selling social culture

Deondre 2022-03-26 09:01:05

The "Washington Post" seems to be a black government, but it is actually an export of national culture! From an omniscient perspective, with the Washington Post as the main body, it tells the story of the "Pentagon Papers Leak Case" in the United States in 1971. Spielberg has undoubtedly told a good story, the narrative is complete, well-structured, and emotionally charged, and the performances of Tom Hanks and Aunt May are still online. But everything about the film (except the hacked government) is too upright, there is no competition, no selfishness, even those who disagree with the publication are actually protecting the entire company from their own perspective. And the characters of the two leading actors are full of mainstream halo! 7.5 points. ps: It is typical to promote one's own social culture through historical events!

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The Post quotes

  • Robert McNamara: If you publish, you'll get the very worst of him, the Colsons and the Ehrlichmans and he'll crush you.

    Kay Graham: I know, he's just awful, but I...

    Robert McNamara: [Interrupting and getting extremely angry] He's a... Nixon's a son of a bitch! He hates you, he hates Ben, he's wanted to ruin the paper for years and you will not get a second chance, Kay. The Richard Nixon I know will muster the full power of the presidency and if there's a way to destroy your paper, by God, he'll find it.

  • Roger Clark: What if we wait? What if we hold off on printing today. Instead we call the Attorney General and we tell them that we intend to print on Sunday. That way we give them and us time to figure out the legality of all of it, while the Court in New York decides the Times case.

    Ben Bradlee: Are you suggesting we alert the Attorney General to the fact that we have these documents, that we're going to print, in a few days?

    Roger Clark: Well, yes, that is the idea.

    Ben Bagdikian: Yeah, well, outside of landing the Hindenburg in a lightning storm, that's about the shittiest idea I've ever heard.

    Fritz Beebe: Oh boy!