So, I watched the Hillary Clinton documentary on @Hulu or @PhilippeReines was gonna kill me. It was worth it to see Philippe doing his Trump thing, and for a classic comment on why Trump does things. ("For the same reason a dog...." etc).
My reaction to the series:
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My reaction to the series:
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@hulu @PhilippeReines Yes, the Hillary who speaks to the camera in this is much more relatable than the person who ran for office. Not sure why this version wasn't out there on the campaign. And if you didn't live through the 90s as an adult, it's a good time capsule. /2
@hulu @PhilippeReines I think it ducks some of the hard questions about mistakes in 2016 - although to her credit, she just says: The mistakes were hers and she owns them. But it didn't get me past the "bad candidate/bad campaign" feeling, especially with so much footage from the 90s. /3
@hulu @PhilippeReines Clinton's enemies argue that she was unpopular because of 25 years of smears, but reliving the 90s in this series only reminded me that the HRC of the 90s was the source of a lot of her own political troubles. This won't change minds either way, imo. Didn't change mine. /4
@hulu @PhilippeReines But it was hard not to like the 2020 Hillary who spoke to the camera much more like a real person, without the force-fields up and the carefully lawyered answers and the "what, with a rag?" smugness. Very different person and made it worth watching, imo.
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