What Character in a Musical Most Resembles Trump?

[Jarethan]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:13am

I say Thenardier, with Billy Flynn being a second choice. I thought about one or two others, but decided that they were too smart for him to convincingly portray.

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:17am

A less intelligent Cladwell B. Cladwell.

A less compassionate Earthquake McGoon.

Senator Rawkins without the second act insight.

The music box in Phantom of the Opera.

Updated On: 4/23/20 at 11:17 AM

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:24am

Judge Turpin

[Jarethan]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:28am

KJisgroovy...I particularly like your last choice.

Updated On: 4/23/20 at 11:28 AM

[Jarethan]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:28am

Duplicate

Updated On: 4/23/20 at 11:28 AM

[Impossible2]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:32am

Dolly Levi

Anatol Kuragin

[Jarethan]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:40am

Impossible2 said: "Dolly Levi

Anatol Kuragin"

Why Dolly Levi?  She is a warm, lovable character.

[singer234]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:50am

Oh this is easy. Patrick Bateman.

[SharksVsJets]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:52am

Not a musical, but Ubu Roi.

[Marlothom]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:54am

Harold Hill during the number Trouble. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 11:56am

Norma Desmond's deceased monkey in SUNSET BLVD. 

[Impossible2]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 12:06pm

Jarethan said: "Impossible2 said: "Dolly Levi

Anatol Kuragin"

Why Dolly Levi? She is a warm, lovable character."

She's a con woman and manipulative sociopath.

Sorry you fell for it too x

[poisonivy2]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 12:14pm

The plant in Little SHop of Horrors.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 12:19pm

Lord Farquhard

[BCfitasafiddle]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 12:23pm

Buddy Fiddler in City of Angels?

Or Amy in Little Women.

Or Milky White in Into the Woods

Or the sand in Once on This Island.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 12:26pm

Hades in Hadestown.

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 12:43pm

Patrick Bateman is definitely the best one so far - both are great stand-ins for the violent, perpetually-forgiven systems of capitalism. I can't remember if or how it's quoted in the show, but the last paragraph from the book feels chillingly relevant:

"There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it I have now surpassed. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone, in fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape, but even after admitting this there is no catharsis, my punishment continues to elude me and I gain no deeper knowledge of myself; no new knowledge can be extracted from my telling. This confession has meant nothing."

The main difference is that Trump has killed many more people.

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 12:59pm

J. Bruce Ismay in Titanic, who didn't listen to the experts when he insisted on increasing the ship's speed, then blamed them when it hit the iceberg.

Updated On: 4/23/20 at 12:59 PM

[raddersons]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 1:28pm

Relevant Candide content: https://youtu.be/ze0BKeO1Tns?t=94

[rattleNwoolypenguin]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 1:29pm

Cinderella’s Prince minus the handsomeness.

“If he’s been crushed well then there’s nothing any of us
can do about that now is there?”

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 1:31pm

The Governor in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

[darquegk]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 1:49pm

When I played Farquaad for a second time in 2019, there were multiple lines that we had to stop in rehearsal and say "believe it or not, this isn't a topical Trump reference."

[Ftworthguy]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 2:27pm

Prof. Callahan in "Legally Blonde"  

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 2:46pm

Mr. Cladwell.

[ImaginaryManticore]

Posted: 4/23/20 at 2:47pm

Michael Wormwood in Matilda.

He's the one on the right. Mr Wormwood on the left is Fox News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVSQroFwj1k&t=1m20s