The movie tells of how Joe Wilson exposes the White House's "mistake" of why U.S. went to war in an article. This leads to the malicious exposure of his wife, Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA agent by the president's aide, Scooter, which has serious repercussions for the family and more. Joe fights back by making public statements and eventually, Valerie also comes out to fight. In my impression, this Scooter is out to find even a single shred of possibility to start a war with Iraq by manipulating intelligence. Don't you just hate the Bush administration after this? The most interesting quote I gleaned from the show was near the end spoken by Joe, of how the truth is masked over. I'll try to reproduce it here as best a I can.
How many of you know who put the 16 words in the State of the Union address?
(no one raises their hand)
How many of you know the name of my wife?
(many raise their hand)...
How did the question move from "Why did we go to war with Iraq" to "Who is my wife"?
...I asked the first question, someone asked the second.~~~~~
As if one movie wasn't enough, I met V for Burlesque in the same evening, which was released this week. Honestly, the storyline wasn't that great and it was pretty much predictable. It was a bit stagnant at points due to the many performing acts. But it was enjoyable for all the glitz in its song and dance. The whole show was mainly focused on Christina Aguilera's character, Ally's work up to be the lead performer at the Burlesque Club. Basically, it's really Christina's show, just seeing her sing and dance lots of numbers. It's amazing that she has such a big voice, which doesn't really "match" her look. I never really took to her, mainly because of her change of image from her initial days, and her big voice have sort of been overshadowed by her current image. But maybe I'm changing my opinion now.
"How many of you know who put the 16 words in the State of the Union address?
ReplyDelete(no one raises their hand)
How many of you know the name of my wife?
(many raise their hand)...
How did the question move from "Why did we go to war with Iraq" to "Who is my wife"?
...I asked the first question, someone asked the second."
Hmmm...I've been reading that paragraph over and over again, but I can't seem to understand it. Care to explain?
Maybe it would have been easier if you saw this in context (of the film). Hope my explanation below helps.
ReplyDeleteA 2nd question was asked that distracted people from the original focus and truth. More people knew who his wife was as this "2nd question" became even bigger news.
Something like a red herring.