The Razzies are back in the politics game. They “awarded” President George W. Bush and his staff when they were featured in a — shall we say — unflattering light in Michael Moore‘s documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2004). Now the current leader of the tweet world, Donald Trump, is in the Golden Raspberries’ cross-hairs. He’s nominated twice this year, so how many will he win when the awards are presented on February 23? What’s funny is that these wouldn’t even be his first Razzies. Scroll down to vote in our poll at the bottom of this post.
Trump is nominated for Worst Actor for “Death of a Nation,” Dinesh D’Souza‘s so-called documentary that compares Trump to Abraham Lincoln, as well as for Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9,” which takes the temperature of current American politics in the context of Trump’s presidency. The two films also earned Trump a bid for Worst Screen Combo alongside “his self-perpetuating pettiness.”
D’Souza himself is already a Razzie winner. He claimed Worst Actor and Worst Director for “Hillary’s America” (2016), his propagandist screed against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. That film received an astronomically low score of 2 on MetaCritic, but “Death of a Nation” managed to even limbo under that bar with a score of 1. “Fahrenheit 11/9” got markedly better reviews — well, so did “The Human Centipede,” so that’s not saying much — but in that case the Razzies aren’t taking shots at the film. They’re joining Michael Moore in taking shots at Trump.
According to the combined predictions of over 1,000 Gold Derby users as of this writing, Trump is the front-runner in both categories with leading odds of 31/10 for Worst Actor and 16/5 for Worst Screen Combo. His previous “victory” was more than a quarter century ago when he was named Worst Supporting Actor for his cameo in the Bo Derek movie “Ghosts Can’t Do It.” If he wins again, perhaps he can put his new Razzies on his mantel where his Emmys would be.
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