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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 21 december 2018
Stephen Colbert: Trump spoof book 'Whose Boat' wrote itself

NEW YORK (AP) — For Ste- dren's book."
phen Colbert and his "Late With illustrations by Audro
Night" staff, the best-selling Buneta and John Henry,
spoof "Whose Boat Is This "Whose Boat Is This Boat?"
Boat?" essentially wrote it- looks like a bedtime sto-
self. ry, albeit one that ends
Because all of the words with the message "There is
are by President Donald no moral." Defining it has
Trump, who is billed as the proved challenging: On
author "by accident." The The New York Times best-
picture book's title and seller charts, it appears un-
contents were inspired der "Advice, How-to & Mis-
by Trump's disjointed re- cellaneous."
sponse last September to "We should be on the non-
Hurricane Florence, which fiction list," Colbert said. "I
struck North Carolina and smell a rat."
South Carolina, where Col- According to a Times
bert grew up. spokesperson, "The book
"If you love Trump, you'll was placed on the advice,
love this book because how-to and miscellaneous
every word in it is exactly list where many books that
what he said," Colbert, for defy easy categorization
whom the president has have ranked. It's a great
been prime comic mate- achievement being on this
rial, said during a recent highly competitive list for six
interview with The Associat- weeks, including a week at
ed Press. "And if you're anti- No. 1, and we wish Stephen
Trump you'll love this book were happier about it."
because every word in it is This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "Whose Boat Is This Boat?: Comments That Colbert said the book is for
exactly what he said." Don't Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane," by The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. "children of all ages," one
"Whose Boat Is This Boat? Associated Press that appeals to kids be-
Comments That Don't Help cause it's "pretty to look at,
in the Aftermath of a Hur- ceeds and from the pub- tual. It began after Trump boat just came here," he no nudity, no violence" and
ricane" has sold hundreds lisher, Simon & Schuster. visited New Bern, North said. Other comments in- one that shows adults how
of thousands of copies and Books can take years from Carolina, and was preoc- cluded "At least you got a "our president responds"
raised more than $1.25 mil- conception to publica- cupied with a yacht that nice boat out of the deal" to natural disasters. The
lion for such charities as tion, but "Whose Boat Is This had landed in a resident's and "Have a good time!" book is billed as "an excel-
Foundation for the Caro- Boat?" was essentially writ- backyard. "Late Show" staff writer lent teaching tool" that
linas and World Central ten in 24 hours and within "To see what we're seeing Emmy Blotnick heard lets readers learn "about
Kitchen. The contributions six weeks was already on — this boat. I don't know Trump's remarks and said, empathy by process of
come from author pro- shelves, physical and vir- what happened, but this "That sounds like a chil- elimination."q

Banksy's new artwork in Wales: A comment on air pollution?

Associated Press The video then pans up to polluted town in the U.K.
LONDON (AP) — Street art- show the nearby Tata Steel were wrong. It said Port Tal-
ist and social commenta- plant, which looms over the bot's air pollution actually
tor Banksy has apparently Welsh town. measured 9.6853 micro-
popped up in Wales, leav- "They've not dropped a grams, just under half the
ing a new artwork on a Banksy on us, have they?" figure it originally gave the
garage in Port Talbot that a man asks on the video, town and below the World
references the town's air which is captioned: "Sea- Health Organization guide-
pollution. son's greetings." line of 10 micrograms.
A video posted to his offi- Rachel Honey-Jones, 33, Still, black dust from the
cial Instagram account on who lives the other side of town's steelworks covered
Wednesday afternoon had Swansea Bay, said an artist houses, cars and pets in
close-ups of the piece. friend of hers was tipped off July, a possible inspiration
With the children's song about the artwork's loca- for the artwork.
"Little Snowflake" as a tion and stayed overnight Council workers erected
soundtrack, the video to guard it. metal fencing around the
shows images painted on "It's amazing, an incredible garage on Wednesday to
two garage walls that form addition to Port Talbot," protect the artwork.
a right angle. On one side, Honey-Jones said. An artwork by street artist and social commentator Banksy is "People have already
seen on a garage in Port Talbot, Wales, Wednesday Dec. 19,
a child appears to be play- The owner of the garage, 2018. taken sledgehammers to
ing in the falling snow, stick- Ian Lewis, 55, a steelwork- Associated Press it and tried to throw paint
ing his tongue out for snow- er for Tata Steel, said he on it," said Honey-Jones. "It
flakes. The other side re- first saw the piece when probably chosen for the World Health Organization will bring visitors and trade
veals that the "snow" is ac- images spread on Face- Banksy work due to news apologized after it admit- and tourism to the county,
tually falling ash and smoke book on Tuesday evening. headlines about the town's ted that figures identify- so it really does need to be
from a fire in a dumpster. He said Port Talbot was air pollution. In May, the ing Port Talbot as the most protected."q