Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz (Avid Reader Press), a trailer created by Alexandra Borowitz, the author's daughter, who answered a few questions about trailers and the book:
You created the original book trailer for Profiles in Ignorance last year. What was your approach to updating the trailer for the paperback?
I wanted to keep the same theme--basically, there's a "clown car" of idiots in our current government--while refreshing the video with people currently in the news to reflect the updated book. Unfortunately, Marjorie Taylor Greene is constantly finding new ways to annoy us, so I assume if there are any more trailers, she'll be in those, too.
How did you choose the images you used?
Boring answer, but I was limited to images in the public domain. But, in a way, I think that works. I find the funniest photo of George Santos to be his official government portrait because you know he's a massive clown, and it weirdly shows through the best in a conventional photo of him.
Authors and publishers sometimes find the task of creating a book trailer daunting. But you created each of these trailers in a day. Do you have a secret? Sorcery?
It helps that my dad had a good idea of what he wanted to do. My dad and I are obviously very close and I understand the vision he's going for, and he's very clear about the message he wants to send, so I consider it pretty easy to put something together.