so hillary clinton is basically senator shaw?? - The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Discussion

[–] NancyDPA 9 years ago

You do know that Hillary Clinton is a real person, don't you? Do you think she is modeling her behavior off of a movie character?

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[–] LetThemEatCake01 9 years ago

no, I'm just saying that the similarities are striking.

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[–] arvid00013 9 years ago

The film took the archetypes of what both the Left and the Right hate, and weaved it into the various characters.

'Go get an education, learn to talk you first language, lerarn to spell countries names' nidii-76417

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[–] LetThemEatCake01 9 years ago

and what are the archetypes in eleanor?

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[–] arvid00013 9 years ago

A good chuck of what the Right views Hillary.

Also, corporate whore to the military industrial complex is Republicans excel at.

'Go get an education, learn to talk you first language, lerarn to spell countries names' nidii-76417

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[–] stu-spooks 8 years ago

Pretty obvious, wolf in sheep's clothing, warhawk, corporate shill, doesn't trust the public, loves the NSA, corrupt to the core. It's a match.

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[–] rambrose77227 8 years ago

BINGO with a Bullet.

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[–] balthazar_bee 8 years ago

Given recent events, I was more fascinated by the dissonance generated by Jon Voight playing a progressive would-be veep. And he's outflanked on the right by...Meryl Streep?

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[–] Gwasgray 8 years ago

Actually, when I saw Nick Broomfield's documentary Tracking Down Maggie, the way Margaret Thatcher's relationship with her son Mark was described reminded me a lot of this film. Though I doubt this film was based on them. Mark Thatcher went into business and arms dealing rather than politics but his doting mother got him out of trouble a few times.

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