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Lissa Warr's avatar

The King Midas who turns everything to ex******t, but still manages to surround himself with gold

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Pixeloid's avatar

Well, maybe they can do things to appeal to MAGAts, like stage adaptations of "Birth of a Nation", "The Turner Diaries", or "Mein Kampf".

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Donnie Dipshit wants to blow up a couple of nuclear warheads to make sure they are working, AND the military might be gearing up to bomb Venezuela? Let's hope Donnie doesn't hit on the idea of, you know, "efficiency."

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Marcus Damicus's avatar

Trump: There's the right way, the wrong way, and the TRUMP WAY!!

Reporter: Isn't that just the wrong way?

Trump: Yes!! But FASTER!!!

Fuck Ted Cruz.

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Enter Ranting's avatar

Oh, for fuck's sake! He painted the fucking BRONZE columns WHITE?! You have to be fucking kidding me! And, by the way, the Sound of Music Sing-a-Long sells out the 17,500 seat Hollywood Bowl every year, but then the Bowl isn't run by fascists who want to cover the bandshell in marble.

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LOU LOU's avatar

I had a very wealthy client whose wife wanted to be a cookbook writer. She was able to proceed to become a national bestselling author, no less. The way I discovered to do this is for the author to buy the books. MAGA will be lead to use the same strategy no doubt to keep up the impression that Kennedy Centre performances are much better and popular than they actually are.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Donnie will be scheming to use taxpayer dollars to do it.

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"M"'s avatar

They did that during his last term for whichever of the failsons wrote the "book"

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Bagels of Doom's avatar

Gee, it's almost as though the crowd that worships the king of tacky had no taste.

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

Branson, MO-level "entertainment"!!1!

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PaulDietzel's avatar

"Although now that we think about it, why would MAGA want to sit through a show where the Nazis are the bad guys" Nor would DJT be interested in a number that's practically a paean to

middle age broads - "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwK_WOXjfc0

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mzf's avatar
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Will the "new management" be selling "tRump Water", "tRump Steaks", "tRump ties", and "tRump Coins" in the lobby? And, will they also be hawking copies "The (tRump/Kennedy) ART of the Deal"?

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billybobfubar's avatar

Such a C U N T!

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Pexas Teat's avatar

I think of it as the Robert F Kennedy Jr Center. It's a shadow of the Kennedies of the past.

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Why So Lugubrious?'s avatar

I remember being on a doomed tour in the 90s, and the second, biggest leg was going to end at the Kennedy Center. It became this beacon of hope for us, pulling 18-19 hour days and sleeping on a bus between load-ins; "if we can just make it to the Kennedy Center!"

We ultimately did, and sold it to about 70%, and the audience was fabulous and everything was hunky-dory and venue management waived their 20% commission on our merch because they heard we were in so much financial trouble.

Stories like this are a little triggering. But I don't blame yr Wonkettes.

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Enter Ranting's avatar

I grew up in DC, and everything he does there is triggering for me.

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Kel Varnsen's avatar

So I guess kid rock, Ted Nugent and Lee greenwood aren’t the draws they used to be?

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Enter Ranting's avatar

Looking forward to Lara Trump's residency in the Opera House.

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beb's avatar

Return the Rose Garden to it's original splendor.

Rebuilt the East Wing

Tear down that bloated whale of a ballroom

Tear down Trump's copy of the Arch de Triumphe.

And now restore the Kennedy Center to it's original state.

The next presidient sure has a lot to do besides Defunding ICE.

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"M"'s avatar

and fix the Lincoln Bathroom

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Enter Ranting's avatar

The demolition of all of Trump's architectural abortions will provide lots of jobs.

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PaulDietzel's avatar

And including that new latrine, just think how much used marble is going to be available at rock-bottom prices.

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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

The Kennedy Center used to echo with violins. Now it sounds like a mall food court waiting for Kid Rock to headline. You can almost hear Lincoln whisper, “I sat through Our American Cousin for this?”

Art doesn’t survive under dictatorships of taste. It withers into décor. Trump’s remodel isn’t revival; it’s embalming with marble and self-regard. You can polish the columns until they gleam like heaven, but if the stage reeks of grievance and gold leaf, no one’s buying a ticket.

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