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We've all been trained by the streaming wars to value our time. If a movie doesn't look compelling enough to drive to a theater, it often isn't compelling enough to finish on a Tuesday night at home, either. Melania is a figure defined by silence. A documentary where she "orchestrates inauguration plans" isn't revealing; it's administrative. Amazon is asking people to pay IMAX prices to watch someone check a seating chart. The "Amazon" branding signals that this is essentially "content," not cinema. And if the content looks this dry, even "free" on Prime might be too expensive in terms of time.

Thanks to reinheitsgebot for originally posting this as a comment.

It definitely deserved a thread of its own.

#4 'Cause the dotard would never use his own money.

Perhaps, like the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, he's planning on being buried with all his wealth.

For the afterlife, natch.

#6 I know, Zed.