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To: gridlock
From Roger Kimball's column today

I remember a story, ... from the late 1980s or early 1990s, that described some architects trying to instruct Donald Trump about the what was and wasn't good taste in the matter of architecture ornamentation. They had endeavored to save him from something like six-foot gilt letter "T"s in hotel lobbies. As I recall, their efforts were to no avail, much to the deliciously appalled appreciation of readers, who delighted in Trump's horrifying exhibitionism. (The essence of camp: it's good because it's so bad.)

That said, I want to emphasize that I do not object to Donald Trump's vulgarity. It may be the most appealing thing about him. His instinct for the ersatz, his embrace of the patina-glamor of the casino, is certainly the most genuine thing about him.

Donald Trump is all smoked glass and mirrors...

452 posted on 02/02/2016 6:54:19 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: gridlock

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Cracked mirrors now!
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463 posted on 02/02/2016 8:14:23 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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