Corrupt Pols and Charismatic Idiots
Around 1947, McCarthyism hit Hollywood, just when it was starting to make hit films about the corruption and idiocy of American electoral politics.
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In this dark political time, it’s comforting to know that earlier generations also suffered their own corrupt and incompetent political leaders and savaged them in various blackly comic ways. I’m especially reminded of the year 1947, when two notable politically satirical films were released. Both were made in Hollywood, which generally regarded politics as toxic […]
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