Discussion: Mandy Patinkin: Ted Cruz Is Missing The Ethos Of 'The Princess Bride'

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Did he missed his calling, doing cheesy movie impersonations?

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I hope he doesn’t mind this guy using his lines… well, almost.

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No. Bet the farm he would.
Cruz didn’t even cop the takeaway from Green Eggs & Ham!.

jw1

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“President Cruz”

Think about what that means…

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There are so many similarities…

In Sunday in the Park with George Mandy played a famous pointillist.

Cruz is famous for his pointlessness.

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As pointed out above, he suits ROUS better than POTUS.

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(shudder!!!) I can’t even imagine how violated Mandy must feel having Ted’s face photoshopped over his…kinda like e-crabs or something.

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I learn something new and revolting about Raphael every day.

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Appropriation or False Light might be suitable claims to bring against Cruz, who really should know since he’s a lawyer himself.

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I have to give Cruz a little credit, remembering all the lines from Princess Bride is probably healthier than my remembering a lot of the lines from Full Metal Jacket.

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I dunno Bill.
From what I’ve gathered you’ve lived that reality–
where Cruz’ recitations of fantasy seem to be twisted 180° from their intended meanings.

jw1

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So he can remember a few lines from a fun movie. They’re not even done well - Senator Cruz the adolescent.
I can recite to him a favorite Terminator line, and it’s not “I’ll be back”.

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I always wondered why Cruz had six fingers on his right hand

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Not surprising. The underlying moral of “Green Eggs and Ham” also escaped Teddy C.

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Senator Cruz, the Constitution, I do not think it means what you think it means.

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The more clever sociopaths will mimic popular culture in order to pass as normal human beings. The more extreme the pathology, the less successful they’ll be.

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Wonder if “Sneeches” would have had an effect ?..?.. never mind —

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I doubt he got the point of the Lorax either. In fact, I have a feeling that Cruz closely identifies with the Zax. (The video is never as good as the story, but for those who haven’t read the story, this will do just fine.)

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I wonder how much the actors were paid to sit there and laugh .

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He just needs to show up in costume and challenge Cruz.

“Hello! I am Mandy Patinkin. You are killing my character. Prepare to debate!”