Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemind you of anyone?
Back to the Future Writer: Biff Tannen Is Based on Donald Trump
Theres a very specific analog between Biff Tannen, the bully and bad guy in almost every timeline in Back to the Future Part II, and a certain political figure who is rather popular in the United States right now. Hes been handed the keys to fortune, hes unrepentantly used that fortune exclusively for himself, and hes even become a public advocate for plastic surgery for women in his family.
We thought about (trump) when we made the movie! Are you kidding? (Bob Galewriter) says. You watch Part II again and theres a scene where Marty confronts Biff in his office and theres a huge portrait of Biff on the wall behind Biff, and theres one moment where Biff kind of stands up and he takes exactly the same pose as the portrait? Yeah.
Of course, in the movie, Biff uses the profits from his 27-story casino (the Trump Plaza Hotel, completed in 1984, is 37 floors, by the way) to help shake up the Republican Party, before eventually assuming political power himself, helping transform Hill Valley, California, into a lawless, dystopian wasteland, where hooliganism reigns, dissent is quashed, and wherein Biff encourages every citizen to call him Americas greatest living folk hero. ...
Of course, in Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly and Doc Brown fix it all just in the nick of time. They save themselves and America from Donald Tr Biff Tannen
https://www.thedailybeast.com/back-to-the-future-writer-biff-tannen-is-based-on-donald-trump
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
6 replies, 2663 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (34)
ReplyReply to this post
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Remind you of anyone? (Original Post)
denem
Feb 2020
OP
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,616 posts)4. Well, we'd all like Trump to make a like a tree
and get outta here.
denem
(11,045 posts)5. "it's leave, you idiot" :)
Dagstead Bumwood
(3,616 posts)6. BTTF 2 has its faults
but that scene is not one of them