The Rahm identity shines through in 'Chicago Fire'    • Pin It
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(Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune / October 5, 2012)  This is not
a political story.  This is a story about acting and the thin
line between a performance and a public face. This is about
aesthetics. Please do not read any ideological argument into the
following or take what I am about to say as cynicism or
ascertain any latent snark. Conversely, this should not be read
as a show of support.  I am without guile here, but is it me or
does it ever strike you that Rahm Emanuel is a big-city mayor
who looks like some part of him is also playing the role of a
big-city mayor? As if, in a head-spinning, meta-reality twist,
whenever the mayor steps before a camera he can't help but
picture himself starring in a film about a mayor? You know, the
way some people say they leave their bodies and watch themselves
from the ceiling?  Next time you see him on TV, watch: He's the
mayor, he's talking, n