“Behind the Silver Screen: How Hollywood Shapes Political Power and Persuades the Masses”
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Election (1999)
Screenplay by: Tom Perrotta, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor
While this film isn’t a story based on national politics, its satire of a high school election echoes how ridiculous campaigns can be. The movie follows a high school teacher who wants to knock his perky, yet serious, student running for class president off her pedestal. So, he takes the popular, not-so-smart kid and runs him against the more qualified Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon). However, Mr. McAllister’s (Matthew Broderick) attempts to spoil her election are met with a series of unfortunate events as he struggles to maintain his dignity and pushes his obsessions to darker places.
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