Smith arrived in Washington and said, "Look! Capitol!" With him: "Been there a long time now." Smith complained in Congress: "A man who controls a political machine, and controls everything else in my state. A man even powerful enough to control congressmen.”
The ending is also quite characteristic of the movies of the 1930s. At the end, there is a big reversal, which makes us believe that democracy is still effective and that there is always a conscience of those in power.
In 1939, the world situation was turbulent. Fascist forces are in full swing, democracy is on the decline, and the capitalist world economy has not fully recovered. People are suspicious of capitalist democracy. This is also the background of the show.
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