“The Handmaid’s Tale” was popular throughout Trump’s first term, along with such dark futuristic narratives as George ...

The effects of such 1984 titles as ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, and ‘Gremlins’ are still felt in popular culture today.

George Orwell famously argued that clear language in politics can be a bulwark against oppression. But in the Trump era, his solution no longer holds.