Trump Films (the Best Films)

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There's alotta Trump stuff in the last two seasons (4+5) of Broad City. They even postponed the shooting of the fourth season (which IIRC was supposed to be shot in late '16 immediately after the election) so they could rewrite episodes and add plotlines.

Haven't seen it. On the whole, when you throw in The Morning Show (an important Jan. 6-related subplot) and (arguable, I know) Succession, my sense is that TV has been more attentive to Trump than the movies. TV's more suitable to the here and now--it may take movies a few years to process everything and catch up. (But I've no doubt missed some relevant films, too.)

clemenza, Sunday, 26 May 2024 19:54 (three weeks ago) link

One of the nice things about the Broad City Trump material was that it wasn't exactly Big Picture stuff: a lot of it was humorous lamenting of circumstances. There was a larger arc in S4 where one of the leads (who, incidentally, volunteered for and met Hillary Clinton in an earlier episode) has a unique, pleasure-blocking depression she finally traces back to Election Day '16, and it worked as a great metaphor for Trump PTSD.


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