In his Wall Street Journal column Daniel Henninger suggests that the Democrats in general and Nancy Pelosi in particular have been producing a great trilogy of movies, based on Star Wars:
The first episode was “The Russian Collusion Narrative†in which “Trump†conspires with the head of the Russian Empire to destroy American democracy. The second installment, taking up where the Mueller cliffhanger left us, was “Obstruction of Justice,†which after the “Collusion†blockbuster had a strikingly short run.
Then came the “Trump†trilogy’s final installment: “Impeachment,†with headliners Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler. The box office for “Impeachment†was awful, and it ended up getting 52 thumbs down in the U.S. Senate.
Like a Hollywood studio over-invested in sequels, the Democratic Party has bet the ranch and its chances of winning the presidency on the American people concluding from this saturation that they are in the grip of “Trump.†And that’s not going to change.
I agree with Scott Adams’s claim that Trump supporters and Trump haters are playing different movies in their heads. What movie are Trump supporters playing?
Braveheart.
High Noon
Stanley Kubrick got drunk one evening, went down to his vault, and spliced together pieces of the Batman Dark Night Trilogy, Clockwork Orange, Anchorman, The Departed and Boris Badinov and Road Runner cartoons.
Idiocracy
The question is what movie do Trump’s supporters see not what movie you see. I think that what they see is a sort of mash-up between Braveheart and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
The closest to what I see is something between The Last Hurrah and Sin City.
Let’s see, imperfect hero takes on corrupt mob run country?
Walking Tall.
Batman – power struggles, and fighting the entrenched evil factions. The principal highly misunderstood and vilified.
Clockwork Orange – The entrenched government interests employing police state strongarm thugs………and got caught. That’s you, Comey.
Anchorman – the truly stooge media. Truly.
The Departed – the supposed good guys are crooks. And vice versa. The complexity of real life.
Boris and Wylie – well…..