EXCLUSIVE: The Last Class , the documentary about noted Trump critic, Berkeley professor and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich , has become a major hit, earning $700,000 at the box office to date. The diminutive scholar and social media star offers a theory for the film’s remarkable resonance with audiences.

“Why is it so successful? I think, well, because I’m Yoda,” Reich tells Deadline, tongue in cheek. He measures 4’10 or 4’11, depending on who’s wielding the yardstick, and like the fictional Yoda he’s known not for his physical stature but the heights his mind can reach. His intellectual brilliance is savored by his X/Twitter following (1.4 million) and Substack subscribers (more than 1 million). A select group has enjoyed special access to his cogent observations — the th

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