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Alec 2021-12-09 08:01:20
Comment on "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
For a long time, I have always believed that writing any commentary article should be calm and objective, and avoid putting personal likes and dislikes and subjective emotions into the text too much. After all, the reviewer should play a humble role. In addition to logical, well-founded...
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Fredy 2022-03-23 09:01:54
Mr. Smith arrives in Washington - the victory of good over evil is really "hanging"
Justice finally triumphed. However, the final victory of justice represented by Smith over the evil with Paine as the spokesperson on the stage depends on Paine's "discovery of conscience" at the last minute, which is really "hanging". Although, in order for Paine to have such a bizarre...
Dorothy Comingore
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington quotes
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Senator Joseph Paine: I know how you feel, Jeff. Thirty years ago - I had those ideals, too. I was *you*. I had to make the decision you were asked to make today. And I compromised - yes! So that all these years I could stay in that Senate - and serve the people in a thousand honest ways! You've got to face facts, Jeff. I've served our state well, haven't I? We have the lowest unemployment and the highest federal grants. But, well, I've had to compromise, had to play ball. You can't count on people voting, half the time they don't vote, anyway. That's how states and empires have been built since time began. Don't you understand? Well, Jeff, you can take my word for it, that's how things are. Now I've told you all this because - well, I've grown very fond of you - about like a son - in fact, and I don't want to see you get hurt. Now, when that deficiency bill comes up in the Senate tomorrow, you stay away from it. Don't say a word. Great powers are behind it, and they'll destroy you before you can even get started. For your own sake, Jeff, and for the sake of my friendship with your father, please, don't say a word.
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Nosey: [First lines]
[On the phone]
Nosey: Senator Samuel Foley. Dead. Yeah. Yeah. Died a minute ago. Here at St. Vincent. At the bedside was state political sidekick, Senator Joseph Paine. Yeah.
