1. A few thoughts on Martin Scorsese, the tri-state douchebag as a character type & Anthony Scaramucci.
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2. Scorsese's core films (Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Casino, Wolf of Wall Street) are all about a particular type: the tri-state douchebag.
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3. Tri-state douchebag (TSD) is hyper-masculine, anti-intellectual, borderline criminal or criminal. Often in Wall Street or the mafia
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4. Scorsese's movies are a series of brilliant satires on the type. Unfortunately, there has been a regrettable feed-back effect.
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5. The TSD doesn't understand satire so sees Scorsese's films & thinks the characters being satirized are cool & worth emulating.
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6. So guys like Scaramucci take Goodfellas or Wolf of Wall Street as models for how to behave: art & reality are not parallel but converge.
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7. Here's my larger analysis of Scaramucci as tri-state douchebag:https://newrepublic.com/article/144103/trump-mooch-rise-new-york-douchebag …
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Is the tri-state douchebag literally evolved from Scaramouchepic.twitter.com/BSuLxUZcF3
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There is a long tradition, yes.
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