An apt comparison is actually cinematic classic Citizen Kane, a man whose vast wealth fueled an even bigger ego, an obsessive need for public adoration and, like Trump, a birthright entitlement to high elective office
Trump may be Citizen Kane, but not Lonesome Rhodes
Marc Fisher's Washington Post comparison of Donald Trump to 1957s A Face in the Crowd fictional movie character Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, an anti-hero played brilliantly by Andy Griffith, is a superficial one at best. University of Pennsylvania Ivy Leaguer, Mr. Trump may be a showman in the vein of P.T. Barnum -- a candid, uncensored, larger than life presentation style like Rhodes -- but the billionaire is no folksy hayseed or drunken jailbird. Both men ride the tide of the public's discontent to the height of political influence as non-politicians in the age of television, but neither "character" can be blamed for doing that.
