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It’s incredible how, even after leaving the \u200dWhite House, \u200dBarack and Michelle Obama \u200dcontinue \u200bto captivate and \u2063divide America.<\/p>\n

One of their latest ventures<\/a> is a production deal<\/a> with Netflix, where they have their\u2064 hands in various projects. From a documentary about Michelle called\u2064 “Becoming”\u2063 to\u200d a modern take \u200bon “Schoolhouse Rock” called “We the People,”\u2064 their influence is far-reaching.<\/p>\n

However, it’s their\u200b foray into fictional filmmaking\u2064 with “Leave the World Behind” that has everyone talking and taking sides<\/a> once again.<\/p>\n

This apocalyptic movie,\u200b which seems like a low-budget imitation\u200b of an M. Night Shyamalan film, features a\u2064 rich white family renting a mansion in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, a black family\u2064 shows up, warning \u2063them of chaos engulfing<\/a> the city and the world. Trust becomes a\u2064 scarce commodity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the trailer may pique your \u200binterest, the movie itself feels like\u2062 a mashup of\u200c “Dr. Strangelove” and “Get Out,” without any originality or value.<\/p>\n

Even the presence of Julia Roberts, Ethan\u200d Hawke, and Kevin Bacon can’t\u2062 save this sinking \u2064ship. And just\u2063 when you think it\u2062 can’t get worse,\u2064 there’s a heavy-handed twist ending that tries to make a profound statement.<\/p>\n

But \u200ddon’t worry, I won’t spoil it \u200dfor you. If \u200byou’re curious, you can check out ScreenRant’s detailed explanation of the ending.<\/p>\n

Are the Obamas deliberately dividing Americans?<\/div>\n

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Critics seemed to like \u2063it, with a\u2064 75 percent\u2064 \u201cfresh\u201d rating on critical\u2062 aggregator \u2062 Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAn exceptionally well-acted apocalyptic thriller,\u200c \u2018Leave the World Behind\u2019 steadily draws the viewer\u200c in despite \u2063its\u2063 leisurely pace and somewhat simplistic messaging,\u201d \u200bthe site\u2019s \u201ccritics consensus\u201d blurb reads. So I guess they all got the memo that Barack and Michelle were involved \u2063and they all had \u200cto\u200c politely golf-clap, lest they be seen as political reactionaries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Anyhow, that twist ending or the critical acclaim \u200bisn\u2019t what\u2019s drawing attention on social media. Instead, it\u2019s a scene \u200dwhere two of the characters,\u200c the black father and daughter\u200b who \u200cown the property, talk about the impending \u2063apocalypse<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the world falls apart, trust should not be doled \u200bout easily \u2063to anyone,\u201d the daughter tells the father in\u200d the scene. \u201cEspecially<\/em> white people.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Obama: Don\u2019t Trust White People\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/yqPEeazADB<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Chris Djernaes (@ThorsValhalla) December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Barack & Michelle Obama just produced their first fiction film\u2063 on Netflix called: \u2063\u201cLeave The World Behind\u201d<\/p>\n
The plot is\u200b about a\u2063 cyberattack that shuts down all the\u2064 power &\u2062 cripples \u200bthe United States.\u200c (Predictive programming?)<\/p>\n
They even managed to sneak in a scene bashing white\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/55HPiEQSX2<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 End \u2064Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Now, to\u2062 be fair, neither Obama has a screenwriting credit for \u200bthis. Director Sam Esmail wrote the script from\u200c Alam\u2019s book.\u200c I\u2019ve \u2064not watched \u200dthe \u2063full \u2062movie nor read the\u2063 Alam novel, although a negative \u200breview in New York Magazine\u2019s Vulture<\/a> by Bilge\u2063 Ebiri indicated the screenplay deviated significantly from the original work.<\/p>\n
Whatever the case may\u2062 be, you may just think this \u200bis woke Hollywood being woke Hollywood<\/a>. Yes, but\u2062 most films \u2014 be they for \u2064the cinema or direct-to-streaming \u2014 don\u2019t have a former president and first lady\u2019s names as producers.<\/p>\n
This, combined with the material\u200b itself, gave rise\u2064 to negative reactions.<\/p>\n
Perhaps Elon\u2062 Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and Space X, and owner of the social media platform X, had the best question:<\/p>\n
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Is this for real?<\/p>\n
\u2014\u200d Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cIs this for real?\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
But he wasn\u2019t the only one.<\/p>\n
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Why on\u200b earth would a\u2063 former\u2063 president of the United States be behind a movie that envisions the destruction of\u2062 America \u2063and civil war? <\/p>\n
\u2014 \u200dJ Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) December \u200b11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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If this was \u200breversed and there was a scene about black people there would be an outrage and it demanded off the platform. But \u200bbecause it\u2019s about being \u2063racist towards white people it\u2019s completely okay. It is wrong in both ways and should not be on any platform. No shocker it \u2064was\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Others just simply didn\u2019t like it:<\/p>\n
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I watched it. I didn\u2019t \u200bknow that it was an Obama film when I did, but I \u2064must say it has one of the worst endings that I have seen in a \u200dmovie in a really\u2064 long time.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) December \u200c11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Leave the World Behind is a weird, often funny, often stupid, and ultimately cynical mess of a movie. The\u2063 film takes an awfully long time to finally \u200darrive \u2063at the point, and when it does, the point is cartoonishly pessimistic and narratively unsatisfying. I did not care for it. \u2063 pic.twitter.com\/tUkhttZisD<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Capital-O Opinions (@damespjuffy) December 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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That movie \u200bis\u2064 garbage tbh. Wasted my time watching it<\/p>\n
\u2014 Edward (@edwardrussl) December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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I\u2019m watching Leave the World Behind. Here\u2019s why that\u2019s a mistake. I wanna watch \u2064other things and this movie is \u2064almost\u2063 2 \u2063& a half hours long.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Fujoshi Inc.\u200b (@SyGoFlyy) December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
And yet, people are watching. According to FlixPatrol<\/a>, a site that ranks streaming content, \u200cthe film is the No. 1 movie on the streaming \u2062platform as of Tuesday morning. To \u2064be fair, it sits atop a list of anemic new releases and\/or Christmas films, along with two \u200d\u201cFast and \u2063the Furious\u201d movies. (Insert your own \u201c Vin Diesel saves Christmas<\/a>\u201d joke here.)<\/p>\n
New Movie Obamas\u200c Helped Make \u200cRaises Eyebrows: ‘Don’t Trust White People’<\/h2>\n
So, there’s this new movie \u2063that\u2064 the Obamas are involved in.\u200c Yeah, the former\u200d president and his wife, who are known for their divisive rhetoric, decided to produce\u200d a film. Now, you would think that with all the attention this\u200c movie is getting,\u200c their team would have taken the \u200btime to \u2062review the script and make sure it doesn’t bash “white people.” But apparently,\u200c that didn’t happen.<\/p>\n
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Related:<\/div>\n
\n Speculation Runs Wild After Michelle Obama Joins Clintons, Biden Alone on \u200bAir \u2062Force One<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Now, when you have two influential figures like\u200b the Obamas connected to a movie, whatever it says is going to be associated with them. It’s a big deal. So, at the very\u200b least, \u200dyou would expect\u2064 them to do their due diligence and make sure there’s nothing controversial in the script. But it seems like either they didn’t bother to do that, or they did \u200cand didn’t find anything wrong with it. Either way, it’s concerning.<\/p>\n
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The post New Movie Obamas Helped Make Raises Eyebrows: ‘Don’t Trust White People’<\/a> \u200d appeared first on\u200b The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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And controversial dialogue have sparked debates on social media, \u2062while some viewers appreciate the performances and\u200b atmosphere of \u200dthe film. The involvement\u200d of the former \u200bpresident and first lady in a fictional venture \u200cand the film’s success on Netflix also raise interesting\u200c questions<\/h2>\n
“Leave the \u200bWorld\u2064 Behind,” \u200bthe latest venture from Barack and Michelle\u200b Obama\u200d in collaboration with Netflix, has sparked mixed reactions among audiences. While the former president and first lady continue to captivate and divide America \u200ceven after leaving \u200dthe White House, their foray into fictional filmmaking has garnered attention once again.<\/p>\n
The\u2064 apocalyptic movie tells the story \u2064of a rich white \u2064family who rents a mansion in the middle of\u2062 nowhere,\u2062 only to be confronted by a \u2064black family warning them of\u200b chaos engulfing the city and the world. Trust becomes a\u2064 scarce \u2064commodity in \u2064this tense \u200bnarrative. Although the trailer may\u200c initially \u2063pique your interest, the \u200dmovie itself feels like a derivative imitation\u2063 of other films without offering anything original or of value. Even the star-studded cast, \u200cfeaturing Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, and Kevin \u2064Bacon,\u200d fails to \u200bsalvage this sinking ship. And just when \u2064you think it can’t\u2063 get worse, a heavy-handed twist ending attempts to make a profound statement.<\/p>\n
Critics have given the film a 75\u2064 percent “fresh” rating on Rotten \u2064Tomatoes, praising its well-acted\u200b performances \u2062and atmospheric tension. However, what\u200c has drawn attention \u200con social media is a particular scene where two characters, a black father and daughter who own the property, discuss \u200dthe \u2063impending apocalypse. The daughter comments, “If the world falls apart, trust\u200c should not be\u200c doled\u200c out easily\u2062 to anyone, especially white people.” This dialogue has sparked controversy \u2062and debate online, with\u2064 some questioning the intentions behind such a statement.<\/p>\n
While it is important \u2062to \u200cnote that neither Barack nor\u200c Michelle Obama have screenwriting credits for this film, their involvement as \u2064producers has raised\u200c eyebrows. Most films, whether for \u2063the cinema or streaming platforms, \u2064do not have the \u200dnames of \u200ba former president and \u200cfirst lady attached to them. This, combined \u2063with the\u2063 controversial material, has \u2063fueled negative reactions.<\/p>\n
Elon Musk, CEO of\u2062 Tesla and SpaceX, questioned \u2062the film’s premise on Twitter, while others\u200c expressed concern about \u200ba former \u200bpresident being involved in a movie that envisions the destruction of America and civil war. Social media \u200busers have also\u2062 criticized the movie for what \u200cis perceived as racism towards \u2063white people.<\/p>\n
However, \u2064there \u200dare viewers who did\u2062 enjoy the film and praised \u200cthe performances of the actors\u2063 involved. Ultimately, the\u200b mixed reactions indicate that “Leave the World Behind” \u2063is a divisive and thought-provoking piece of cinema.<\/p>\n
Despite the polarized \u200copinions, the film \u2062has been successful in attracting viewership. According\u200b to streaming content ranking\u2064 site FlixPatrol, it is currently the number one movie on Netflix.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, the Obama-produced film “Leave the\u2062 World Behind” has generated both positive\u2064 and negative feedback. Its \u2062provocative\u200d themes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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