In 1982, as part of its anthology series Likely Stories, HBO aired a short film written and directed by Danny DeVito that has taken on depressing new relevance in 2016. In The Selling Of Vince D’Angelo, DeVito plays the title role of a cement contractor who decides to run for senate in New Jersey despite a near total lack of political experience. His campaign is almost heroically crass and tasteless, combining race-baiting, religious bigotry, fear-mongering, and vicious personal attacks on his opponents. The similarities to the current presidential campaign of real estate tycoon Donald Trump have not gone unnoticed. The Selling Of Vince D’Angelo was recently featured at Short Of The Week, where it was touted as “a prescient political parable.” The film’s producer, David Jablin, has also cut together a brief video that shows how some of D’Angelo’s rabble-rousing rhetoric has been echoed in ...
- 8/29/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
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