! Be sure to bring him back next year, please! Thanks, NYT!
Andrew (New York)
Ever mind his tan line, why doesn’t he have a beard. Check close ups. Never any sign of stubble. Hmmm.
jvr (Minneapolis)
Why didn't Guillermo get an Oscar for his performance?
Len (Vancouver)
Am I the only who finds the current crop of late night comedians predictable, smug and not terribly funny? I exclude Conan from this group especially when he has Norm MacDonald on. Norm, he knows how to deliver political humour!
Practical Realities (North of LA)
Beyond the tanning make-up, I see Trump revealing his anger, cruelty, and inability to feel anything beyond what feeds his insatiable need for praise. I see a completely empty and immoral human being. At times his facial expressions make me think of that terrifying character, The Joker. For both, it appears that destroying everything around them satisfies their bottomless desire to inflict pain. I absolutely cannot understand how his base feels that this is tolerable. I am truly frightened that my country must depend on this man and his Republican enablers.
Rose Gazeeb (San Francisco)
The movie “1917” failed to win the top Oscar honor. Take into consideration that on the movie’s release for too many it was a head scratcher, movie audiences scrambling to figure out what that title referred to. Required going to the internet, googling to find out. And with that the proverbial light bulb in the brain illuminated linking the movie to a world event of more than 100 years ago. “Sure! WWI. I think...I remember... that mentioned in a high school history class...one day!”
Mystery Lits (somewhere)
Not a defense of Trump but I remember a time (yesterday) when we were told that it is bad thing to make fun of peoples looks... it might be time for these "comedians" to take an inward look at themselves as ask is it OK to make fun of people because of their outward appearances (even our perceived enemies).
Skeexix (Eugene OR)
@Mystery Lits I think the point here is that Mr. Trump is disguising his true looks. Sort of like he disguises the truth. We need and deserve a real president, not a reality star phony.
Chris Wildman (Alaska)
@Mystery Lits Trump, as our Stable Genius leader, has made it a national past time to make fun of peoples' looks. It something he delights in. He has "quite an ear" for it (so he's been told), and why should HE have all the fun? Look, I agree that it's not nice to make fun of physical traits or appearances that people have no control over, like their physical disabilities (which Trump has done), their height (Trump constantly refers to his opponents of short stature as "Little"), or other things that a person cannot change. But when a man uses as much tanner (or tanning machines) as Trump does, and brags about his hair (when it's clearly either a very bad combover or altogether fake) - physical attributes that HE controls - I think he's fair game, ESPECIALLY when that person consistently uses bullying as a campaign tactic.
kozarrj (mn)
@Mystery Lits There are some exceptions.