Just like other modern presidents, Obama dished out the big two (London and Paris) to the big money donors. Muppet diplomacy.
At 47, Mr. Rivkin is the youngest American envoy in Paris in 56 years. His father was a well-regarded diplomat, but the son has carved out his place in life in Hollywood. And, of course, he raised over $500,000 for Barack Obama in Southern California last year, and the palatial residence on the swanky rue du Faubourg St.-Honoré is his reward.
To judge by a story from 2002, Mr. Rivkin may inject new and different life into the palatial but ritualized world of Parisian diplomacy.
In 2002, Mr. Rivkin, something of a Tinseltown wunderkind, was chief executive of the entertainment world’s Jim Henson Company. For a Christmas movie featuring the world-beloved Muppets, a Henson crew filmed Kermit and Snoop Dogg rapping together.
