Like so many works of historical, life-changing art before it, theDonald Trumpmugshot has now been unveiled. And nothing will ever be the same again. The already infamous photo of the 45th President of the United States was taken the Fulton County Jail (where Trump was given the booking number 2313827) and social media has quickly transformed the deceptively simple image into something beyond human comprehension. Oh, as well as combining it with various movies and other pop culture.
Several cinema aficionados have made the comparison between the look Trump has gone for in his mugshot and ‘The Kubrick Stare,’ a techniqueapplied by acclaimed director Stanley Kubrickfor shots in which a character looks at the viewer with their head tilted downward and their eyes peering upward from beneath the eyebrows. Often in a deeply sinister manner.
The ‘Trump mugshot’ was taken in relation to the criminal prosecution of the former President and several others, including Rudy Giuliani, on charges of racketeering and related charges in Georgia. Aside from comparisons to the works of Stanley Kubrick, Trump’s mugshot has also been compared to the likes of Ben Stiller’s patented ‘Blue Steel’ look from the movieZoolander, with others adding him to The Sticky Bandits crew.
Others though cannot see past the likeness shared between Donald Trump andGhostbusters 2villain, Vigo the Carpathian (played in the movie by Wilhelm von Homburg), a sadistic, power-hungry tyrant. We’ll let you judge where the comparisons start and end…
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Donald Trump’s Mugshot Has Quickly Become a Meme
Of course, those who are looking outside the world of movies and television have found plenty of ways to transform the Trump mugshot into something even more entertaining.
As was inevitable, the Trump mugshot has become a meme even quicker than the equally inevitable Wikipedia page that now been created for the image. The photograph has also been met with several reactions from prominent publications, with CNN describing it as “iconic and infamous,” while The Associated Press has said, “His defiance is palpable, as if he’s staring down a nemesis through the lens.”
Donald Trump has featured as himself in several movies,Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Zoolander, Two Weeks Notice,andWall Street: Money Never Sleeps. He has also been portrayedby some of the biggest namesand talents in Hollywood, with Alec Baldwin famously playing the former President and television host onSaturday Night Livefrom 2016-2020.SNLmember James Austin Johnson is currently on Trump duty, with his portrayal receiving positive reviews
Recently, Trump was playedwith eerie accuracyby Academy Award nominee andThe Banshees of Inisherinstar Brendan Gleeson in the Showtime series,The Comey Rule, which follows FBI director James Comey in the run-up to the 2016 election, and later in the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency.
