Six Takeaways From ‘Melania,’ Amazon MGM’s Documentary About The First Lady

Key Highlights

• Given that the first lady is a producer on the project, that is hardly surprising.
• Melania is instead an exercise in carefully crafted image-making and branding, something that is hardly unique to a first lady or any of her predecessors, and actually is becoming more of a thing in the documentary world as more public figures seek control of how to tell their stories.
• Melania avoids getting into the fray of any controversy that happens during the weeks leading up to the inauguration and the day itself, much less what has happened in the year since.
• Watch on Deadline In one of the candid moments, as Donald Trump practices his inaugural address with a group of aides, Melania Trump suggests a change to the speech, that he add the word “unifier.” “Don’t put that on tape, please,” Donald Trump tells the documentary crew.
• “Please do,” Melania Trump responds.