There are five of us here at the Vue theater in Westfield Stratford City, East London. As if by unspoken agreement, we claim opposite corners of the auditorium in solitude, determined to avoid eye contact. No one dares to sit center. The reason? We’re all here to watch Melania, Amazon’s controversial $40 million documentary about the first lady at noon on a Friday.
What has been marketed as an insider look at the most mysterious and opaque woman in global politics is, for all intents and purposes, a part-propaganda film about the Trump administration, and an attempt to position Melania as a fashion guru with a unique knowledge of hemlines and color schemes.
