The movie should belong to the political satire of Yes, Minister. However, compared with this, the characters in Yes Minister are like little sheep, just like Yangchun Baixue. This movie has received so many praises, is it true that the current director will not reflect the cruelty of the political struggle as subtlely as before? Then I think about it, In the Loop is based on real people, maybe there is no difference in the level of directors, but the times we live in.
The structure of this movie is a bit messy, and I can’t help but lose sight of it. After reading it, I can't help but wait for a while. The world you and I live in is ruled by such a group of people. What kind of political innocence are you pretending to be? All of you should pay close attention to tutoring, improve your swearing level, and go to hell early.
A little realistic background about this movie helps to understand the relationship between the characters.
The official who speaks badly in the movie is probably the infamous Alastair Campbell, Blair's deputy. Hearing that this person is like this in reality, even Blair was a little scared to see him. Finally, he stepped down because of a political scandal in the suicide case of Dr. Kelly. In addition, this actor is playing Campbell in another political satire, and the interpretation is exactly the same. It is estimated that it will not be someone else.
With the assistance of Campbell, the Blair government has brought the spin doctor system into full play. The work content of these people is not the public service of civil servants in the traditional sense, but is specialized in media manipulation. It should be noted that many people refer to them as politicians in their comments, but they are not. There is no clear explanation in the movie. Alastair Campbell himself was originally a reporter. He is actually Blair's image assistant, very good at dealing with the media. These people are to help politicians with media research, that is, to wipe politicians before and after the media. After two things, when politicians find that they can really help them gain public support, they become dependent on them. These people also gradually inflated themselves, arrogantly instructing politicians and civil servants, and instead dictated the political direction. The real official in this movie is the minister, but he looks very useless, even shorter and shrunken than the spin doctors. And with the spin doctor as the right arm, he can also occupy an important position, but he has to have the spin doctor next to him even when he speaks, and he can't control what to say and when to say it.
Although politicians have always whitewashed themselves for elections, these spin doctors really let British politics completely take off the fig leaf. Politicians no longer decide their own policies based on their beliefs, but based on media reports. At the same time, what used to be at least superficially serious has now become a game, and the spin doctors are so engaged in playing that they don't even realize that they themselves have caused the people around them to hate them. The most famous is the time of 9/11, when Jo Moore of the British Ministry of Transport sent a letter to his colleagues asking to take this opportunity to announce the bad news in the ministry. Because everyone's attention is on 9/11, it helps to ease public grievances. Unfortunately, her e-mail was disclosed to the media by the staff of the ministry, which caused public outrage and led to the resignation of both her and the minister. What is more interesting is that when she was interviewed later, it was not that she repented of her lack of humanity, but that someone in the complaint department could not understand her. This is the sad side of spin doctors, they can no longer see why they are annoying. But, more sadly, the political struggle she complained about does exist. She is too accustomed to the political philosophy of her own circle, forgetting that these floating balloons in the air have to face the moral edge hanging in front of them. Mistaking this edge for an ordinary obstacle and rubbing it over without thinking may cause a collapse.
After Blair stepped down, the first thing Brown did was to expel spin doctors from the government, which seemed to be really pleasant for a while. However, in the end, because Brown would not manage his own image, he was pushed off the political stage from an advantageous position. It seems that in the era of media dominance, the masses of politicians are still accustomed to directly taking a spoon to feed them with their moral commanding heights and perfectionism in their minds. This determines that politicians cannot do without spin doctors.
A few years have passed since the Conservative Party came to power, and the spin doctors did not seem to be very active. It is estimated that with the lessons learned, they are no longer so ostentatious, and they have learned what seems to be a mature and subtle way of communication.
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