Kayleigh McEnany is wending her way back to the Trump’s inner circle with the coin of their realm, which is flattery. Fox News loves the Melania documentary. Imdb, just by the by, gives it a 1.3 stars rating out of ten, which is pretty bargain basement. But the folks at Fox think it’s Oscar worthy.
🚨IT’S A SICKENING CULT:
Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany says Melania should be nominated for an Oscar.
Meanwhile, the film now holds the lowest rating in history on IMBD, making it the worst rated film of ALL TIME on the site.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) February 2, 2026
I am now prepared to bet money on my earlier prediction that Trump is going to sue the Academy Awards when Melania isn’t nominated for Best Documentary. https://t.co/7depPdUsZC
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 2, 2026
Yes, the picture did okay at the box office, if you call $7 million return on an investment of $75 million doing okay, but see the documentary money for what it was, a bribe to Trump to play ball with Jeff Bezos. Bezos, comically, has laid off both at Amazon and the Washington Post, to “economize.” Maybe make movies that make a profit instead of a humongous loss.
But only in Trump world could a film so fetid be so feted as Melania has been. “Wow! Seven million bucks!” Yes, only $68 million to go to break even and you know that won’t happen.
So what do you suppose now? Will Ken Burns or Michael Moore offer to share an Oscar with Melania? Or maybe whomever wins this year will dedicate his or her documentary Oscar to Melania? When pigs fly.
An Oscar? What, a sardine? A sardine sounds like a good award.
Maybe an Oscar Meyer Weiner. That’ floated in the receptacle of an outhouse for a week in the desert. Here’s a thought. Since The Razzies have already taken note of this auto-mockumentary perhaps the award can be an Oscar like (fake) silver (Gold? Nope. That’s reserved for Trump) with a Melania head. He look is vapid and bland enough like that on an actual Oscar.
“But only in Trump world could a film so fetid be so feted as Melania has been. “Wow! Seven million bucks!” Yes, only $68 million to go to break even and you know that won’t happen.”
Um, it needs quite a bit more to “break even” under the standard Hollywood formula. The standard formula for any film to “break even” is a minimum of double the film’s budget INCLUDING PROMOTION. So, for a standard film to actually break even with a reputed $75 million budget, it needs to earn a minimum of $150 million. Traditionally, that’s supposed to be just from the theatrical box office release so that the sales from TV rights and home video release are just the proverbial icing on the cake.
Of course, we live in a much different world since COVID upended the whole theatrical experience.. With so much more reliance on streaming, many theatrical releases get a month or so of being in the theaters before whatever studio financed or supported the film’s production moves it to the streaming service associated with the studio or the service which shelled out the most money. And, with streaming, most of the money the films “make” comes from subscribers’ fees (which means, even duds or outright bombs “make” the same money that hit films do).
Deserving of an Oscar?
Only if it’s wielded like a cudgel.
So what’s the under/over on the number of Razzie nominations and wins?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Awards
(And how much will Trump Incorporated subsequently sue the organisers for?)
Briliant writing”So fetid be so feted” LOVE it, Ursula!!!