John Oliver raced connoisseurs, collectors and hoarders to a sale of presidential wax replicas, and they’re going fast! I always miss the really great sales. What a terrific conversation piece, doorstop or Halloween decoration. Jon Stewart bought one, and John Oliver snagged five – including Warren G Harding.
If you think Harding wasn’t the most exciting selection, you clearly have not yet seen Oliver’s production of ‘Harding.’ In this beautifully produced and acted biographical short, we meet Harding the man, who was “consumed by a lust that wouldn’t weaken.” This President lived passionately – if woodenly, for moments of paradise stolen in a White House broom closet.
See it now! I mean now…Like right this minute, because it’s not coming to a theater near you; more’s the pity.