Representation In Wag The Dog

Representation In witticism The DogThe movie entitle Wag the Dog was about the way in which media moulds a signifi shtupt office as regards to the chairman of America in a semipolitical trouble, having been impeach with the issue of sexual misconduct, the obstacle occurred two week to election. However as an object of getting the president re-elected, the presidential advisers Conrad Brean (played by Robert De Niro) a political spin doctor together with Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) the secretary, who was ask for help to engineer a way and means to divert the news of scandal, Leading to contact the expertness of Hollywood producer Stanley Motts (played by Dustin Hoffman) a specialist in much(prenominal) savage.As we can converge that, the sitting was dark and mysterious as Conrad recom handsd untruth contradiction of imaginary crisis and Conrad assign Motts to construct a patriotic cam paign centered around struggle in Albania, just as well get through sure they distract Ameri can away from the focus of the political misconduct from the existing issue. With help of media manipulation techniques that America is at contend with Albanian. Motts like all class of person in this they age, can altogether dream of the recognition and honor that he will receive for the predominate piece he will surely create, not shrewd that, this swollen-headed behavior will lead to his demise. In the new(prenominal) hand we can test that, in our modern-day society conspiracies like this goes in passing(a) life where people can eventu everyy used you to achieve their goal, and in any case dump you. However, the plan of Conrad suggesting Albanian was not anything more than choosing a expanse that was insignificant, unkn receive and not of any affairs to America, for that reason is tidy. As give tongue to in the movie, Anne Heche the secretary to Conrad says that she knows nothing and in response Conrad says, They waitm shifty, unapproachable this shows his ficklen ess of choosing Albania. Conrads reply to the assistant is not dissimilar to the present mean solar day definition of a bully, where the bullies in school pick on the weaker children, in this context America is the bully as they are picking on Albanian.It is blatant to observe that Conrad and Motts had the same ideology in creating a fight to divert the controversy away from the public. As the saying states, Great minds study alike and birds of a feather flock together. As any other politician in our contemporary society, Conrad knows how to play the game as he offers Motts a beat of universe an ambassador, however Motts wants to do it for the fun of it. This shows how manipulative a politician can be to get/her way by mentioning ways of giving them a reward which in this case was the position of an ambassador. However, whatever politicians say may not always be true, as in their line of work they always spin the truth to party favor themselves. Conrad uses spin and promises of rewards to motivate Motts to inspire him to produce his fake war. From this, we can get out say that Conrad is referred to as the presidents spin doctor because the president relies on Conrad to dispel the situation and limit the damage caused by the allegation, cementing Conrad, relationship with the president. We can see that during the building of the war, Motts uses a young America inspiring to be an actress to play the role of an Albanian young lady. In the construction of the opinion to re-enact a war zone, the girl was holding a bag of chips instead of the specified face cloth kitten requested by Motts. The bag of chips is very significant in this story as the flannel kitten was later edited into the scene using power of modern technology. We can see that, this is a testament to and a great example of the ability of the media representation to broadcast a story, with accompanying video footage in which the public takes as real, and not knowing that what the media does report is dam lies but not of this is the truths. It makes it shows clearly to us how painless it is to play around with physical bodys using modern technology without the publics knowledge. Also the white kitten that was edited in the scene is to signify innocence, peace treaty and artlessness onto the public and make them more interested in the lost girl at war and not the presidents sex scandal. We can already see how the media quickly changes peoples minds into another dramatic concern at hand, similar in our contemporary culture where we get saturated into certain advertisement, such as an advert for Disneyland where we live in a hyperreal world and both(prenominal) realities of the media and the real world are blurred in as one.Furthermore, we can overly see another signs of media representation is been shown within the movie where Conrad and Anne are having a conversation with a CIA agent claiming that the Albanian war is all a hoax. We can see how Conrad spins and twi sts the information on the CIA agent to change the square statement convincing him that the war is real. In the other hand, we can see another side of Anne as she retreats in her involvement with the operation, showing cowardice as she know the penalties that she may face. Also another sign of innocence, peace and purity was shown during the producing of the war where a young Albanian girl offers the president an offering, of help her and her flummox. At the same time, the president offers his coat to the young girls mother to indi toote that he is given her shelter and sympathize towards her emotions due her twinge in the war. This implies that the fake war has immediate be graded as victory and also the talk of the city and not the president questionable sexual misconduct with the girl scout. And this is so common in our contemporary culture with media representation, for instance, when an advert is been displayed on television by advertisers, the actual essence is undermine d, thus making an embellishment of the truth and reality associated with the reason of the advert, the media image makes the advertisement look realer than it is, just to arrest the intelligence of the populace so as to gain money or proper forethought from them.So therefore, that is why Motts always stated in the movie that, This is nothing connoting that as a scoot producer, one is to be prepared for mishaps that may occurred in the line of producing and find ways to develop the original idea to induce the public that the war is still alive. The way in which he says, this is nothing, he ways was very calm about it as he knew what he was doing being a Holly film producer, similar to how Hollywood producers would act in the present day. He named it as Act Two where we witness the maturation of the war hero Schumann. The music used in the movie has both a armed services tune and a national tune. By a military tune, it is that it has a 2 by 4 rhythm signifying that the military ar e marching onto war or during war as shown at the begging of the movie and during Schumanns funeral. This gives the impression of hard looking and fierce men with their chest out and shoulder upright and also being tidy. At the same time, there is a national tune that is sung by a choir similar to the style to the song of the late Michael capital of Mississippi with various artists known as We are the world. This connotes the patriotism that is reveal by the songs. This is done to make the public fall in love, affect their emotions and pure tone proud to be an American as well as to make them forget about the sex scandal controversy.During Schumanns funeral, as the casket is being carried off by other soldiers, there is a dog implanted to portray the loyalty and faithfulness that the dog has towards Schumann. As the funeral takes place, Motts feels uneasy he wanted to expose all the truth hence the phrase, let the cat out of the bag as he wanted to expose all that happened and ce lebrate his skill at the realism and effectiveness of his deception in fooling the public, the spin doctor Conrad order his men to execute Motts as he was going to expose the ugly truth, this shows us, how the game is played and the utmost(prenominal) measure taken in politics in order to fire hydrant the dog. We can clearly how Conrad used Motts to produce his war and when he was no longer required he was disposed of. This shows how manipulative Conrad was when necessary and any spin doctor will do what it takes to create the agreed reading of the truth by any means necessary. It is better to keep a secret than to let it out because one cannot trust anyone but specially in this case, politicians as they can be unreliable. However, from the above starting of the film there was this passage that states why does the dog circuit card its asshole? It is implies that, a dog is smarter than its tail, but if the tail were smarter, the tail would wag the dog. Therefore the tail symbol izes persons that have power over the media, and the dog that allow itself to wagged through its own tail is representing the United state citizens.In conclusion to this movie, the term wag the dog and content of this movie means to purposely deflect attention away from something that is very of the essence(p) to that of less significant. This is exactly how the media and politics form in this day in age. The politician uses the media as the vehicle to propel insignificant events and stories into mainstream public knowledge, in the hope of burying the real and important issue, which the public should be focusing on.