Michael Shannon is a superb actor. He’s been around for awhile but broke through after his memorable performance in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. In a new interview over at RogerEbert.com, the acclaimed actor talks about this election and his feelings and thoughts about the people willing to vote for Donald Trump.
Q: Can you make sense of any of that for me—how Trump was elected?
Yeah, I’ll tell you how to make sense of it: This country’s filled with ignorant jackasses. The big red dildo running through the middle of our country needs to be annexed to be its own country of moronic assholes. You can call it the United States of Moronic Fucking Assholes.
Ah. That felt good. Shannon goes on to say he thinks it’s people with nothing to lose setting the world on fire and it’s the end of civilization! I don’t know if I agree with that, but the drama is cathartic and the first part is kinda true.