In his satirical essay 'My Dinner With Adolf,' Larry David parodies Bill Maher's recent dinner with President Trump, mocking the idea of finding common ground with controversial leaders. David's narrator, initially a fierce critic, agrees to dine with Hitler, only to be taken aback by his unexpected warmth and humor, challenging the notion that disagreement necessitates hatred. This satire suggests an absurd acceptance of extremist views, drawing attention to the troubling dynamics of political discourse as mirrored in Maher's experience with Trump, who was described as gracious during their encounter.
The dinner proves an eye-opening success, with the author much tickled by Hitler's jokes, struck by his warmth and humanity and impressed by his skills as an agony uncle.
Larry David closely mirrors Maher's tone, saying that one of his own jokes amused him to no end, and I realised I'd never seen him laugh before.
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