Wag The Dog Analysis
Potapova Daria A42.1
Essay
The film “Wag the Dog” is about the relationship between the president, the media and the public in the country. It focuses on the media as a strong power which can manipulate people’s minds.
Speaking about the title, I think that “dog” here is a public opinion and tail represents the media. So the phrase "the tail wagging the dog" means that media can easily influence the public opinion. The description of the title set the satirical tone of the movie which is a comedy about how public opinion was manipulated through the means of media.
At the beginning of the film a president is officially accused of having a sexual relationship with a girl scout in the white house two weeks before the presidential election. Robert …show more content…
Besides, name calling is used when the producer creates a story about the soldier Schumann who is held by the Albanian terrorists. Motss cooks up "good old Shoe," William Schumann (Woody Harrelson), who is allegedly rescued from the hands of the Albanians to be flown back for a hero's welcome. Shoe inspires a shtick, too: Kids start lobbing their old gym shoes over power lines, and throwing them onto the court during basketball games, as a spontaneous display of patriotism. The producer creates not only a fake name and surname, but also shows a photo. Here also symbols are used. The fake soldier is wearing a sweater with holes which are like symbols of Morse Code which mean “Courage mom”. Earnestness and sincerity take place when the president speaks to the “small Albanian girl” and offers his coat to the “Albanian woman”. Moreover here the media specialist choose the particular place of the president’s plane landing, because they need rain on order to make the meeting more lyric and the president more sympathetic and sincere. Also Motss supervises the design of a logo for use on the news channels and hires Willie Nelson to write the song that will become the conflict's "spontaneous" anthem. Testimonial takes place in the president’s speech about the
Essay
The film “Wag the Dog” is about the relationship between the president, the media and the public in the country. It focuses on the media as a strong power which can manipulate people’s minds.
Speaking about the title, I think that “dog” here is a public opinion and tail represents the media. So the phrase "the tail wagging the dog" means that media can easily influence the public opinion. The description of the title set the satirical tone of the movie which is a comedy about how public opinion was manipulated through the means of media.
At the beginning of the film a president is officially accused of having a sexual relationship with a girl scout in the white house two weeks before the presidential election. Robert …show more content…
Besides, name calling is used when the producer creates a story about the soldier Schumann who is held by the Albanian terrorists. Motss cooks up "good old Shoe," William Schumann (Woody Harrelson), who is allegedly rescued from the hands of the Albanians to be flown back for a hero's welcome. Shoe inspires a shtick, too: Kids start lobbing their old gym shoes over power lines, and throwing them onto the court during basketball games, as a spontaneous display of patriotism. The producer creates not only a fake name and surname, but also shows a photo. Here also symbols are used. The fake soldier is wearing a sweater with holes which are like symbols of Morse Code which mean “Courage mom”. Earnestness and sincerity take place when the president speaks to the “small Albanian girl” and offers his coat to the “Albanian woman”. Moreover here the media specialist choose the particular place of the president’s plane landing, because they need rain on order to make the meeting more lyric and the president more sympathetic and sincere. Also Motss supervises the design of a logo for use on the news channels and hires Willie Nelson to write the song that will become the conflict's "spontaneous" anthem. Testimonial takes place in the president’s speech about the