Can I just point out the irony of this ad comparing DeSantis to Thomas Shelby and Patrick Bateman? Both murderers and psychopaths. Villains. And yet the DeSantis campaign thinks these characters, criminal and without empathy or morals, are perfect to compare their candidate to. What the actual fuck.
Theyāre trying to create an association between DeSantis and ābadassesā in the minds of very simple people. Trouble is itāll work exactly as intended.
The āPeaky Blindersā production team denounced DeSantisās messaging in a tweet on Wednesday.
āWe do not support nor endorse the videoās narrative and strongly disapprove of the use of the content in this manner,ā the statement reads.
Yeah, putting out this statement pretty much is their only recourse since weāre living under laws that a) allow the wealthy to throw a super PAC sock puppet over their hands and demand we act like that sock puppet is a totally independent and separate thing b) think that the only cognizable damages that can be done to a work of art all have strictly monetary values (I honestly donāt know if I would want to change that second one, but it does almost feel like it should be a crime for campaigns to abuse Born in the USA, Rockin in the Free World, etc., because that shit is gonna give me a stroke someday).
Itās not the campaign, though. It was a PAC thatās not technically affiliated with the candidate.
Itās bullshit, but they probably donāt have any recourse as the PAC doesnāt obtain any pecuniary gain from the unlicensed use.
