A week after Joe Biden clinched the 2020 presidential election, Maureen Dowd published a New York Times piece that compared the delusional thinking of outgoing President Trump, who refused to accept defeat, to Norma Desmond descending her staircase in the final scene of “Sunset Boulevard.” Dowd noted that Trump had frequently identified “Sunset Boulevard” as his favorite film . Released 75 years ago this month, Billy Wilder’s caustic Hollywood satire features a fictitious diva of the silent film era who deludes herself into believing she can make a glorious return to the silver screen. The film cautions against delusional thinking, which, left unchecked, as in Norma’s case, results in mayhem and madness.

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