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How would interpretations be different if Clinton won in 2016?

posted 5 years ago by Sidha108 (2688)
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This movie would have been written and filmed before the results of the 2016 US Presidential election and the filmmakers likely assumed Hillary would become President and thus likely had the film intended for audience who would have experienced the first year of Hillary Clinton’s presidency. Some things that would likely be interpreted differently in the alternate universe in which Clinton is president in 2017:

- the fat red-haired First Order general who is killed in the beginning would represent Trump losing the 2016 election
- Holdo and how she is put in charge of the Resistance would be seen as an analogy for Clinton and her becoming president
- Poe’s distrust of Holdo would be seen as the Republican’s distrust of Clinton and not willing to work with her
- Leia defending Holdo and her leadership would be seen as the left defending President Clinton and why she is the right person to be in charge despite her shortcomings

I’m sure there are other interpretations that can be made but these comes to mind.

[–] BurningSun (717) 5 years ago

This is top tier satire of how politically obsessed and oblivious conservative internet users are to media. Let me try:

Actually I don’t remember a single thing about this movie so I can’t contribute anything.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17860) 5 years ago

I'm not denying Johnson's political leanings, since he's open about them, but that's a long walk for most of these. Except Holdo, since that's on the nose.

[–] uridon2 (184) 5 years ago

if trump had lost, I can guarantee the movie would have had the first order on the defensive the entire time