'The Comey Rule's' Donald Trump is a menace, not a cartoon. Here's how they did it

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Showtime's 'The Comey Rule' reimagines TV's most familiar character — Donald Trump — by replacing 'SNL'-style caricature with a more threatening presence.

As Barack Obama in “The Comey Rule” and Malcolm X in “One Night in Miami,” Kingsley Ben-Adir took on two larger-than-life figures — in overlapping shoots.Advertisement“things I know Trump has said for a fact,” said Ray, who based the script on Comey’s book “A Higher Loyalty” as well as transcripts of Trump’s speeches and the president’s social media statements.

“When I first heard his voice, it was one of the greatest moments of my career, in terms of relief and the sheer thrill factor,” Ray recalled of Gleeson, who worked with a vocal coach for two months to nail Trump’s timbre. “It’s not overdone; it’s just enough so that it’s the essence of the character, as Brendan does in all of his parts.”

Airing just weeks before the presidential election, Ray hopes the project highlights Comey’s plight and shows viewers “how heartbreaking it is to be a public servant.” And what if Trump himself tunes in? “I’m pretty sure it will wind up on his radar in some way, and I don’t imagine he’ll be too happy about it,” he said. “It’s really likely that I’m gonna get a mean nickname on Twitter. And I’ve already prepared my family that the IRS will probably do an audit on my taxes, and maybe the U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering my mail.“He has his fingers on a lot of red buttons, and it’s possible some of them will get directed at me,” he continued.

 

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No wonder we quit your paper years ago.

And you couldn’t wait to publish that nonsense.

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Losers!

Here's how they did it: They took the same fail crap they've used for the last 4 years, and recycled all of it.

Gleeson is too good looking. Donald looks more like a disgusting orange pig

The is now a publication that exclusively fights against the Republicans.

I almost would want to watch it for the guaranteed laughs. Almost. The attempts to make that weasel Comey seem honorable would probably be funny.

Good thing all this BS is fictitious. It would suck to tell the truth about it. But don't fret friends. The real movie and the truth is rolling right now. And you all get to watch.

You see, what they did was, they took all the incorrect media reporting or the last 3.5 years and turned it into a script. Creating the best parody that ever existed

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