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Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu
Jan 12, 2021
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The Home Alone movies are absolute classics but Twitter users have called for one change to keep the sequel essential viewing.
Following a mob storming the US Capitol building, and social media platforms banning President Donald Trump, journalist Joseph Longo tweeted: “Digitally remove him from Home Alone 2 next.”
Trump makes a cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York when the main character Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, bumps into him at the Plaza Hotel.
The director of the 1992 fan favourite, Chris Columbus, has since said Trump “did bully his way into the movie" by only agreeing the hotel – which he owned at the time – could be used if he made an appearance as well.
However, Columbus told Insider that the cameo went down well with audiences when it was tested: "People cheered when Trump showed up on-screen."
In response to the recent request by Longo and others, social media users quickly took up the challenge with Trump being replaced by an array of different celebrities and characters.
@josephlongo_ @Christian_Humes Fixed. https://t.co/6RoIh2sbDx— Brendan Milove (@Brendan Milove) 1610154113
In all future releases of "Home Alone 2", the role of [redacted] will now be played by Hatsune Miku. https://t.co/du2ZlC8Zcg— Kaelan Ramos (@Kaelan Ramos) 1610298001
NOW digitally replace the Home Alone 2 cameo with one of Dolly Parton 🙌🏻 https://t.co/T1ATVSxfkC— Glen Scott (@Glen Scott) 1610182501
I can’t believe they were able to get George Lucas’ team to remove him in the Home Alone 2 special edition. https://t.co/SzLbNjh9y3— Ben Mooney, Lasagna Councilman (@Ben Mooney, Lasagna Councilman) 1610169192
Instead of removing Trump from Home Alone 2 they added a weird guy warning Kevin not to talk to him https://t.co/NojtYNO2Ht— richie owens (@richie owens) 1610215490
A petition was also started to replace the president with his successor.
@josephlongo_ I invite you to sign my petition to have him replaced with Biden. Join the movement! https://t.co/ho2vMMS01i— Kevin Broberg (@Kevin Broberg) 1610161085
A couple of users have cut the cameo themselves.
due to popular request I have removed trump from home alone https://t.co/HoTA2csMl4— jamie homage (@jamie homage) 1610206901
And just to go that extra mile, I edited the credits too https://t.co/v7WIHbsPzd— The Critic (@The Critic) 1606618171
And someone has already updated Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’s IMDb page.
https://t.co/zwXwZcxIpl— Jamie Jones (@Jamie Jones) 1610155322
Social media users also called for Trump to be digitally erased from other shows.
@josephlongo_ They should start from here, the fresh prince of bel air. And thank Ashley, in retrospect, for warnin… https://t.co/pGEy3kUMMV— Proposition Majjor (@Proposition Majjor) 1610208549
@josephlongo_ And that Sex and the City episode. https://t.co/ae7AjpQoyu— Dr. Carla Della Gatta (@Dr. Carla Della Gatta) 1610195501
One kids classic, however, had already mocked him.
@nikrals @josephlongo_ @DevinCow Sesame St has always rolled out the shade for him https://t.co/PxSnXgBRqs— Amanda Brown (@Amanda Brown) 1610186229
Trump was previously removed from a Canadian TV broadcast of Home Alone 2, although a spokesperson said it had been “edited to allow for commercial time within the format”.
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