After five long years, the Kennedy Center Honors are finally back in full force. How can we be sure? Because almost no one mentioned its return to normal during a weekend of festivities that culminated Sunday in a slightly more than three-hour ceremony celebrating five new honorees.
Really, the only mention of the past five years at the 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors, which will be broadcast Dec. 28 on CBS, came from Sacha Baron Cohen. While speaking in character as fictional Kazakh journalist Borat, the actor/comedian made remarks that arguably stretched the audience’s comfort zone: “I’m told president of U.S. and A. is here. Where are you, Mr. Trump?” Wait, Borat? We’ll get to him. We promise.
