Captain Mzungu

‘Trust Fall’ the latest Julian Assange documentary is unnecessarily long and disjointed. Narrated by Roger Waters, a proven antisemite, the documentary blames America for Assange’s woes where really they’re mostly caused by the Deep State and the American military industrial complex. The movie does not differentiate between the two. Predictably the film tries very hard to be anti-Trump but comes short. It does paint Assange as a plain journalist simply wanting to tell the truth and there it may have a point. This film will please your basic anti America leftist, the religiously green voter, the anti-Israel crowd and anyone looking for a cause to fill a void in beliefs, whether religious or political. Fighting for free speech is a noble endeavour. As such, Assange’s actions can be commended. Having a notorious antisemite narrate what can be summed up as a two hour advert against America, without mentioning the Deep State, is essentially leftist propaganda masquerading as a beautiful moral crusade.

The French…I’m telling you! Why can’t they make satisfying ends to psychological dramas in film? That’s the most frustrating part because besides the end, ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ is a top notch legal thriller, one where you’ll be hopelessly absorbed into the story to the point of borderline claustrophobia, one where the acting will floor you. Heck, even the dog played well. This is a psychological and dramatic ‘whodunnit’ and after all that crescendo, all the build up, all the emotion and all the tickling of one’s curiosity, the director came up with the most disappointing and asinine ending. This is the equivalent of great sex, including subtle attraction, wining and dining, gentle holding of hands, then sensual foreplay followed by the most extraordinary and intense sexual encounter you’ve ever experienced only to…..NOT ORGASM! It’s the French exception I suppose. At least ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ won the Palme d’Or in Cannes last year whereas the woke Oscar academy will probably think it’s not woke enough coz the main actor and the dog are too white or something.

CIA good-Russia bad. However, behind this basic and recurring Hollywood message, The Diplomat is a solid and entertaining political thriller, well balanced and superbly dialogued. The few of us resisting groupthink still enjoy entertainment and, given the omnipresent woke onslaught, are welcoming a well crafted TV show. Let’s hope that the upcoming season two, although it will no doubt base itself on the same ludicrous premise of CIA good-Russia bad, will be as entertaining.