Chris is trying to pack as many theater shows as he can into our winter, so today, we went to see Mope, a play at the Ensemble Studio Theater about the LA porn industry and the “losers” called “mopes” in it. The play was quite sad, actually, as it depicted a very sexist and ignorant white man who helps his black male friend get into the porn industry, and this friend ends up becoming far more successful than he is. He blames his failures on being a white man in an industry where white men are not appreciated enough because their penises are not as large as black men’s, and apparently we all know that everyone wants to see a big black penis in porn. He claims that black men are taking away the white men’s roles in the porn industry, and it has nothing to do with his talent or ability that he hasn’t done well for himself.

This made me sad because it reminded me of all the white Trump voters who claim that immigrants and people of color are taking away their jobs, that there’s an attack on white people in this country. This country is a country of immigrants, so what makes a white person feel more entitled to any job than an immigrant or child of immigrants, or someone who doesn’t have white skin? Trevor, the main white character of this show, would definitely have voted for Trump. What a mope.