There was always something sweetly naive about the ending in Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd." In the movie, the TV demagogue's audience turn on him after he is exposed in his own voice as a liar who hypocritically despises his audience as suckers and fools. In real life ... pic.twitter.com/yPu7l36rUG

— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 8, 2023