Politics & Film

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington definitely shows that in politics power corrupts. In fact, in this film we see the U.S. Congress act like nothing more than a bunch of monied men who only pass legislation if it has enough pork barrel spending hidden in it to win them favors with their most powerful constituents. James Stewart plays Jefferson Smith, a young man who is chosen to take the place of a recently deceased Senator. The film does an excellent job at showing that mos

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most mundane phone calls received by the reporters have a heightened drama about them because we know, as they do, that we are onto something “big.” Hal Holbrook is portrayed as the character “who knows too much”, the infamous “deepthroat.” Ben Bradlee, the editor of The Washington Post, makes the two journalists follow his mantra of “cold, hard facts.” These cold, hard facts become the key to exposing one of the biggest cases of corruption in American political history, including obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, bribery, and the authorization of breaking-and-entering. Even charges of offering to award clemency to the Watergate burglars and paying them “hush” money are revealed to have been at the directive of the president of the U.S. In Primary Colors, we see the loss of illusion and corruption that once again seem to go hand-in-hand with power in politics. This time we have a Presidential candidate who can’t keep his private parts in his pants. Because of this, he lets down those who are closest to him. Him political power and personal charm allow him to charm many women out of their clothes, and his dalliances with more than one cause him to lose the affections of his wife and the respect of his closes
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