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The entrepreneur and political consultant, who
was fired from the White House after an 11-day stint a year ago,
lent his name to "The 1st Annual Trump Family Special," which
opens in New York on Sept. 13, saying that its "kernels of truth
make good satire."
"I think they'd find this very funny," Scaramucci said of the
first family at a news conference. "They know how to take a
joke."
Scaramucci and Trump do not appear in the sendup, whose
characters include the president's children Ivanka, Donald Jr.
and Eric, along with ex-wives Ivana Trump and Marla Maples, and
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Gina Gershon, best known for the title role in the kitsch movie
classic "Showgirls," will star as first lady Melania Trump in
the show modeled after old TV specials featuring such 1970s acts
as "The Osmonds," "The Brady Bunch" and "The Partridge Family."
Gershon, who has also acted as a kinky lesbian in "Bound" and
Donatella Versace, sister of assassinated designer Gianni
Versace, was a dead ringer for Mrs. Trump at the news
conference.
"It goes without saying that this show will be best," she said
as Melania Trump. "I think this would be a very, a be best, very
encouraging and lively show that shows the family exactly as
they are."
Lyrics from the show, which will run through December, comment
on headlines "written by the liberal fake news."
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Jill Serjeant and
Richard Chang)
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