![]() ![]() ![]() Nonetheless, I remain fascinated, especially on the eve of the next presidential election, how the most talked-about blockbuster of 2016 turned out to be the most authoritative commentary on the tremendous political tragedy of our time. Bad movies (like Prometheus or Wild Wild West) can have good ideas and of-the-moment insights, while great movies (like Zero Dark Thirty or The Devil’ s Advocate) can have bad ideas, easily misconstrued commentary or icky topical subtexts. That’s especially true since the version that played in theaters was inferior to the one that debuted on Blu-ray and VOD just months later, ironically just before the Democratic convention. That Dawn of Justice became a sneak preview of the 2016 presidential election does not make it a better movie. The critically-panned Batman v Superman (which still earned $330 million domestic and $873 million worldwide) was closer to the zeitgeist than the better-received (and more successful) Captain America: Civil War ($408 million domestic and $1.156 billion worldwide). The curtain closed with flawed ally lying dead in battle and the real menace, Lex Luthor, scoring a game-changing victory that would unleash hellish armies from another world. Batman and Superman’s mutual ability to see each other not as an imperfect (super) friend but as a deadly enemy led to utter failure. That’s especially true for those who believe that Sanders’ relative stubbornness during the 2016 primary race and his (comparative) reluctance to come out swinging in Clinton’s favor in the general election was one of many factors in Clinton’s shocking electoral college defeat. But, call it correlation or (relative) causation, it was too late to save the day.ĭawn of Justice provides a weird through the looking glass replay. Just as the Dark Knight Detective and the Man of Steel realized the error of their conflict and teamed up right at the end, so did Sanders eventually go all-in in supporting Clinton in the general election. The primary is arguably supposed to be a glorified street fight between leaders who generally share similar political philosophies until a victor emerges battle-tested and more prepared for the general election. That’s especially true when you factor foreign interference, voter suppression and voter apathy). That’s not to say that the 63 million people who voted for Donald Trump in the general election, most of whom were Republicans voting for the Republican candidate and/or were motivated by old-school racism and sexism, were the responsibility of the that year’s rival contender for the Democratic nomination. The overriding narrative, one espoused by (among many others who should have known better) Susan Sarandon, was that Clinton was no better than Trump and, in fact, might be worse. We saw this during the Democratic convention when hacked-and-leaked DNC emails, filled with off-the-cuff moments of grownups having grownup conversations about the ongoing election, bolstered the narrative that Clinton had cheated her way to a primary victory and that the Democratic National Committee had “rigged” the primary process in her favor. We saw this in the infamous scenes of Sanders supporters throwing money at Clinton as she arrived at a fundraiser. Yet during that grim summer of 2016, as Donald Trump easily won the Republican nomination and Bernie Sanders seemed almost reluctant to endorse (let alone campaign for) the eventual Democratic nominee, we saw life imitating art before our very eyes. Phoenix New Orleans Baton Rouge Break Daily High Temperature Records Here s Where Else Daily Records Have Fallen ![]()
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