Throughout the race to the White House, many internet jokers have created parody Twitter accounts for the presidential candidates on any number of topics. Recently, however, one issue has divided these satirical social media pages more than any other: movies.
It all started, of course, with the Donald: ArtHouseTrump was created in March, but has only started picking up steam in the past couple of weeks. The account, on which the Republican nominee gives advice on how to “make cinema great again,” already has over 6,700 followers, and should get more now that he’s commented on Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s divorce:
https://Twitter.com/ArtHouseTrump/status/778248653005656065
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseTrump/status/777561645832744960
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseTrump/status/777542301207769089
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseTrump/status/776952708305526788
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseTrump/status/776668716025077760
Trump’s Democratic opponent joined the party yesterday—but ArthouseHillary’s opinions on film are more cerebral than those of her Republican foe, which may be why she has only 116 followers:
https://twitter.com/ArthouseHillary/status/777957232717668356
https://twitter.com/ArthouseHillary/status/777958269591531524
https://twitter.com/ArthouseHillary/status/778004268561203200
https://twitter.com/ArthouseHillary/status/777971170817691648
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson soon got in on the action, with ArtHouseJohnson demanding to be included in the cinema conversation just as his real life counterpart wants to be seen on the debate stage (though that’ll be a hard sell given that he has only 22 followers):
I really think I should be part of this discussion with @ArthouseHillary and @ArtHouseTrump. The American people deserve that at least.
— Gary Johnson (@ArtHouseJohnson) September 19, 2016
Even Dr. jill stein took a break from tweeting about Harambe to join the social media slugfest—however, ArtHouseStein, with only 11 followers, seems to have the same trouble connecting with people as the real Green Party candidate:
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseStein/status/777972682641911808
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseStein/status/777974166284673024
Other senators may have lost the election in the primary stage, but they’re not letting that get in the way of their film criticism. ArthouseSanders and ArtHouseCruz have popped up on Twitter in the last 24 hours, aping the personas of their real life political counterparts:
I voted against Crash for Best Picture, my opponent @ArthouseHillary voted for it, Crash is the most disastrous best picture winner ever
— Bernie Sanders (@ArthouseSanders) September 19, 2016
After trying to engage @ArtHouseTrump in a conversation of substance he has blocked me stand with me and @ArthouseHillary for real thoughts
— Bernie Sanders (@ArthouseSanders) September 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseCruz/status/777969871204286464
https://twitter.com/ArtHouseCruz/status/778007265299271680
The accounts have also started interacting with each other, ensuring a cinematic bloodbath to echo the political one:
Ah, parody accounts: all the fun of presidential elections without the Skittles memes.
Disclosure: Donald Trump is the father-in-law of Jared Kushner, the publisher of Observer Media.
