I am wondering how valid it is to say that Thatcher as icon may well last in the visual imagination in the same way that images of Lenin or Mao or Hitler. Or Eisenhower or Churchill. She has joined that group of ex- politicians who have had a Hollywood movie made about them. If I were an ex-miner I would consider that a real slap in the face. American soft power supporting our current right wing government. As a film it is closer to propaganda than drama. Although there has always been a strong ideological slant to mainstream American movie making, as opposed to strictly underground or artists' films, I think this is the first time an American actress has portrayed a British prime minister.