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My shit at Auschwitz rocked!Steve Bannonproudly proclaims early on in Alison Klaymans documentaryThe Brink.
Speaking of the camps, Bannon is curiously uninterested in the evils they represent.
He marvels at the precision German engineering of Birkenau, and imagines the meetings at which it was designed.
(The rest of the media, we could say, has already done that.)
We see him courting Republican fundraisers.
What he does have are symbolic expressions feelings posing as ideas.
We also see Bannon manipulate the mainstream media, who he claims will be his biggest allies.
And Klaymans film is as much about how Bannons message is broadcast as it is about the man himself.
The man understands aggregation and how it works.
Trump taught me a great lesson, he says.
Theres no bad media.
So what makesThe Brinkso different from just another platform for this professional troll?
Klayman isnt just interested in undercutting Bannons own claims, though she does plenty of that.
Bannon may bloviate and back-slap all he wants, butThe Brinks message is clear: His shit is weak.
