Film Historian Admits: Hollywood Antiheroes Made Trump Possible
A celebrated British film historian has dropped a bombshell that will make liberals squirm. David Thomson, author of the legendary Biographical Dictionary of Film, argues that decades of Hollywood glorifying gangsters and criminals paved the way for Donald Trump's presidency. And he's not apologizing for it.
How Did Hollywood Create Trump?
Thomson, 85, told The Hollywood Reporter that the Corleones from The Godfather, Tony Soprano from The Sopranos, and Walter White from Breaking Bad all helped normalize the idea of a gangster as a leader. He says Trump acts like he's in a movie, specifically a version of The Godfather. 'The emperor as a gangster,' Thomson <