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- politics@lemmy.world
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- politics@lemmy.world
It’s darkly fitting that “Melania,” the new $75 million snoozefest from Amazon about America’s first lady, was released in theaters the same day her husband’s Justice Department dropped 3 million pages of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. As we now know, Epstein and Donald Trump were bosom buddies for years, and the grim specter of that relationship hangs over “Melania.”
The movie’s director is Brett Ratner, who six women accused of sexual assault or harassment in 2017, including one alleged victim who was 19 at the time. Ratner has been biding his time in Israel, where he has reportedly become friendly with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In what one would hope is enough to undo Amazon’s $35 million “Melania” marketing budget, Ratner is also in the new batch of Epstein files: There are photos of him and Epstein embracing two women whose identities are redacted. An earlier Epstein document dump included a photo where Ratner hugs the shirtless torso of Jean-Luc Brunel, the French modeling agent and Epstein associate who died in prison facing multiple charges of rape and sexual assault, including of a minor under the age of 15.
Rotten tomatoes audience reviews getting flooded with Russian and Israeli bots that “loved” it

LOL 99%?! The best films ever, by a HUGE margin, don’t get 99%! The Shawshank Redemption, widely considered to be one of the best films ever made, got a 98%.
I have to see this steaming turd covered in burning hair of a film. I had no idea it existed until it got scathing reviews.
Steal it, of you must see it. Don’t give it the numbers.
Best if viewed on the high seas
I’ve heard of American Horror Story, I didn’t know they made American Whore Story too.
“…biding his time in Israel,…” What the fuck this world is one cruel sick joke.
I’m sorry you had to watch that, must have been traumatic.




