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5. Nothing To See Here

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Mon Feb 9, 2026, 12:40 AM

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Ken Jones, OnScreen Blog Chief Film Critic

I’ll be honest, I was never ever planning to see Melania, the $75 million '‘documentary” that was produced by Amazon Studios and seemingly doubled as a gift to the Trump grift syndicate in return for (I’m guessing) not having the screws put to Jeff Bezos’ finances and curry favor for the next four years.

However, my editors thought it would be useful and entertaining for someone very much anti-MAGA to review this piece of propaganda, if for no other reason than to answer a few questions:

Could non-MAGA audiences at least watch this to make fun of it in an MST3K-style way?

Is there anything of substance in this vanity project?

What is my actual threshold for self-flagellation and loathing? ...

https://www.onstageblog.com/onscreenblog/2026/2/1/melania-review-nothing-to-see-here

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