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The War Room (1993) Versus Wag The Dog (1997)

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We’re looking at the way party aligned actors manipulate the narrative surrounding presidents and presidential candidates. One of these films is a star-studded hollywood comedy, and the other a fly-on-the-wall documentary. Yes, we’re looking at the D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus’ The War Room and Barry Levinson’s Wag The Dog.

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