Daily Drafts & Dialogues

Daily Drafts & Dialogues

RE: The Great Gatsby Halloween Party at Mar-a-Lago

Was the Great Gatsby Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago tone-deaf or unabashed mockery? Read this post then leave a comment to join this dialogue.

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K. E. Creighton
Nov 07, 2025
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Was The Great Gatsby themed party held at Mar-a-Lago hours before SNAP funding was set to lapse an example of life imitating art, or art imitating life? Or was it something else altogether?

So far the decision to host such a lavish affair while millions of vulnerable people go hungry has been dubbed tone-deaf, disgraceful, and likened to Marie Antoinette…

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