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First Look: Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher

Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:17 PM

tags: Hagiography, Hollywood Revisionism, Margaret Thatcher, Meryl Streep, Movies, Trailers

Having grown up under the iron rule of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, quite frankly, this teaser trailer of Meryl Streep's spot-on portrayal leaves me terrified. No disrespect to Miss Streep, but I'm not so sure I want to relive the real-life nightmare that we had to wake up to every day in the '80s. And I definitely can't see this film playing so well in the north east of England.

Most frightening however is that the film is being released by Fox. No matter how knowing and ironic Streep plays it, can a Rupert Murdoch-owned film portray Thatcher in any light other than the softest glow by which to kiss ass?

Of note: The teaser borrows the music from the Sam Rockwell movie Moon, standard practice for early teaser trailers when a movie's score is incomplete. Now if only the film portrayed Thatcher struggling with mental illness and trying to survive on the barren surface of the moon. That I may pay to watch. (via Towleroad; previously; previously)