A gathering of dignitaries, security officers, and army commanders is gathered on the stage to witness a major parade of military honoring an event that is of immense significance to the psyche and history of the French population: the storming of the Bastille prison that triggered the nation’s revolution in 1789.
It happens that this date also commemorates the 100th anniversary of the entrance of American troops in the war in the First World. In the middle of the celebration are two male figures who are radically different: Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump.
Although they appear to be politically unpopular and making unconventional decisions to win elections, The two presidents each – one French and one American and one American – are completely different in personality.
In contrast to the fearful nationalists of America, His counterpart demonstrates an optimistic and proud nationalistic view of the country, picturing the future of a France that makes ” our planet great again“.
In the event that one person has a litany of cyber-bullying and the other launches an MP roll call that offers a wide range of perspectives in the French parliament. In a world where Trump is constantly outrageous, Macron is unwavering and impervious.
In the days leading up to Bastille Day, the two men were joined by wives. They are both engaged in cross-generational relationships, and commentaries on Macron’s marriage have exposed the underlying gender-based misogyny still sweeping through certain parts of society as well as the gender-based misogyny Trump has expressed himself. For a man, Trump is driven by an ego that is raging at the self as a brand.
Macron, On the contrary, displays an image of self-confidence that is backed by intelligence, which is the capacity to learn and reasoning. It is this ability and the particular courage that it inspires that resulted in this double-take: the French military band dressed in full ceremonial dress waiting in the crowd to the Bastille Day stage and delivering an impressive rendition of the popular anthem Get Lucky by the French electronic duo Daft Punk.
Artful political
It takes time for the medley’s momentum to develop. When the melody becomes clear with the trumpet, tuba and cymbals, as well as snare, snare bass drum – it’s evident that an act of political art is in the making.
The band resounds the chords of this iconic nightclub anthem, in a arrangement that mixes the standard military movements with bizarre and dazzling quick-steps along the Elysees. The choreographed camerawork carefully captures their stifling movements that add to the song’s resonant quality and bring out the deeper significance beneath the surface.
On stage, as the audience members watched the ritual manoeuvres the way they acted, their attitude could not have been different.
Macron is poised and irreverent. Macron embodies the spirit of freedom that is the foundation of France’s long and rich intellectual history. Are there perhaps a fine thread of the same attitude of rebellion that spawned republicanisme and the political philosophy Bastille Day marks?
Trump, on the other hand, is becoming increasingly agitated while the joy of people around him increases. Trump senses that something is going on but is unable to comprehend the circumstances. His out of place attitude is the kind of thing you would expect from an entrepreneur who traded fame and real estate to gain fame and then repaid the money to gain political power.
In describing these men in this manner, it could be a way to make them appear mythological. But the evolution of mythology and its interplay with history is exactly the reason this incident was so important.
Bastille Day medley
The importance of myth-making in discussions of society that includes history as one – is illustrated by the French philosopher the philosopher Jacques Ranciere’s observation that “the foundation of the foundation is a story, an aesthetic affair”.
Also, politics, with its notions of public space and democracy as well as its application within traditional Greek culture of agora. Based on French structuralism studying the language and culture has analyzed myths not in relation to reality, but instead as a specific way that symbols are incorporated into concepts to promote certain values during a specific time.