READERS across the world are in stitches over the Sunday Herald's satirical TV listing of Trump’s inauguration.
Reviewer Damien Love’s piece in today’s paper previews President Trump’s inauguration – and it has caused a huge reaction across the globe.
He captures the world's mood before the screening in his Sunday Herald Scotland TV roundup.
In the copy, which is trending in America, he writes about the Donald Trump story as a box office style disaster movie.
Sunday Herald, @newsundayherald is now trending in United Stateshttps://t.co/bwjm4r5npQ pic.twitter.com/QYtgjpYKeG
— Trendsmap USA (@TrendsmapUSA) 15 January 2017
His summary of President Trump: The Inauguration reads: “The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president.”
He then describes it as a “feature-length opener” which concentrates on the “gaudy inauguration of President Trump”.
Love finishes with: “It’s a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into, if we’re not careful.”
The post has caused a reaction worldwide with social media users dubbing it as a “masterpiece” and the “the most brilliant TV listing ever conceived”.
We’ve posted some of our favourite online reactions below.
Check out the full preview here.
The Sunday Herald TV Section wins today. pic.twitter.com/OanCZdznGJ
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) 15 January 2017
@NeilMackay @newsundayherald Absolutely great. The best TV listing I have ever seen as journalist!
— Petra van Cronenburg (@buchfieber) 15 January 2017
For those who haven't yet seen this chillingly prescient preview of @realDonaldTrump #Inauguration program! https://t.co/1JRQbnXrXT
— #WorkingClassTories (@WorkClassTories) 15 January 2017
@NeilMackay @newsundayherald Classic, like peak Clive James (high praise indeed).
— Ian Slater (@isslater) 15 January 2017
@newsundayherald So much scarier than "The Man in The High Castle" 😱 pic.twitter.com/WKzcB6WZM6
— Dougie McDowall (@DouglasMcDowall) 15 January 2017
Quite the perfect preview by the Sunday Herald. If only it were really apotropaic fiction. #Trump https://t.co/dT9dqDs5Ow
— James Reynolds (@JimbobR01) 15 January 2017
"A nightmarish version of 2017". Utterly brilliant preview from The Sunday Herald of The Twilight Zone v2 aka Trump's inauguration. https://t.co/M0elicoSUk
— Joanne Allen (@joanneeallen) 15 January 2017
Génial. Le @newsundayherald annonce le retour de "Twilight Zone" dans un spécial télé vendredi prochain: pic.twitter.com/Ws0Y3ozqbu
— Pierre Martin (@pmartin_UdeM) 15 January 2017
#Trump #Inauguration, the @newsundayherald viewpoint. Superb trolling :-)
— Far Right Watch IMP (@Far_Right_Watch) 15 January 2017
HT to @StuartForbes1 :-) pic.twitter.com/evqTm9lbGZ
The Sunday Herald has a terrifying sense of humor https://t.co/d1xHmHS1ZC
— Naheed Phiroze Patel (@naheedppatel) 15 January 2017
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