Doctor Who viewers were over the moon when the show's newest Doctor Ncuti Gatwa shared a snap of himself alongside Peter Capaldi.
07.11.2022 - 16:57 / deadline.com
When Herschel Walker wrapped up a campaign appearance several weeks ago, TV news cameras caught a man in sunglasses, briefly conversing with the U.S. Senate candidate as he tried to hand him a lengthy strip of condoms.
It was soon apparent that it was a gag and, generating at least two million views on Twitter, one of the more successful pranks executed by The Good Liars, the comedy duo of Jason Selvig and Davram Stiefler who, since the Occupy protests of 2011, have specialized in infiltrating campaign events and, as best as they can, interacting with candidates and their supporters.
Their satire is largely focused on the right. They have irritated Donald Trump by heckling him for being “boring.” They have performed an “exorcism” on Ted Cruz. This cycle, Stiefler interrupted a campaign event for J.D. Vance, running for U.S. Senate in Ohio, asking for a refund for Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy. Campaign aides quickly escorted him away. “Just $16.99 plus tax,” Stiefler shouted at Vance. “It just wasn’t that good.”
The Brooklyn-based comics certainly are not the first to mine the campaign trail to skewer real-life absurdities. Comedy Central’s The Daily Show perfected it, most recently led by Jordan Klepper and his series of specials, while Sacha Baron Cohen has taken it a step further with the Borat movies.
The Good Liars produced movies for the past two presidential cycles — Undecided: The Movie in 2016 and The Supporters in 2020— in which they interacted with candidates and political figures on both sides of the aisle. During a primary town hall in 2020, Selvig asked Joe Biden for advice on how to get his ex wife back. When Biden told him that he’d talk to him afterward, Selvig pressed further. “I’m beginning to see
Doctor Who viewers were over the moon when the show's newest Doctor Ncuti Gatwa shared a snap of himself alongside Peter Capaldi.
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