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Regan

  • Writer: Helen Edgeworth
    Helen Edgeworth
  • Jun 2, 2020
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jun 4, 2020

Over the course of the film's development, the two stand out clips which seem to drive the narrative of most the edits are the slo-mo tree clip and the 30-minute clap-a-thon of Regan's speech.

Although, it could be argued Regan's clip isn't relevant nowadays seeming as he has been dead a while. There is a lot of parallels you can draw between him and Trump and there largely useless political points that seem to be widely celebrated by the wrong types of people. This is referenced in the film by the 'SKY NEWS' channel reporting 'live' updates from the Whitehouse with various vague references to what he is to talk about. As Regan sits and eats ice cream to the slow satirical sound of trumpets playing the 'Star-Spangled Banner'.


I feel the clip became more aggravating after I added the section where it says 'The next president won't be a woman..." which discovered while researching the layout of 70s Sitcoms as it was attached to 'Three's Company' credits. I was frankly so disgusted by the sexist views I thought placing them in the film would further infuriate the audience while expressing our group's views towards the rather belittling commentary fo this clip. However, it did create a nice tie in to the idea that there is a presidential message coming up in the film which the audience doesn't get to hear because of the channel hopping. Adding to the frustration of the film.


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