Bob Roberts (1992) is on. Holy crap, it's virtually the story of Trump's rise, rhetoric and all!!!

[anneboleyn]

I haven't watched the film in many years, and I know it was groundbreaking when it was released in 1992. I am watching it on epix right now. It is a mockumentary of a conservative Wall Street millionaire folk singing "rebel" who is running for the senate. Every single slogan used by the Bob Roberts campaign is the SAME as crap put out by Trump and his minions, including dumb statements about being a winner, losing is for poor people, the media is satanic, God hates liberals, make America great again, etc etc. Of course some of it is just making fun of conservative platitudes, but seriously watching it now in light of the Trump campaign is positively uncanny. Tim Robbins is great as Bob Roberts, and so is the much missed Alan Rickman in his role as the shadowy campaign manager. Roberts is called a "master of pushing racist and sexist buttons"

(Paraphrase of one of his arguments): "Why don't you have a mansion? Why don't you have that fast sports car? Because of social programs that waste money on ungrateful looosers..."

[sweetloukillbot]

1. Don't forget Jack Black as his Nazi fan n/t

[anneboleyn]

2. Yes, I think it was his first film appearance. He does a great job.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. I've never heard of this movie

It must be funny if Jack Black is in it. I'll add it to my Netflix queue.

[sweetloukillbot]

6. It's uncomfortably black comedy.

Some of it is a bit over-the-top in its characterizations of the right wing, especially with the folk songs, but not too much.

[unblock]

3. i just loved the mobile trading floor in lieu of a fundraising operation

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. I have often wondered why they used the name Bob Roberts..

I know someone who is very, very, near - and dear to me - his name is Bob Roberts..I even wrote his name in on my ballot where there was an opportunity -

We have the movie, of course, Bob Roberts..in our collection - gee, I wonder why...LOL