US Edition‘Melania’ Promises to Take Us Behind the Scenes. There’s Nothing to See
Amazon invested $75 million in a documentary on Melania Trump, directed by Brett Ratner, amid controversy and critical satire from Saturday Night Live.
- This week a theatrical documentary about Melania Trump opened, following her during the 20 days before Donald Trump's second inauguration in January 2025, with a 104-minute runtime acquired by Amazon.
- FBI agents carried out a court-authorized search on Wednesday at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center in Union City, with the investigation ongoing.
- In a sketch, Saturday Night Live digitally replaced Jackie Chan with Melania and joked the film was `Wicked for Real`, with Colin Jost and Michael Che mocking the release.
- Amazon spent $40 million to acquire the film and $35 million on promotion, while Newsweek reached out to the White House early Sunday, with projections suggesting a top five box office debut.
- The release's timing amid legal and satirical coverage positions it at the crossroads of politics and culture, as FBI agents' election probe and Saturday Night Live satire highlight entertainment's political entanglement.
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At a ‘Melania’ screening, cheers for Trump, snickers at Obama — and a reminder of our nation’s political divide
Having read a biography of her and learned almost nothing from it, I was looking forward to gaining insights about our First Lady. But nothing in the documentary has a true “behind the scenes” feel.
Mary McNamara: 'Melania' isn't a documentary. It's a cynical and stupefying piece of political propaganda
LOS ANGELES — What’s the difference between Brett Ratner and Leni Riefenstahl? Riefenstahl, for all her many sins, was technically innovative; Ratner (unless you count an almost fetishistic fascination with first lady footwear), not so much. ...
Saturday Night Live makes fun of Melania and Donald Trump. The show mocks at the new documentary. A Hitler comparison follows.
SNL takes ‘wicked’ dig at Melania Trump documentary, mocks her accent
Colin Jost and Michael Che snickered like a couple of hyenas as they laced into the theatrical release of "Melania," which chronicles the 20 days leading up to President Trump's second inauguration.
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