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Gibbon anticipated — and Augustus mastered — something very much like Trump’s false bonding with plebeians:

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Its practical function: No one, neither courtier nor plebeian, could stand close to the queen, conspicuous in her splendid isolation.

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But the filmmakers have given him an all-access pass, from plebeian alleyways to marbled halls of power, and he is forever walking in unannounced on people who could literally have his head.

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But there are good deals for us plebeians if you know where to look.

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Yet even those of us with plebeian intellects can enjoy ingenious murders and cozy mayhem — especially on these long nights of winter.

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