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The US presidency, on screen

The US presidency, on screen

The US president is seemingly everywhere as a fictional character these days, but let's bring together some more recent developments in the sub-genre. First, a trailer for Bryan Cranston's depiction of LBJ in All The Way:

The latest season of House of Cards started screening on Netflix this month:

And here's a NSFW trailer for the new season of Veep (although the central character is no longer vice-president but president):  [fold]

Speaking of veeps, it's also worth mentioning the soon-to-be-released superhero blockbuster, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Here's a clip from the film in which Batman/Bruce Wayne, played by Ben Affleck, justifies his rage against Superman with a near-word-perfect quotation of Dick Cheney's 'One percent doctrine'. I might add, it's not the first time the Batman character has flirted with neo-conservatism:  




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