Melania was shot in the three weeks leading up to the second Trump inauguration, and purports to offer rare insider access to the often inscrutable first lady while she makes arrangements for the president\u2019s transition to power. Melania described the film to Fox News as a \u201cprivate, unfiltered look as I navigate family, business, and philanthropy on my remarkable journey to becoming first lady\u201d. The trailer gives away little of the film\u2019s substance, but showcases its gloss: Melania\u2019s hats, coats, sunglasses, and clothing ensembles. There\u2019s a close-up shot of her expensive-looking boots. Marc Beckman, Melania\u2019s outside adviser and agent, has claimed that the film is \u201cnot political at all\u201d \u2013 but it\u2019s already being dismissed as propaganda by some online critics.<\/p>\n
At a glance, the appeal of the film is obvious: a demystifying of one of the most opaque figures in contemporary politics. Ever since Trump first rose to power nearly a decade ago, Melania has remained largely an enigma. Outside the rote biographical facts of her life \u2013 that she was born in former Yugoslavia; that she became a model at 16, moving to Paris and then New York in her twenties; that she met Trump, 24 years her senior, in 1998, at the age of 28 \u2013 little is known about her as a person or about the true dynamics of her marriage. <\/p>\n
Is she the power behind the power? Nobody really knows. Ever since Trump first assumed office, people have speculated over the extent of her influence in her husband\u2019s politics, poring over public appearances for abstract tells: the way she holds her husband\u2019s hand, or the timing of a discrete sideways glance. Her clothing, too, which sometimes actively invites scrutiny: recall the inexpensive jacket she wore while visiting a migrant child detention centre with \u201cI Really Don\u2019t Care, Do U?\u201d written on the back. (She later claimed the message was directed at \u201cthe media\u2019s false narratives\u201d and unrelated to her visit.)<\/p>\n
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Melania Trump in her new documentary \u2018Melania\u2019, which comes amid a particularly problematic time for her husband (Muse Films)<\/p>\n
Various conspiracy theories have gained traction online in recent years, ranging from the plausible but unsubstantiated (that she and Donald enjoy a difficult marriage, strained by personal and political disagreements) to the head-scratchingly far-fetched (that she had died and was replaced by a body double<\/a>). Melania, as such, promises to shed fresh light on Melania\u2019s true personhood \u2013 though whether it will is another matter. <\/p>\n