The Joy of Positivity: Wag the Dog (1997)
I dunno why, but this story of a corrupt politician using misdirection to distract the public suddenly feels very relevant to me all of a sudden
Some movies transcend the cultural moment that created them, like the 1997 political satire Wag the Dog. The satirical tale of a desperate President who fakes an international crisis to distract attention from a sex scandal eerily echoed then-President Bill Clinton's bombing of Sudan amid the Monica Lewinsky kerfuffle.
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