Wag The Dog And The Candidate

The film captures the frenetic energy involved in campaign work and also the stress it can have. On of the things the film highlights is the emotional drain campaigning can have with the effort it requires and its highs and lows. They sit for hours trying to figure out the best strategies, and often just to deliberate which word choices would appeal best to the American people. The volunteers and strategists are seen at emotional stages throughout the film as the story of Clinton 's campaign plays out. Ultimately, however, their hard work pays off as, in the conclusion of the film they get their victory as Bill Clinton is elected President.

What people may perceive as reality can be created to benefit the goals of those who are in power. Wag the Dog explores the distortion of truth for the upholding of power and also explores how the government manipulate its citizens in faking the reality and playing on the naiveté of the public. Therefore, in Wag the Dog, Levinson poses the question of how truth is manipulated by power. In the opening we are asked to reflect on what is real in regards to public rule in the democratic electoral process through the metaphor of the title of film considering that the idea of the tail wagging the dog warns the public to the shocking truth of manner in which the government manipulates its

All together these two books share many features, George Orwell is trying to show Totalitarianism/Animalism and fascism. He has set the two stories very well in the way he has compared and contrasted the characters to show different points of political aspects.

The film Swing Vote is an American political culture film that relies heavily on film subtext to depict the negative attitude many Americans have towards voting, corruption inside a political election, and the spectacle of media frenzy. While the film gives a light hearted impression of a rare political snafu it is still consistent with the main themes of other political films of manipulation, money lust, and power hungry political heads that will stop at nothing for their own personal gain. We also see the political candidates merely as puppets while their campaign managers are the ones truly calling the shots. Swing Vote is a unique political culture film because due to the ordeal in the film’s plot, the politicians are at a disadvantage when they are usually the ones in power. With the tables turned we see how they construct their corrupt schemes and the direct effect it has on the character representing the American perspective. The strong symbols that convey the cultural norms in America’s political system are in need of a deeper analysis.

Both documentaries were careful about the material which was used and the that information was included and excluded. One similar trait that both documentaries share

The two stories, The Democratic Platform and The Republican Platform is about two different topics that contain similarities and differences. A way that makes them similar is that both stories show that each parties had a problem occur. A few difference between the two stories was that in each story each political party resolved different problems occurring in America. The story The Democratic Platform portrayed the fact that the Democrats had a rough time in 1856.

The films The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Seven Days in May (1964) and Fail Safe (1964) were the emergence of a new political film genre recognized as political thrillers. The films individually focused on specific political issues that were going on in real American society like The Manchurian Candidate focused on McCarthyism and communism, Seven Days in May focused on inside betrayal in the White House, and Fail Safe focused on issues with Russia. What made these films create a new genre was that collectively they had a twist that the audience wouldn’t expect to see. For example the Manchurian Candidate add a complexity to each and every character that for the length of the film they’re deemed to be troubled like the brainwashed veteran from the Korean War Major Bennett Marco portrayed by Frank Sinatra to assassinate when commanded to do so. The shocking conclusion of the film is that in the end it was his mother (portrayed by Angela Lansbury) who was commanding him to do so since she herself was a communist and did a very well job at manipulating not only her son but blaming other people for being communists in order to keep her own cover something that wasn’t incorporated into films quite yet until this film. The twists, complexity, and manipulation by the characters are what made this a political thriller and the first and foremost established as one in 1962. The thrill continues in Seven Days in May, but the story line shifts completely, it’s something fictional but

Yet in the story, its primary interest is giving us specific on hand details and angles from the campaign its self that were unknown and ignored during the actual election of 2000. With Steven’s being a campaign consultant writing the story in his view. More important, we see that the difference between this book first-hand account and a journalist’s view of this election is the major difference between the perspectives. We see that this view that is given is not so much persuaded for any attempt to accommodate a common voter’s perspective. In other words not make you like one candid more than the other.

Dog Whistle Politics by Ian Haney Lopez seeks to expound on the possibility of the society turning a blind eye to racism. It teaches society on the importance of ensuring that the future judges one another on the basis of their character and values and not the color of their skin.

Cinema has a power to depict politics not only at its face value but to explore its dark corners. It has a chance to reveal, criticize, and satirize the national politics and social attitudes of the time. Watching and discussing politics reflected in a number of American films from the 60’s and one from the early 70’s, opened up a window for me to observe tones and attitudes of these filmmakers towards the American politics. In addition, these movies give an honest inside look into the branches of the American government and political campaigning.

The biggest theme in both stories is that the leaders, Chancellor Sutler, Napoleon and Snowball all demonstrate their need to have total dominance and power over their civilians. In the film the government of England at the time appears to be very selfish and has no interest in the public’s views on problems and suggestions, they seem like they are in strict control of the populations lifestyle and they don’t have, much freedom. In the film V says “People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people”. As the film goes on this is shown by the civilians not being happy with the leaders, leading to people getting angry and uprises and attracts take place on the government. In the ‘Animal farm’ book the animals also show their disgust towards their leaders. In the first chapter, Old Major say ““What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race!” and “That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!”. These messages said by the Old Major

Dog Whistle Politics is a term used by politicians to persuade the people by gaining their votes into a political position of power. Dog Whistling has been used for years by politicians to achieve what they want while campaigning for public offices. Politicians have been maneuvering and scheming for years during elections for the peoples vote. They have always put on a show for the people just to receive their vote. They set their sights on an office of public position and they begin a long and hard working race to gain votes. Dog whistling is just a different way for them to use codes or demonstrate to certain people to what they are really trying to say.

D. A. Pennebaker’s The War Room is a film about the figures behind the scenes of a political campaign. Given a subject that historically lends itself to drama and narrative tension, Pennebaker makes active choices in filming and editing to find the story within the story. The film becomes a sort of meta-art: a media narrative about the people responsible for controlling media narratives. Pennebaker approaches the film as an appreciation of fellow craftsmen, giving credit to James Carville and George Stephanopoulos’ tactical brilliance. Through the use of carefully thought-out editing, intentional camerawork, and intimate access, The War Room lays bare the hidden layers of communication present within the campaign.

The film «Nixon» devoted to historical figure in American politics, President Richard Nixon, who today remains one of the controversial figures in American political history. He became the only president to have resigned before the expiration date, because of the Watergate impeachment danger. Decades after his death, there was a request for a review of the role in 1937 US President, whose figure after Watergate symbol was negative in American politics and society and authoritarian tendencies of the

Political campaigns are very significant in American politics and elections. It is the period before the electorate makes political decisions in the form of elections. The attention of the citizens towards politics intensifies as the date of the elections draws near. The salience of voters improves as the election date draws near and could manifest in the form of increased media attention. Political discussions, campaign interest, strength of the intention to vote, and knowledge about the candidates are other manifestations of increased salience of voters. Another indication of improved intensity is the effort put by the candidates and their political parties in the campaigns. Parties increase their efforts in the