#188 In which we speak of the pompatus of film criticism

Nine-time Oscar nominee—and two-time winner—Robert Di Nero, commented publicly on the No Kings protests: “The original No Kings protest was 250 years ago.” The colonists fought to gain America's freedom, he said, and now Trump wants to end their Democracy. “We are rising up again this time, nonviolently raising our voices to declare No Kings.” 

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller responded with ad hominem Trumpianism: “Robert De Niro is a sad, broken old man who is mostly enraged because he hasn't made anything worth watching in at least 30 years. Probably the longest string of flops, failures, embarrassments. This man has been degrading himself on camera with one horrific film after another for my entire adult life and he is not taken seriously by anybody. Not by his family, friends, community. He is a shell of a man and everybody disregards everything he says.” ConstiToonies would suggest that Miller, apparently not much of a film buff, catch a screening of Killers of the Flower Moon, Amsterdam or The Irishman. 


Meanwhile, guitarist Steve Miller, who is not related to his MAGA namesake and who has no known affiliation with the White House despite allegedly living in the U.S.A., was unavailable for comment.





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