Disinformation, propaganda and
Russian interference, two things that the 2016
U.S. Presidential Election and
Britain's referendum vote on
Brexit (exiting the
European Union) have in common.
Just like with the election of
Donald Trump, no one really thought the
British public would vote to leave the
E.U., but the
U.K. government did a poor job of communicating the dire consequences of leaving whilst the pro-leave contingent lied about windfalls of millions of pounds for the
National Health Service and helped spread hate, division and intolerance about immigrants in the same way
Trump campaigned in the
U.S. with his wall rhetoric.
One of the chief architects of the
Vote Leave outcome was political strategist
Dominic Cummings who is played by
Benedict Cumberbatch in the new
HBO docu-drama.
These
HBO movie billboards were snapped along
Beverly Boulevard and
Pico Boulevard from January 18 to January 21, 2019.
No stranger to playing controversial characters,
Benedict Cumberbatch can also be seen as
Julian Assange in these movie
billboards for The Fifth Estate and looking shifty in these
Patrick Melrose billboards, whilst more heroic in these
Doctor Strange billboards.
With politicians suggesting no real end in sight to the crisis in
Britain and the
American government still shut down,
Daily Billboard is sure when we look back at history in the future the words
Brexit and
Trump won't be fondly remembered.
UPDATED: Here's also an
Emmy consideration billboard for
Brexit spied along
Melrose Avenue on May 24, 2019. After all the pain and chaos it's caused, it's hard to imagine any
Brits who would vote for this drama.
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