'1984' it was written... George Orwell's vision
Roughly 200 boutique movie theaters across the nation protested President Donald Trump by screening the '80s version of the film "1984" on earlier this week.
While a theater protest on mid week may seem random, the date April 4 has significance. It was April 4, 1984, when Winston Smith, the protagonist in George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984," began writing in his forbidden diary.
Orwell's portrait of a government that manufactures their own facts, demands total obedience, and demonizes foreign enemies has never been factual.
This isn't the first time interest in "1984" has resurfaced this year.
The novel hit No. 6 on Amazon's best-seller list in late January
He wrote it 33 years ago now we're living it today.
