The Hollywood ‘Counter-Programming’ to the Fights At the White House Was Pathetic
Derek Hunter
5–6 minutes
I’m not a fan of the UFC, and I mean UFC in the way “Kleenex” is used for tissue. I like boxing – a structured fight – more than men grappling half the time. Women wrestling, sure, men? Not so much.
That said, I know it’s wildly popular. And while submissions and almost breaking someone’s arm for 3 minutes is boring to me, I’m in a distinct minority. That’s why the South Lawn at the White House was overrun Sunday night with fans, and the ellipse was shoulder to shoulder to watch in on big screens.
I admit, it was a hell of a show. The cinematography and staging was amazing – the flyover was insane, and the marching from inside the White House to the octagon was epic. You didn’t have to be a fan to be in awe of it all.
I watched it, mostly. It was on and l would pay attention for stretches from time to time, but something else caught my attention at the same time for the exact opposite reasons as the fights.
In New York City, a group of America-hating leftists got together and soiled themselves over the existence of the UFC event and, well, the existence of Donald Trump. You’d think with the “star power” available to the left they’d be able to bring someone on stage with a verified pulse, or at least an active career, but nope. It was the walking dead…without interesting zombies.
Jane Fonda. No offense to Vietnam veterans, who rightly despise Hanoi Jane, but no one under 40 knows who the hell she is. I can recall one movie in the last however long it has been, the one with Jennifer Lopez, the name of which I can’t remember and don’t want her name in my search history so I refuse to actually Google it. Other than that, she’s “an old actress,” if people know her at all.
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