But the relevance is more than skin or celluloid deep. I am not the first observer who has noted the relevance of the movie The Manchurian Candidate. We are in entirely uncharted waters.īut there is an antecedent in our popular culture that provides a prism through which to view the contemporary calamity, especially the alleged collusion between Trump’s henchmen and Russian intelligence to deny Hillary Clinton the presidency. (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)Īs the Trump presidency unravels, unraveling the country along with it, there is no real political antecedent, no lessons from American history on which to draw and provide guidance. Yen Lo in a scene from the 1962 suspense drama The Manchurian Candidate. Frank Sinatra as Bennett Marco, Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw (center), and Khigh Dhiegh as Dr.
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