oscaralbert Review of Traveling Saleslady

Traveling Saleslady (1935)

More than anything, this flick constitutes an . . .

[8/10 · 18 December 2018]

. . . ahead-of-its time reflection upon the 2016 POTUS Election Campaign by the always eponymous Warner Bros. After all, who better epitomizes a TRAVELING SALESLADY than a dame running for President of the United States? Warner Bros.' team of clairvoyant prognosticators miss nary a detail of our recent Real Life rigged election debacle, as all of the back-stabbing dirty tricksters show up here. People campaign throughout TRAVELING SALESLADY under assumed names such as "Martha Smith" and "Elmer Niles," the precursors of "Pocahontas, Lying Ted, and Little Marco." More sinister yet, "Cocktail Toothpaste" (flavors include Scotch, Brandy, Bourbon, Rum, Champagne, Vermouth, and Gin Fizz) sweeps America as plausibly as a tax-dodging, bankrupt failed game show host might be expected to. Moreover, Warner's prophets foresee the lady with more talent in her lipstick smear than any savvy residing within her opponent's entire noggin happy to give up and retire to her kitchen once the fix is in. Warner uses TRAVELING SALESLADY to warn We Americans of (The Then) Far Future that when the toothpaste has squirted out of its tube, you can never stuff it back in, no matter how much you try.