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Feels Good Man

This is Donald Trump co-opting the idea of himself, uh, sort of substituted as Pepe

This is Donald Trump co-opting the idea of himself, uh, sort of substituted as Pepe

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This is Donald Trump co-opting the idea
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of himself, uh, sort of substituted as Pepe.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:06
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, animation, comedy
Production
Museum & Crane,Wavelength,XTR,ITVS,Independent Lens,Secret Sauce Media

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Movie Summary

Artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who used it for their own purposes.
It was so transgressive, - Feels Good Man 00:05
It was so transgressive,
To most of the voters out there, it just seemed kind of odd. - Feels Good Man 00:04
To most of the voters out there, it just seemed kind of odd.
But, if you were part of the community - Feels Good Man 00:10
But, if you were part of the community
There's always magic going on - Feels Good Man 00:04
There's always magic going on
What happened when Pepe the Frog suddenly became, um, - Feels Good Man 00:07
What happened when Pepe the Frog suddenly became, um,
Was that a magical force had entered the picture - Feels Good Man 00:05
Was that a magical force had entered the picture
A meme can become the anchor - Feels Good Man 00:10
A meme can become the anchor
The way that magic was used on the Chans was - Feels Good Man 00:11
The way that magic was used on the Chans was
And piled into those images, - Feels Good Man 00:11
And piled into those images,
You ended up with a lot of people on the Chans just going, - Feels Good Man 00:05
You ended up with a lot of people on the Chans just going,
It's not Republicanism as we have known it. - Feels Good Man 00:04
It's not Republicanism as we have known it.
These are racist ideas, race baiting ideas. - Feels Good Man 00:04
These are racist ideas, race baiting ideas.
Anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, - Feels Good Man 00:12
Anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant,
Now, alt-right is short for alternative-right. - Feels Good Man 00:04
Now, alt-right is short for alternative-right.
The Wall Street Journal describes it - Feels Good Man 00:08
The Wall Street Journal describes it
And, and to most people, - Feels Good Man 00:06
And, and to most people,
To the white supremacist anti-Semitic - Feels Good Man 00:07
To the white supremacist anti-Semitic
Silliest piece of meaningless culture, - Feels Good Man 00:07
Silliest piece of meaningless culture,
It was kinda like the dream of the troll, - Feels Good Man 00:04
It was kinda like the dream of the troll,
It was becoming like, - Feels Good Man 00:06
It was becoming like,