2020 The Movie: D.C. through the Looking Glass

Have any of you seen this? I hadn’t until today.

And the title – “Through the Looking Glass”. Throwing it all in our faces – these actors. Are they acting? I don’t know – what I do know is many of these actors are allegedly part of the trafficking – including Depp – who we saw in recent months looking horrid – and yet he looks healthy in this. Replacement? I have disdain for such deception. Evil does that. Anyway, thought I would pass it along. It does appear to be backed by a conservative outlet and pokes at politics and journalism. That – I can appreciate.

By ARMOND WHITE

July 22, 2020 6:30 AM

More than a political campaign ad, 2020 The Movie, currently a YouTube sensation, assesses the state of Hollywood politics while simultaneously describing — devastating — the cast of characters in Washington, D.C.It looks like one of those typical Hollywood promotional ads, using the kind of video clips that actors make at press junkets, talking to an off-screen interviewer (usually a studio flack or one of the hoard of shills assigned to provide showbiz content for the entertainment segments of news programs around the world — a light industry in itself). The product being hyped in 2020 The Movie is an imaginary film about this election year, featuring popular franchise actors discussing their roles as familiar figures in the news. It teases us about how these politicians enter our imagination.

Switching the real for the pretend is the basis of the spot’s genius: Chris Hemsworth, frequently seen touting his role as Thor in the Marvel movies, is identified discussing his portrayal of President Trump. (“Whether you’re playing a god or a human or whatever, you just make it real.”) Jessica Walter, of TV’s Arrested Development, talks about impersonating Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (“She’s just so self-involved. She has no social graces, let’s put it that way, and she does a lot of horrible things.”). Kathy Bates, Oscar-winner for Misery, explains her imitation of Hillary Clinton. (“This crazy character — I wanted her to be a really despicable, and not very nice woman, definitely.”) Alan Cummings, Nightcrawler in the X Men franchise, breaks down his characterization as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. (“It was all a kind of a mistake that he believed in something that wasn’t actually true. He’s this kind of angry, nasty, scary person who lives in this horrible old boggy place.”)

Each skit (including seven others) does triple-duty. First, the facial resemblance between actors and politicos is uncanny. Then there’s the satire of movie-promotion blather that italicizes talking-point clichés. Plus, the speakers’ facile-sincere tone mocks 60 Minutes–style pseudo-interrogation. (This pomposity also infects the TV gossip format of Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Inside Edition, and TMZ, which all lately include political commentary.)

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