The world is gearing up for Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, and many of us don’t know what to expect.
The TV reviewer of the New Sunday Herald had quite a good idea though, and wrote this biting and hilarious preview.
The Sunday Herald TV guide on the inauguration of @realDonaldTrump … pic.twitter.com/R5zc6cLdK4
— sunday herald (@newsundayherald) January 15, 2017
“After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns with one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial productions in broadcast history,” the review said.Damien Love, the reviewer who wrote it, called the inauguration a “huge interactive virtual reality project” and concluded that it was “a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into, if we’re not careful”.The Herald’s editor, Neil Mackay, tweeted out a photo of the piece asking people to share so the Donald himself would see it.
I would like the good people of the world to help me get @realDonaldTrump to read this from today's Sunday Herald. Love from Scotland x pic.twitter.com/krThc5rKw5
— NeilMackay (@NeilMackay) January 15, 2017
Multiple versions of the tweet were retweeted tens of thousands of times each.George Takei, the campaigner and actor, and Seth MacFarlane, star of Family Guy, both tweeted out the picture, praising the paper.
Thanks @kristygee for sharing this– from Scotland's Sunday Herald TV listings: pic.twitter.com/CJXURRj6tk
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) January 16, 2017
The Sunday Herald TV Section wins today. pic.twitter.com/OanCZdznGJ
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 15, 2017
English singer Billy Bragg posted the review on Facebook, which was then shared over 134,000 times.
This is brilliant. From today’s Scottish Sunday This is brilliant. From today’s Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide – a preview of the Trump inauguration
People were loving it.
"A nightmarish version of 2017". Utterly brilliant preview from The Sunday Herald of The Twilight Zone v2 aka Trump's inauguration. https://t.co/M0elicoSUk
— Joanne Allen (@joanneeallen) January 15, 2017
Quite the perfect preview by the Sunday Herald. If only it were really apotropaic fiction. #Trump https://t.co/dT9dqDs5Ow
— James Reynolds (@JimbobR01) January 15, 2017
Others worried for the safety of Scotland, given the power Trump will have from Friday.
The award for trolliest TV Guide listing ever goes to Scotland's Sunday Herald….brilliant!!! Unfortunately now Trump will invade Scotland pic.twitter.com/Msk9Wc659v
— Scott Wryn (@scottwrynn) January 15, 2017
There’s no sign that Trump’s seen the review yet, but given his habit of tweeting out constant criticism of US comedy show SNL and news channel CNN, we could expect him to tweet his own damning review of the Scottish paper soon enough.If you want to watch the inauguration and pretend it’s just a reboot of a popular 60s sci-fi horror, it’s on BBC One at 4pm on Friday.
