China Clipper (1936)
8/10
Pat O'Brien usually played the Angel at Jimmy Cagney's shoulder . . .
5 April 2016
Warning: Spoilers
. . . but in CHINA CLIPPER O'Brien's the Devil on Humphrey Bogart's back. As a boss literally slave-driving his employees to Death, O'Brien personifies the Donald Trump Approach to Management, in yet another Warner Bros. offering providing prophesies for the 2016 Election Cycle. CHINA CLIPPER's most satisfying moment comes when O'Brien tells Bogart that the latter cannot quit because "You're fired!" (anticipating Mr. Trump's signature catch phrase). Bogart immediately responds by breaking O'Brien's nose, as he decks this Meanie with a single punch. O'Brien also fires his wife a couple times (though it's the same woman, as the American Film Censor Board of the 1930s hampered Warner's efforts to fully flesh out Mr. Trump's future shenanigans under the looser Moral Codes of our current 21st Century). However, when the CHINA CLIPPER story requires a Hero with Man-sized hands to save the day, Bogart signs back on to guide this pioneering airliner into its spot in Aviation History. Many Fundamentalist Americans no doubt wish to experience Real Life Israel-under-the-Pharaohs Days, so they're voting for Mr. Trump in droves, despite all of Warner's timeless warnings, such as CHINA CLIPPER.
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