I wanted to get way from all things political. I was tired of the discussion — the divisiveness, on all sides — and just needed a break. I'm in the news business, and had been reading and watching the political news for about a year. Now it was done, I wish success for everyone elected to public office, but I needed a break. I clicked on the 2001 remake of “Ocean's 11,” and not too long into the flick there was Brad Pitt standing in front of a Trump casino. This wasn't going to do.
The next movie in the Amazon new releases queue was “Basic
Instinct 2.” The only thing I knew about this was that it had
gotten universally bad reviews when it was released, and I thought,
'What the hell.' Maybe it could fun in that high-gloss, trashy way.