POTUS and Pontiff Tease the Scariest Horror Movie of the Summer – ELLE.com

Whoever is in charge of the optics on the Trump administration's trip abroad continues to have a banner week! Today the president met the Pope and while, by all accounts, the visit went well the pictures are just as unsettling and foreboding as literally every other waking moment has proven to be.

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"Having a terrible time. Send help. XOXO, Pontifex."

I am legitimately impressed by this administration's ability to constantly invoke '70s horror movies every time they step in front of a camera. It's almost like the Trumps are low-key angling for an honorary MFA in Film Studies or something. The ghost of Stanley Kubrick saw that glowing orb photo and spelled out "Yes, gawd!" in blood on every mirror.

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Meanwhile, today's papal meeting is straight out of the Roman Polanski playbook. Polanski, for many reasons, seems a great fit for this president and he seems to be living for it.

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Let me find out that Trump intends to end his trip giving us some George Romero realness. A stunt kween's work is never done! If they're not trying to give us a retrospective on 70s cinema, maybe they're slyly pitching the next great thriller. Bannon heard how Black Twitter got together to make a Lupita/Rihanna movie a reality based solely on a meme and thought to himself, "Now there's an idea I'd love to steal and ruin." Put these Trump Abroad trip photos side-by-side, add some screeching strings on the sidewalk and add stunning supporting turns by Margo Martindale and James Earl Jones and you've got yourself a hit. It's all extreme close-ups of Melania swatting away the president's hand as if each digit was a demon and silent tableaus featuring the grinning leader of the free world next to a bunch of holy people looking miserable.

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It's the grin that gets me, honestly. That wolfish grin is like a celebrity guest star on Law & Order; the minute you see it you immediately know who the bad guy is.

Trump's team: You're meeting the Pope; he's the leader of the Catholic church. Can you try not to do anything creepy?

Trump: I'm dropping hints that I'm evil.

Trump: In space no one can hear you scream.

Pope: Wrong '70s sci-fi reference.

Trump: Just you wait.

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