A review by calistareads
Mactrump: A Shakespearean Tragicomedy of the Trump Administration, Part I by Ian Doescher, Jacopo Della Quercia
4.0
I have fun reading Ian's work that he turns into plays in the Shakespearian style. He knows his Shakespeare for certain and he's so good writing in verse. Politics and Shakespeare go very well together. The histories or all about political intrigue and the War of the Roses.
Ian takes the first 2 years of the Trump presidency and turns this into a political game. Desdivanka is a Machiavellian mob boss in this practically. It really would be fun to see this put on stage. Trump is old and so MacTrump in the book is in constant need of a bathroom. Mctweet is a character that will tweet out messages to the kingdom. Rudy is the fool in this called Fooliani. All the names of people are changed into more Shakespeare characters names. One of the best is Stephen Miller is Gargamiller. There are lords and ladies and political fighting. It really does work very well I thought.
I will say, I am so tired of hearing about all this and I'm ready for it to just go away. Still, this is a new spin and it is funny and clever. My favorite line is: MacTrump says, "Thou art as useless as a Bible in a whorehouse." That tickled me. There are so many good references in here and Ian always pulls in famous Shakespeare quotes. AOC/Cleosandria gets the line = Friends, Romans(was changed), Countrymen, lend me your ears. I love getting those lines we know throne in. He will also throw in things people say in real life or tweets, even. It's very well done.
If a second part comes out, I will have to read that too. I've about read all Ian's stuff. I have a few more left.
Ian takes the first 2 years of the Trump presidency and turns this into a political game. Desdivanka is a Machiavellian mob boss in this practically. It really would be fun to see this put on stage. Trump is old and so MacTrump in the book is in constant need of a bathroom. Mctweet is a character that will tweet out messages to the kingdom. Rudy is the fool in this called Fooliani. All the names of people are changed into more Shakespeare characters names. One of the best is Stephen Miller is Gargamiller. There are lords and ladies and political fighting. It really does work very well I thought.
I will say, I am so tired of hearing about all this and I'm ready for it to just go away. Still, this is a new spin and it is funny and clever. My favorite line is: MacTrump says, "Thou art as useless as a Bible in a whorehouse." That tickled me. There are so many good references in here and Ian always pulls in famous Shakespeare quotes. AOC/Cleosandria gets the line = Friends, Romans(was changed), Countrymen, lend me your ears. I love getting those lines we know throne in. He will also throw in things people say in real life or tweets, even. It's very well done.
If a second part comes out, I will have to read that too. I've about read all Ian's stuff. I have a few more left.