rant · moment 20 of 23
Maduro's Dancing Makes Him a Bad Villain
from Pete Hegseth, War Crimes, & The Breakfast Rush | The Tim Dillon Show #473 · #473
2 min
Tim jokes that Maduro is hard to demonize as a villain because he dances and wears normal collared shirts, unlike ISIS's easily-hated aesthetic, undermining the propaganda effort against Venezuela.
- Latin America hasn't had a villain in a while, and it's hard to get mad at Maduro when he's dancing.
- Middle Eastern villains don't dance, making them easier to present as threats—ISIS in black robes is perfect casting, but Maduro in a collared shirt dancing doesn't fit the role.
- Americans aren't actually afraid of Venezuela or concerned about Maduro before bed.
- Tim explains how American foreign policy works: officials claim secret intelligence you don't have access to, justifying military action they need to sell to the public.