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Related: About this forumDonald Trump has entered the Norma Desmond phase of his presidency.
Biden is stealing the spotlight. Trump can't stand it.
Desmond, you'll recall, was the character at the heart of Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder's classic 1950 film noir a has-been silent movie star pining for the long-gone attention of the masses, living in a crumbling-but-ostentatious mansion, given company mostly by the sycophants and enablers on her payroll, scheming constantly about how to return to the spotlight. When it becomes clear that will not happen, that she has been living out a fantasy, she lashes out destructively.
And at the end, when it comes time for her to leave her mansion, Desmond is convinced to do so only when promised that she is, at long last, taking center stage once again.
"You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!" she says, gazing ostentatiously into the lens. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
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All this ridiculousness can be understood if you realize that Trump is doing more than just trying to keep a job he can barely be bothered to do (over the weekend he skipped out early on a virtual gathering of world leaders, after he had spoken, but before a session on the COVID-19 pandemic). Like Desmond, he can feel the spotlight slipping away, and cannot bear to give it up. - The Week
Desmond, you'll recall, was the character at the heart of Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder's classic 1950 film noir a has-been silent movie star pining for the long-gone attention of the masses, living in a crumbling-but-ostentatious mansion, given company mostly by the sycophants and enablers on her payroll, scheming constantly about how to return to the spotlight. When it becomes clear that will not happen, that she has been living out a fantasy, she lashes out destructively.
And at the end, when it comes time for her to leave her mansion, Desmond is convinced to do so only when promised that she is, at long last, taking center stage once again.
"You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!" she says, gazing ostentatiously into the lens. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
-snip-
All this ridiculousness can be understood if you realize that Trump is doing more than just trying to keep a job he can barely be bothered to do (over the weekend he skipped out early on a virtual gathering of world leaders, after he had spoken, but before a session on the COVID-19 pandemic). Like Desmond, he can feel the spotlight slipping away, and cannot bear to give it up. - The Week
Spotlight and prison for him and his evil mobsters.
Hello President-elect Joe Biden! Steal the spotlight PLEASE!
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Donald Trump has entered the Norma Desmond phase of his presidency. (Original Post)
ffr
Nov 2020
OP
Unlike Norma, Trump is crippling a nation dealing with a pandemic and other major issues
anneboleyn
Nov 2020
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tblue37
(64,980 posts)1. Or the O.J. in the Bronco stage.
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)4. LOL!
amb123
(1,576 posts)2. Or Adolf Hitler in the bunker stage.
tblue37
(64,980 posts)6. Or the drunk Nixon talking to the White House paintings stage.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)7. Unlike Norma, Trump is crippling a nation dealing with a pandemic and other major issues
because he only cares about himself and hasnt an ounce of grace. How any of the trumpers still believe he cares about them at all in any way is amazing denial and cult behavior.