MARTY SUPREME directed by Josh Safdie (USA, 2025)
Marty Supreme represents everything that is wrong with America right now. He is a trickster, a liar, an immoral fraud and a sore loser.
Does he remind you of anyone?
When he is comprehensibly defeated by a deaf Japanese table tennis champion Koto Endo (Koto Kawaguchi) he throws a tantrum and demands a rematch implying that he was cheated out of victory. It’s hard not to think of Trump’s challenge to the 2020 election result at this point.
How are we supposed to respond to a character who is so self-centred, selfish and manipulative? Are we meant to admire his attempted power grabs and his single-minded pursuit of wealth and fame?
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