Historians Alarmed By Trump’s Vaudevillian Tendencies

Lauren Salkin
Jul 24, 2017 · 3 min read

At a recent meeting of the Burlesque Historical Society, historians gathered to discuss the vaudevillian influence on the Trump presidency. “Because historians tend to obsess on the past,” explained Albert Keystone, the great, great grandson of one of the Keystone Cops you’ve never heard of.

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Dysfunctional wife, mother, loser of stuff. Making sense out of chaos. Writer of different genres and moods. #humor #satire #life #politics #writing #culture

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