Orwell has lived in London, New York, Moscow and Washington DC, and yearns for an era where political conversation and bi-partisan compromise are possible. He’s an immigrant, but the kind the US President currently welcomes to the country. Paul Orwell is the pen name for a businessman who admits to benefiting from Republican tax cuts. Screenwriter/producer Bob Gale is on the record ( Daily Beast, October 21 st, 2015) as saying that the character of Biff Tannen in Back to the Future II was based on the Donald Trump of the late 1980’s. pinnacle-project Rust Governor Posts: 4422 Joined: Sun 1:23 pm Rusty Bunch Member Number: 1111. ![]() Paul Orwell’s blog is at and Donald ‘Biff’ Trump posts regularly on Twitter to the Future is the 14 th highest grossing (US) movie trilogy of all time and it stars one of the most famous bully characters – Biff Tannen – in movie history. Audio extracts (as mp3 files) are available to freely post. “Sad! Donald ‘Biff’ Trump is President” is available as a book and ebook from at on Back To The Future Day, October 21 st, the day Marty traveled in time in the movie series.Įxtracts and cover art are available. ON SALE OCTOBER 21ST – BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY There are also chapters on President Obama’s humiliation of Trump at the White House Correspondent’s dinner in April 2011, and how President Pence would be a very different President. The book asks the question: why do we tolerate this behavior from a President when we cannot tolerate it from a movie character? Trump’s well-known quote about women (spoken to friend Philip Johnson, according to New York Magazine) and the other various allegations of Trump’s interpersonal misbehavior are compared in the book to the behavior of Biff Tannen, who sexually assaults Lorraine McFly in Back To The Future I and mistreats her in Back to the Future II. ‘Back to the Future’ Writer: Biff Is Donald Trump 'That’s what we were thinking about,' says screenwriter Bob Gale By Tessa Stuart OctoThe character Biff Tannen was based on. It discusses why Trump’s message resonated with small-town America (Hill Valley, in the movie series).ĭONALD TRUMP ON WOMEN: “YOU HAVE TO TREAT ‘EM LIKE S**T” ![]() The book is critical of Trump but not of Republican politics, and loaded with scene and theme references from the beloved movie series. ![]() While Biff Tannen did use time travel in Back to the Future II, it was thick skin, stubborn persistence and showmanship that put Donald ‘Biff’ Trump into the White House.Īuthor Paul Orwell draws striking similarities between Biff Tannen and “Biff” Trump and bemoans “the transition from issue politics to ‘death by tweet.'” “We shouldn’t have to wake up and wonder who the president is going to bully today,” he adds. The book’s conclusion is that time travel is fanciful but the comparison between the two men is not. The book compares the character of bully Biff Tannen from Back to the Future II to President Trump (referred to as “Biff” Trump in this book) who share physical characteristics (hair, height) as well as the number of wives, a similar business history, and belligerent personalities. Yes, I'm talking about the rise of current Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, whom 'Back to the Future' writer Bob Gale acknowledges inspired the character Biff Tannen.
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