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"Wag the Dog," rated R and with a running time of a little less than two hours, is a cynical look at the corruption in the political world. Dustin Hoffman stars as Stanley Arnoff, a very creative, well known Hollywood producer. Conrad, Robert Deniro, is a spin doctor for the president and he is desperate to keep a sex scandal under wraps until the upcoming election is over. He hooks up with Stanley and together they work on manipulating the media and the public with astonishing news events. Although they are creative and persevering, things don't always work out like they had hoped.

From the visually impaired point of view, this movie seemed to be filled with abrupt, chaotic dialogue. There was very little music and only a few main characters, but it still often felt like mumbo jumbo to me. I had to keep asking my sighted assistant questions about who was speaking and what was going on. There was one long scene when the Hollywood producer was programming his computer to add and subtract different visual effects for the upcoming news release they were working on. I needed lots of descriptions, but still missed the vibrancy of the scene.

The movie left me with a bitter taste in my mouth and feeling a little paranoid about the validity of the information I receive from the media. If you like this kind of political satire you might enjoy this one. I'll give it a 6.


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