Sounds like Scott is trying to make an analogy to Donald Trump, his potential rise to power and self-anoitment as dictator-for-life, and the threat of a very bloody civil war in the United States. But, who knows? > From: Heather Howard <http://www.icloud.com/~hhoward40> > Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 08:31:11 -0700 > > Too violent > > Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber, you > can read it through this gift link without a subscription. > > ‘Napoleon’ Review: A Lumpy, Grumpy Little Man > > Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott’s > historical epic charting his rise and ruin. > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/movies/napoleon-review-ridley-scott.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ak0.UEqe.nA5oP0nqKqDy&smid=em-share