Brigitte, Macron and the Republican Fantasy: Analyzing a Viral Moment

David Sahyoun, 28/05 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Emmanuel Macron Slap Brigitte Macron Vietnam

Certain gestures exceed their expected boundaries and unsettle the scene in which they occur. Brigitte Macron’s gesture, filmed as she stepped off a plane in Hanoi on May 25, is a striking example. This fleeting moment—interpreted alternately as a slap or a simple sign of complicity—ignited a torrent of interpretations. Beyond ...