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‘Dave’ Predicted the Biden Debacle
Kevin Kline stars in the 1993 Warner Bros film, ‘Dave.’ (Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)
In the Nineties film, the president ends up comatose, and his chief of staff secretly hires a body double. These days, the plot feels eerily familiar.
By Kat Rosenfield
07.08.24 — Culture and Ideas
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Kat Rosenfield
Kat Rosenfield is a culture writer at The Free Press and author of five novels, including the Edgar-nominated No One Will Miss Her. Prior to joining The Free Press, she was a reporter at MTV News and a columnist at UnHerd, where she wrote about American culture and politics. Her work has also appeared in Vulture, Playboy, The Boston Globe, and Reason, among others.
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