Now, what is humor? Humor is the denial of the metaphysical importance to that which you laugh at. A classical example: you see a snooty well-dressed dowager walking down the street, and she slips on a banana peel. What's supposed to be funny about it? It's the contrast of the woman's pretensions to reality. She acted very grand, but reality undercut her with a plain banana peel.
If it weren't for the adverse consequences occurring to us in the real world the misadventures of Barack Obama would actually be funny. If he were a fictional character The Big Zero could be the centerpiece of the a major comedy series. But because there are actual negative consequences to his real actions it is not at all funny.
The Big Zero series has to be cancelled.
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