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Marcos Brings Myth-Making to the Silver Screen
Months after the son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos was elected president in the Philippines, a hit film helps the family gloss over the brutality and corruption of the regime.
Imelda Marcos and family after they fled the country in 1986.
Photographer: Carl Viti/AFP/Getty Images
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As a film, “Maid in Malacañang” is almost certainly among the worst the year will produce. As a historical account, the melodramatic hit depicting the last days of Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ family in the presidential palace is a travesty.
As propaganda, it ticks every box.