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President Trump blamed the media on Wednesday for “doing everything possible” to make the coronavirus “look as bad as possible.”
Says his administration was “doing a great job” — NYT.
Some might wonder how a assistant journalism professor identifies with Working Class America in light of the tsunami of fears sweeping or about to sweep neighbors where we live. First the fears and then the Coronavirus that the medical experts are telling us to get ready for.
I won’t offer an explanation at this time about my class identity. I am taking precautions by, first, monitoring as much as possible what the public health talking heads are saying. On the psychological level where all fears and hopes are located, for dealing with President Trump’s audacious prognostications (being supported by his goose-stopping sycophants) that we don’t have to worry about anything, I’m checking out as many movies as I can about the last days of Da Fuhrer AKA DEAR FUHRER.
Top of my list: HITLER (1962) starring Richard Basehart; review from IMDB. “Adolf Hitler (Richard Basehart) is not only obsessed with achieving power over Europe, but also with his impotence and Oedipus complex. After he courts his niece and fails to bed her, Hitler has her killed. He continues to pursue domination in Europe by…
