“Diapers are all about power dynamics. I poop, they wipe, bam! I’m the boss.” – The Boss Baby in DreamWorks’ spring blockbuster, The Boss Baby President Donald J. Trump turns in an admirable performance as The Boss Baby, a pint-sized executive who takes over a blissfully-ignorant all-American family. Spitting up at the table, making a stinky in his pants, brokering nefarious overseas deals in the middle of the night – the tiny megalomaniac’s tricks seem to never end in this tale of familial strife, change, and renewal. This family-friendly story of an infant tyrant’s dystopian rise to power is a surefire hit for DreamWorks this…
Author: Martha Polk
Martha Polk
Martha Polk is an Atlanta-based nonfiction writer/editor who writes most about TV, movies, and her parents. She's been published at Bitch Magazine and The Hairpin among other publications, and her essay "Eulogy for Nonsense" was a finalist for the Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction and is forthcoming in the spring issue of the The Chattahoochee Review.