Finally, a Good Trump Movie
“There’s no doubt that director Ali Abbasi finds Donald Trump abhorrent, but The Apprentice doesn’t demonize him,” writes River Page for The Free Press. (via Apprentice Productions Ontario)
On-screen, the former president has always been depicted as either evil or a buffoon. But ‘The Apprentice’ makes him human.
Since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, he has been depicted on-screen many times, but never very well.
Alec Baldwin was inexplicably cast to play him on Saturday Night Live for the entirety of Trump’s presidency. But even if Baldwin had been capable of doing a good Trump impression—he isn’t—an actor is only as good as his script, and SNL writers hate and…
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