the apprentice

The film introduces Sebastian Stan as a young man desperately trying to get out from under his father’s shadow and forge his own future. His warm, mild-mannered persona masks a devious ambition that deprives him of a moral compass, leading him to strike a deal with the Devil, in the form of infamous New York attorney Roy Cohn.

A surefire way to occupy our attention is to tell us a story. Stories require conflict; without conflict, there’s no change, no drama, no plot. Trump is a walking attention magnet. He’s the never-ending story, the prince of plot, the king of conflict, the drama queen of TV and Twitter. A Trump presidency guarantees change. “Even if it’s like a Nazi-type change,” in Vizcarra’s words, it will never, ever be boring.