The disgraced and despised British entertainer’s distinctive look is trending among some film fans on TikTok. Should somebody tell them what he did?

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    In the US and Canada, however, the reference appears to be lost on some fans of the franchise […] seemingly unaware of the real-life Savile scandal that inspired them.

    I’m not that optimistic. Plenty of US people would lean in all the more if they found out Savile had been “cancelled by the woke mob and ugly women angry at every harmless catcall”.

      • abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        Savile made Trump look like a saint. Jimmy Savile raped ~500 children and a number of corpses. If Trump got to that number I’d be surprised.

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          24 hours ago

          I think you’re underestimating him. In th Epstein files there’s a tip called into the FBI by a woman who claims that Trump and her uncle went out on a boat with her and drowned the baby she had with him. Given all the other rape accusations and his penchant for walking in to young girls dressing rooms at pageants…