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This strange dichotomy between licentious freedom and slavish obedience is an implicit bargain between Trump and his followers.

Their manifesto urged people to “hang up on the pollsters who are polluting our political environment by dominating media coverage, influencing election outcomes, and turning our political leaders into slavish poll followers.”

While I like the movies a lot, I don’t have a slavish devotion to them.

As everyone knows, Donald Trump admires Vladimir Putin, and so a large portion of the Republican Party admires Putin in an imitative and slavish manner.

De Palma’s slavish emulation of Hitchcock runs through numerous films, and with notable specificity.