Evan Prodromou
So, Donald Trump talks about "the late, great Hannibal Lecter" in his speeches. I know; it's weird.
I've only seen "Silence of the Lambs", but I'm pretty sure there's a sequel and a TV show.
My question: is Hannibal Lecter dead in-universe? Is it reasonable to call him "late"?
Evan Prodromou
@zoomar the Wikipedia article doesn't mention a death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter?wprov=sfla1
Thank you!
David Wahl
@evan The TV series' ambiguous ending could be read as a death, but I think it was really a "we're not sure if we're going to get renewed, so let's have characters take a jump." The novels end with Lecter victorious.
Evan Prodromou
@zoomar the series finale sounds awesome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrath_of_the_Lamb?wprov=sfla1
And some of my favourite actors are in it. I don't usually like horror but I might give this a try.
Evan Prodromou
@zoomar anyway, I'm going to make the call that it's not entirely ridiculous to call him "the late Hannibal Lecter." Although it's otherwise weird as hell to bring him up in political speeches especially in a positive way.
Evan Prodromou
@zoomar ohhhhhhhh
That at least has some internal logic.
David Wahl
@evan Yeah, it's very weird. I think the person who said he's associating "political asylum" with "insane asylum" to make people think that we're allowing thousands of Hannibal Lecters to cross the border.
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