The right is taking on a Hollywood fantasy. With fiction it is easier to see the edge of the frame, but with the crop of Meroes strutting across the world stage it becomes difficult to know if they are fans or fanatics. That is, the new world leaders. Apocalypse Now was a movie framed to raise our understanding by raising questions about our easy bake warfare. That it is yet another movie for dormitory fun is just the way things go. Imagine it being watched and misunderstood by Putin as a little wannabe in Russia. Little boy Putin sees Robert Duvall and thinks, “I could do that.”

And so he can. So he does.

But wait, the likes of Mr. Retouch My Love Handles Szarkozy will not be outdone. He too can give a heilo for the camera..Isn’t it great to be famous and follow in the steps of pretend heros?