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Muffley And Turgidson Essay

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Most of the interaction between Muffley and Turgidson, consists of Muffley

attempting to retrieve accurate and useful intelligence from Turgidson. Muffley becomes

increasingly vexed by Turgidson's evasive and overall unhelpful responses. Although

Muffley scolds Turgidson, this does not prevent him from criticizing the President in

front of all the other government officials. Turgidson's open subordination reveals a lack

of respect for the President. This suggests that Muffley's status as leader of the free world

is not enough to compensate for his emasculated nature. Turgidson's hyper-masculinity

provides him with the confidence needed to deliberate disobey Muffley; even going so

far as to wrestle with the Russian Ambassador.

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