Everything is political. Even Macaulay Culkin movies.
The Canadian public TV network CBC recently aired the 1992 holiday movie Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, and cut out a cameo appearance by Donald Trump.
The CBC says it wasn’t a political move. In a statement released to the genre site ComicBook.com, the network claimed: “As is often the case with features adapted for television, Home Alone 2 was edited to allow for a commercial time within the format.”
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As expected, people had opinions (h/t ComicBook.com):
Just watched Home Alone 2: Lost in New York recorded off @CBC and they edited out the @realDonaldTrump scene. God bless us EVERYONE! #ChristmasEve
— It's The Z-A-P (@Zap_Davids) December 24, 2019
You guys are the biggest bush league “journalists” of all time. Editing out Trump’s cameo in Home Alone 2. What kind of state-sponsored bullshit it that? #Defund
— James (@Jameseast_) December 23, 2019
The timing of the cut is certainly interesting; the President recently called the movie “one of the biggest” Christmas hits during a video conference call to U.S. troops overseas.
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