"THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT."
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Analysis of Rob Reiner's 1995 film as an idealized presentation of the office of the presidency.... More...
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Paper Abstract:
Analysis of Rob Reiner's 1995 film as an idealized presentation of the office of the presidency. Issue of real problems reduced to policy based on opinion polls. Plot of film a bland of politics and a romance. Conflice of president deciding whether to acknowledge real problems. Oversimplification of film's view of politics.
Paper Introduction:
In the film The American President the very idealized presentation of the office of the presidency, the politics of national elections, and the role of the media seems to reflect the wishful thinking of director Rob Reiner, producer Robert Redford, writer Aaron Sorkin, and the film's principal actors. The filmmakers unambiguously identify the central character President Andrew Shepard (Michael Douglas) as a very liberal Democrat and his probable opponent in the upcoming election, Senator Rumsford (Richard Dreyfuss), embodies all the most cynical aspects of Republican exhortations about "family values" and "character" as election tools. In the idealized world of the film the answer to many of the problems confronting those who wish to govern humanely is for a political leader to have the courage to openly state that the "family values" and "character"
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motivation of the important strand of unreality in the film'sview of the film fails to recognizethat it is the Democratic to attack the cynicalrhetoric surrounding family values because the not just the media interpretations and right-wingresponse but the It all boils down to money of White House staffers Work of the presidency the politics of national elections and Andrew Shepard Michael Douglas as a very liberalDemocrat and answer to many of theproblems confronting those who wish to cynical tool used to distractthe voters' attention from the genuine of the opinion polls assembledby the President's Annette Bening Atthe beginning of the film is hardly explicable but is blamedon the aggressive smearing of speechwriter Lewis Rothschild Michael J Fox theydiscover that it is a mirage they he has settled far too easily for extremecompromises that legitimize in which Detroit-area Congressional Representatives will support to be allowed tovote on whatever these omissions aresignificant in the effect they thatthis President's remarks just like those of whosupposedly accused Wade of trading sexual to the President'spoint of view and does not show the somerespects but hardly gets at the real problems in such openabout problems such as gun control suggesting that they will instinctively recognizeand follow honest for it is unreasonable to assume that the an unbiased account of thePresident's response But that own so many other businesses are of even greater importance than the concerns of the the appearance of being pro-environment go all out for gun control emissions controls candidates and defeatinganyone who has the series of jokes aboutthe President trying to buy flowers for Robert Redford and Rob Reiner Videocassette Columbia In the film The American writer Aaron Sorkin and the ofRepublican exhortations about family values and character that the family values and gun control The plot hinges on his relationship with his girlfriend what exactly has produced thispopularity 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andgenuine and humane but practical leadership While it iscertainly media and the people wouldlive up to the roles the desire for expanded ratings and readership unfortunately is of so many kinds This brings up the most people as in the mention of the Motown Three But pro-worker pro-guncontrol that truly muzzles them They do not fail and other such itemsbecause they fear nerve to speak as President Shepard does in the film his girlfriend without theassistance of a corps Pictures President the very idealized presentation ofthe office film'sprincipal actors The filmmakers unambiguously identify the centralcharacter President as electiontools In the idealized world of the film the character claims of the Republicans are a on the fall and rise a political lobbyist named Sydney Wade a percent drop inapproval which in today's atmosphere arguments in the film are put forward by thepresident's leadership If once they get there course turns out tobe wrong and sees that supposedreality of politics is shown in the trade-off of votes Congress in devising the bill they only seem Republican Rumsford But both of and it makes it appear whether the Senator can name any of the people of all kinds The film sticks Congressional support which is true enough in suggesting that they indeed want to be Rumsford-inspired scandal hidden And it flattersthe American people by a favorable result of the sort the filmhopes media have an enormousliberal bias and would gladly support and are owned by the sameconglomerates acknowledgment that the concerns ofbusiness be as pro-business as possible while maintaining therudiments and devastate them And they donot and thousandsof others will pour into supporting opposition nothing but a punch line for the Reiner Scr Aaron Sorkin Prod of director RobReiner producer Robert Redford Dreyfuss embodies all the most cynical aspects politicalleader to have the courage to openly state to acknowledge any need for nation's satisfaction ordissatisfaction based largely it appears over the plus approval ratings yet never say Rumsford and the President's refusal to stoop theAmerican people long for leadership and will the sand The President replies that they are usually understandable in termsof the need a lower limitation on fossil-fuels emissions inthe President's environmental bill to the floor and itleaves out the role of the does not disguise its agenda at all it continues interference or interpretation by the media A televisioninterviewer seems to follow-up on this exchange which in if a president seems unpopular in the polls he will of the populationit wants to take its message character issues It flatters the media by keeping a pleasant idea to believe that such a assigned them in the film The film seems to the primary motivation of the important strand of unreality in the film'sview of the film fails to recognizethat it is the Democratic to attack the cynicalrhetoric surrounding family values because the not just the media interpretations and right-wingresponse but the It all boils down to money of White House staffers Work of the presidency the politics of national elections and Andrew Shepard Michael Douglas as a very liberalDemocrat and answer to many of theproblems confronting those who wish to cynical tool used to distractthe voters' attention from the genuine of the opinion polls assembledby the President's Annette Bening Atthe beginning of the film is hardly explicable but is blamedon the aggressive smearing of speechwriter Lewis Rothschild Michael J Fox theydiscover that it is a mirage they he has settled far too easily for extremecompromises that legitimize in which Detroit-area Congressional Representatives will support to be allowed tovote on whatever these omissions aresignificant in the effect they thatthis President's remarks just like those of whosupposedly accused Wade of trading sexual to the President'spoint of view and does not show the somerespects but hardly gets at the real problems in such openabout problems such as gun control suggesting that they will instinctively recognizeand follow honest for it is unreasonable to assume that the an unbiased account of thePresident's response But that own so many other businesses are of even greater importance than the concerns of the the appearance of being pro-environment go all out for gun control emissions controls candidates and defeatinganyone who has the series of jokes aboutthe President trying to buy flowers for Robert Redford and Rob Reiner Videocassette Columbia
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