For the opening 2 seconds – often looked at as hugely important in getting people to watch – I imagined the image of the “Dear Leader” from the movie fading into Trump. And animation tools now make this easily doable.
We jump right into the classic scene, disturbing as it is, of Winston being tortured with electro-shock.
The point that triggered the 1984 update was this week’s news and how the administration was bullying us into making us think the ICE officer shot Renee Good in self defense.
Clearly no matter what you do with this or any other video of the event, MAGA will say it proves … MAGA comments came in stating it as fact and that we (on the left) simply can’t accept it. This argument misses the whole point of the video.
If you’re gotten far enough to read this page, there’s no point hiding the punch line. Taken from the real 1984 Room 101 scene, worse than rats, it’s being forced to watch Steven Miller on Fox News 24 hours a day!
A MAGA commenter noted “see, the left is afraid of Steven Miller” totally missing the satire and ridiculousness of it.