Le Choy makes Chinese food sing American.
Xi
You very strange man, Le. (Turns to camera.) Well, off to Great Wall to play some handball, as Richard Gere would say.
Act Two
(The two presidents were sincere in having their women sort out the differences. Dete'ste is just a detour around De'tente, they tell each other, two hausfraus past their milk-and-honey glory days. To show the continuing goodwill and lack of chaos between the two nations they compare sweatshop conditions, Melania in an Amazon Fulfillment Center near DC, Peng showcases an Apple facility in Tiananmen Square. Mirror-like scenes, like in the Marx Brothers's movie Horse Feathers, but with Zoom screens instead of actual mirrors, in keeping with the parlance of our times.)
Scene 1
Melania
(Warming up her aria voice.) Won't you buy my sweet red roses? Two for a penny?
Peng
(Warming up her aria voice.) Won't you buy my sweet red Mao-tse book? Free this hour only.
Melania (Cued that Zoom is ready.)
Hello Peng.
Peng
Hello Mel.
Melania
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